Lung-specific serum markers for interstitial lung diseases

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Chairs: U. Costabel (Essen, Germany), N. Kohno (Hiroshima, Japan)
Aims: An overview of circulating KL-6/MUC1 and surfactant proteins. Roles of the KL-6/MUC1 and surfactant proteins in diagnosis, monitoring and pathophysiology of interstitial lung diseases.

KL-6/MUC1 in interstitial pneumonia A. Yokoyama (Hiroshima, Japan)
Surfactant proteins in interstitial pneumonia H. Takahashi (Sapporo, Japan)