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The patients were divided into two groups based on findings by chest computed tomography (CT): 30 patients with ILD (CT-positive ILD group), and 12 patients without any lung abnormalities (CT-negative ILD group). The CT-positive ILD group was further divided into two groups: 24 patients with ILD detectable by chest plain radiography (X-ray-positive ILD group) and six patients with ILD showing no abnormality (X-ray-negative ILD group). The levels of SP-A and SP-D in sera were significantly higher in the CT-positive ILD group than in the CT-negative ILD group. They were also significantly higher in the X-ray-positive ILD group than in the CT-negative ILD group. In the X-ray-negative ILD group, their levels were higher than those of the CT-negative ILD group. We next estimated sensitivity and specificity of SP-A, SP-D, and X-ray for detecting ILD on CT. Sensitivity of SP-D was high (77%) as well as that of X-ray (80%), whereas SP-A showed a low sensitivity (33%). Remarkably, five of six patients in the X-ray-negative ILD group showed SP-D concentrations over its cut-off level, thereby demonstrating that an SP-D assay contributes to the detection of ILD overlooked by X-ray. Moreover, a combination of X-ray and SP-D dramatically increases sensitivity to 97%. Specificity of SP-A, SP-D, and X-ray to the CT-negative ILD group was 100%, 83%, and 100%, respectively. In conclusion, this study indicates that elevated levels of serum SP-A and SP-D reflect well the presence of ILD and that the combination of SP-D and X-ray contributes to reduce the risk of clinicians overlooking ILD complicated by PSS, although a repetition in another set of subjects is needed to confirm these indications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1164\/ajrccm.162.1.9903014","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,4]],"date-time":"2013-04-04T14:17:08Z","timestamp":1365085028000},"page":"258-263","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":137,"title":["Serum Levels of Surfactant Proteins A and D Are Useful Biomarkers for Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Progressive Systemic Sclerosis"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"162","author":[{"given":"HIROKI","family":"TAKAHASHI","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Third Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Biochemistry, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan; Sapporo Yamanoue Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; 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