Serum KL-6 as a biomarker for interstitial lung diseases in a clinical setting: application of a fully automated immunoassay.

F. Bonella (Essen, Germany), B. Hegedues (Essen, Germany), S. Langer (Gent, Belgium), F. Honshoven (Gent, Belgium), E. Gottstein (Essen, Germany), D. Theegarten (Essen, Germany), U. Costabel (Essen, Germany)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Biomarkers of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Session: Biomarkers of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 4697
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 5
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
F. Bonella (Essen, Germany), B. Hegedues (Essen, Germany), S. Langer (Gent, Belgium), F. Honshoven (Gent, Belgium), E. Gottstein (Essen, Germany), D. Theegarten (Essen, Germany), U. Costabel (Essen, Germany). Serum KL-6 as a biomarker for interstitial lung diseases in a clinical setting: application of a fully automated immunoassay.. 4697

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
KL-6 is a useful serum biomarker for early detection of interstitial lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Diffuse parenchymal lung disease pathogenesis, biomarkers, therapy and new entities
Year: 2012


Serum napsin A is a novel diagnostic and monitoring marker for interstitial lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Bronchoalveolar lavage and biomarkers in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Year: 2011

The evaluation of serum biomarkers in patients with sarcoidosis: Can visfatin be a new biomarker for sarcoidosis?
Source: International Congress 2017 – Rare diseases
Year: 2017


Serum concentrations of KL-6 in patients with IPF and lung cancer and serial measurements of KL-6 in IPF patients treated with antifibrotic therapy
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Biomarkers and e-health in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Year: 2021


Serum KL-6 as a marker of disease progression in SSc-ILD
Source: International Congress 2018 – CTD-ILD and hypersensitivity pneumonitis: from the bench to the bedside
Year: 2018




KL-6, SP-D and MMP-7 as serum biomarkers for early detection of interstitial lung diseases
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Connective tissue disease and interstitial lung disease
Year: 2013

Human napsin a is a useful serum marker of interstitial lung disease, compared to KL-6, and surfactant protein-D
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Bronchoalveolar lavage and phenotyping in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Year: 2009

Modified GAP index by including serum KL-6 to assess risk of disease progression in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD): preliminary results from the VAMOS study.
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – New approaches to diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of interstitial lung diseases of known causes
Year: 2021



Serum KL-6 and SP-D as useful clinical indicators of interstitial changes and pulmonary functional abnormality in patients with Sjogren's syndrome
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 367s
Year: 2001

KL-6 as a potential therapeutic biomarker in fibrosing interstitial lung diseases
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Prognosis and biomarkers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Year: 2020


Usefulness of serum bird specific antibody levels in patients with interstitial pneumonia
Source: International Congress 2016 – Orphan diseases II
Year: 2016

Could KL-6 levels in COVID-19 help to predict lung disease ?
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – COVID - 19: lessons learned
Year: 2021


Serum surfactant protein D is a potential biomarker of lung damage in systemic sclerosis
Source: International Congress 2016 – Connective tissue disorders
Year: 2016


Serum KL-6, SP-D and MMP-2 as diagnostic biomarkers in asbestosis and silicosis
Source: International Congress 2017 – Silicosis has not gone away
Year: 2017




The Gender-Age-Physiology (GAP) Index enhanced with KL-6 serum level for predicting disease progression in interstitial lung diseases (ILD).
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Predictive markers of progression in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease and hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Year: 2020


Serum KL-6 identifies ILD patients with a progressive fibrosing phenotype
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease: progression, genes and more
Year: 2020


Elevation of serum tumor markers in patients with interstitial lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Bronchoalveolar lavage and biomarkers in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Year: 2011


Free plasmatic circulating DNA as prognostic and diagnostic lung cancer biomarker
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Novel trends in functional genomics and molecular pathology of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung diseases
Year: 2008


Serum CC16 is a potential predictor for IPF diagnosis and prognosis
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Prognosis and biomarkers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Year: 2020


Serum biomarkers in SSc-ILD: association with presence, severity and prognosis
Source: International Congress 2019 – From biomarkers to treatment of immune-mediated interstitial lung disease: what’s new?
Year: 2019