Web Page References

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation has made every effort to write its educational information on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to be as up-to-date and scientifically accurate as possible, while presenting the information in a style that is easily understood for the layperson.

To do this, we have referenced a variety of peer review publications and nationally credible Web resources in our material. Here is a list of those references.

1-National Institutes of Health web page (www.nhlbi.nih.gov)

2-J Respir Crit Care Med : Incidence and Prevalence of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Ganesh Raghu, M.D., Derek Weycker, Ph.D., John Edelsberg, M.D., M.P.H., Williamson Z. Bradford, M.D., Ph.D., Gerry Oster, Ph.D.: Published on June 29, 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200602-163OC

3-Respiratory Medicine: Volume 101, Issue 6, June 2007, Pages 1350-1354 Patient experiences with pulmonary fibrosis ; Collard, Shreve, Tino, Noble, Michaels, Carlson, Schwarz

5-PLoS Med 2008: MMP1 and MMP7 as Potential Peripheral Blood Biomarkers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Rosas IO, Richards TJ, Konishi K, Zhang Y, Gibson K, et al. (2008) PLoS Med 5(4): e93. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050093

6-N Engl J Med 2007;356:1317-26. Telomerase Mutations in Families with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Mary Y. Armanios, M.D., Julian J.-L. Chen, Ph.D., Joy D. Cogan, Ph.D., Jonathan K. Alder, B.A., Roxann G. Ingersoll, B.S., Cheryl Markin, B.S., William E. Lawson, M.D., Mingyi Xie, B.S., Irma Vulto, B.S., John A. Phillips III, M.D., Peter M. Lansdorp, M.D., Ph.D., Carol W. Greider, Ph.D., and James E. Loyd, M.D

6a.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(35):13051-6

8-Mutations in the Surfactant Protein C Gene Associated With Interstitial Lung Disease ; Hamvas, Whitsett, Nogee, Dunbar III, Wert, Askin; Chest 2002;121;20S-21S;

9-Coultas DB, Zumault RE, Black W, Sobonya RE. The epidemiology of interstitial lung diseases. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994; 150:967-72.

10-American Thoracic Society. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: diagnosis and treatment (international consensus statement). Am J Respir Crit Care Med . 2000;161:646-664.

11-King, Jr.: Clinical Advances in the Diagnosis and Therapy of the Interstitial Lung Diseases; Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 172. pp 268–279, 2005

12-Nishiyama, et. al.: Effects of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with IPF; Respirology 2007 1-6 Vol 13 3 pp. 394-399

13-Ferreira, Alicia, Chris Garvey, Gerilynn Conners, Lana Hilling, Julia Rigler, Susan Farrell, Cindy Cayou, Cyrus Shariat, and Harold R Collard. Pulmonary rehabilitation in Interstitial Lung Disease: Benefits and predictors of response. Chest 2009;135:442.

14- Vyskocil, James; Idiopathic Pulonary Fibrosis and You: A Patient Education Guide; c.2005 American College of Chest Physicians