Table of contents : INTRODUCTION......Page 11 PREFACE......Page 13 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 15 CONTENTS......Page 21 Epidemiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 31 Genetics of Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Variants......Page 61 Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 85 Pathology of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia......Page 111 Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia......Page 131 Role of Physiological Assessment in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia......Page 167 Role of High-Resolution Thin Section Computed Tomographic Scanning......Page 197 Other Imaging Techniques for Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias......Page 267 Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Interstitial Lung Disease......Page 283 Pulmonary Fibrosis in Connective Tissue Disease......Page 303 Cytokine Phenotypes and the Progression of Chronic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 333 CXC Chemokines in Angiogenesis Related to Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 351 Role of Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 371 Integrins and Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 389 Oxidants and Antioxidants in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 409 Fibrin Turnover in Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 427 Arachidonic Acid Metabolites: Potential Mediators and Therapeutic Targets in Fibrotic Lung Disease......Page 449 Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases in Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 481 Extracellular Matrix......Page 511 Role of Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 537 Peptide and Provisional Matrix Signals in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 594 Role of Alveolar Type II Epithelial Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 604 Surfactant Proteins in the Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 640 Bronchiolar Epithelium in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis/Usual Interstitial Fibrosis......Page 662 Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 696 Current Treatment Options......Page 706 Future Directions in the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 730 Future Directions in Genetic Strategies for Understanding and Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 764 INDEX......Page 792