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Permanent alveolar collapse is the predominant mechanism in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 2015 August
Alveolar epithelial cell loss and impaired epithelial cell regeneration are currently accepted as central initiating events in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), but subsequent downstream effects remain uncertain. The most accepted downstream effect is aberrant and dysregulated mesenchymal cell proliferation and excess extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation. However, biochemical and imaging studies have perhaps somewhat surprisingly indicated little increase in total lung collagen and lung tissue, and have rather shown a substantial decrease in lung aeration and lung air volume. Loss of tissue aeration is a consequence of alveolar collapse, which occurs in IPF as a result of apposition and septal incorporation of denuded basal lamina. Permanent alveolar collapse is well-documented following epithelial injury, has the ability to mimic interstitial fibrosis radiologically and histologically, and is a better supported explanation than dysregulated fibroblast proliferation and excess ECM accumulation for the constellation of findings in patients with IPF.
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