Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are associated with pauci-immune small-vessel vasculitis and crescentic glomerulonephritis. Cathelicidin LL37 is the human member of a family of antimicrobial peptides that are released from activated neutrophils and monocytes at sites of acute inflammation. Zhang and colleagues evaluated serum levels of cathelicidin LL37 and interferon-alpha in patients wi...

FOR RELATED ARTICLE, SEE PAGE 2334Ethnically diverse case series and cohort studies have reported the association of interstitial lung disease (ILD) microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis.1Tzelepis G.E. Kokosi M. Tzioufas A. et al.Prevalence outcome pulmonary fibrosis in polyangiitis.Eur Respir J. 2010; 36: 116-121Crossref PubMed Scop...