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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis With and Without Autoimmune Features: A Clinical Comparative Analysis.

Saminder Singh Kalra, Johnny F Jaber, Bashar Alzghoul, Brandon Jansen, Ayoub Innabi, Amy B Tran, Katherine Fu, Raju Reddy, Diana C Gomez Manjarres, Divya Patel

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Article in Lung, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic biomarkers for the development of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saminder Singh KalraDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA. dr_saminders@yahoo.com.
Johnny F JaberDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
Bashar AlzghoulDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
Brandon JansenDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
Ayoub InnabiDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
Amy B TranDepartment of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Katherine FuDepartment of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Raju ReddyDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Diana C Gomez ManjarresDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
Divya PatelDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
University of Florida · USOregon Health & Science University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease (ILD) caused by an immunological reaction to repeated inhalational exposure to antigens. The etiology and exact immunopathology are poorly understood. Autoimmunity overlapping with HP has been described but the role of concomitant autoimmunity in the clinical course and outcome of the HP is not clearly established. In this study, we examined patients diagnosed with HP and compare them to patients with concomitant HP and autoimmunity.

methodsPatients were retrospectively screened from a single-center ILD registry. Patients > 18 years with an established multidisciplinary diagnosis of HP were included in the study. Patients with HP without autoimmune features and patients with HP with autoimmune features (HPAF) were assessed. We compared the demographics, clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes between the two groups. We used a Cox proportional hazards model to compare lung transplant-free survival outcomes of patients with HPAF to those with non-HPAF HP patients.

resultsOf 73 patients with HP, 43 were diagnosed with HPAF. Patients with HPAF had a higher echocardiographic probability of pulmonary hypertension as compared to non-HPAF HP patients [48.8 vs 23.3%, p = 0.028, Crude odds ratio (cOR) = 3.14]. Symptomatically, those with HPAF reported a higher prevalence of arthritis as compared to non-HPAF HP (20.9 vs 3.3%, p = 0.040, cOR = 7.68). No significant differences between pulmonary function tests, oxygen requirements, mortality, and lung transplantation rates were found between the two groups. There was no statistically significant difference in transplant-free survival (p = 0.836).

conclusionPatients with HPAF had a higher echocardiographic probability of pulmonary hypertension as compared to patients with non-HPAF HP. The clinical characteristics and outcomes did not differ between the two groups and concomitant autoimmunity among the HP group did not portend a poorer prognosis.

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Alveolitis, Extrinsic AllergicHypertension, PulmonaryLung Diseases, InterstitialHumansLungRetrospective StudiesHypersensitivity pneumonitisHypersensitivity pneumonitis with autoimmune featuresInterstitial lung disease

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