Systemic Autoimmune Disorder with Pulmonary Involvement: Novel Insights from Underlying Mechanisms of Drug Development and Intervention
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Respiratory Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 716
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Interests: COVID-19; interstitial lung diseases; metabolic dysfuntion in chronic respiratory disorders
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Dear Colleagues,
Rheumatic diseases include a wide range of disorders with a notable impact on quality of life, as well as significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Pulmonary involvement is overall frequent, representing a prognostic factor of negative outcomes in patients with connective tissue disorders. During the last few decades, several studies have addressed the immune-mediated mechanisms of lung involvement in patients with systemic autoimmune disorders (SARDs). However, several pathogenetic mechanisms are still far from being clarified, and there is a general lack of knowledge about the heterogeneity of lung involvement in patients with SARDs.
The clinical breakthrough of novel antifibrotic agents and their interconnection with different immunomodulatory agents have led to significant changes in the therapeutic scenario, boosting the development of pharmacological research for these patients.
In this Special Issue, we aim to include original research and review articles focused on early diagnosis, and innovative treatments for patients with pulmonary involvement of systemic autoimmune disorders.
Dr. Fabio Perrotta
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- rheumatic diseases
- pulmonary involvement
- connective tissue disorders
- systemic autoimmune disorders (SARDs)
- diagnosis
- innovative treatments
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