Surfactant gene polymorphisms and interstitial lung diseases

Respiratory Research

Supplementary Table 1 Studies of genetic polymorphisms in various interstitial lung diseases

Disease	Associated gene products	References
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)	HLA	[S1]
	IL-1, TNF-alpha	[15,17,S2]
	Chemokines	[16]
	ACE	[S3]
Sarcoidosis	HLA	[S4-S21]
	ACE	[S22-S29]
	TNF-alpha	[S30-S34]
	Chemokines	[S35,S36]
	NRAMP	[S37]
	Mannose-binding lectin	[S38]
	Vitamin-D receptor	[S39,S40]
	IL-1	[S41]
Fibrosing alveolitis in scleroderma	Fibronectin	[13]
	HLA	[14]
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis	TNF-alpha	[S42]
Langerhan's cell histiocytosis	TNF-alpha	[S43]

ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; IL-1, interleukin-1; NRAMP, natural resistance-associated macrophage protein; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.

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