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  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

Background:

  • Interstitial lung disease (ILD) encompasses rare pulmonary diseases affecting the interstitium.
  • Telomere length (TL) maintenance is implicated in ILD pathogenesis, especially idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To measure and compare TL across a broad spectrum of sporadic and familial ILD cohorts.
  • To investigate the relationship between TL and specific ILD subtypes and genetic mutations.

Main Methods:

  • Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to measure TL.
  • 173 healthy subjects and 359 ILD patients, including familial interstitial pneumonia (FIP) cohorts, were analyzed.
  • FIP cohorts were stratified by TERT, SFTPA2/SFTPC mutations, or no mutation.

Main Results:

  • All ILD cases exhibited significantly shorter TL than controls.
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients had shorter TL than other IIPs and sarcoidosis patients.
  • FIP-TERT patients had the shortest TL; FIP-no mutation patients had TL similar to IPF patients.

Conclusions:

  • Telomere shortening is a common feature across all ILD diagnoses.
  • Distinct TL differences between FIP groups suggest acquired vs. innate telomere shortening mechanisms.
  • Short TL in IPF and FIP-no mutation indicates innate defects, while other ILDs may involve acquired shortening.