Immunologic lung disease.
The term "immunologic lung disease" comprises a broad spectrum of disease. I have covered a few entities in which recent studies have been particularly helpful in elucidating pathophysiology though not in uncovering the inciting cause. Common to all of these entities is the problem of finding appropriate methods of defining disease activity and response to treatment. As exemplified by the improved outlook for Goodpasture's syndrome with elucidation of its underlying immunopathology, it is likely that better understanding of the immunologic basis of sarcoid and interstitial disease may be helpful in planning more effective treatment strategies.
D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000276:immunology; D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000276:immunology; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000502:physiology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000502:physiology; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000276:immunology; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000276:immunology; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001323:Autoantibodies; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes