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Is the association between diabetes mellitus and pulmonary fibrosis real?

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An emerging feature of type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus is their association with pulmonary fibrosis, which negatively affects the prognosis of patients. Here, we provide a brief update of the field and the remaining open questions.

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Fig. 1: The onset and progression of pulmonary fibrosis in diabetes mellitus.

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The authors acknowledge the support of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 1118 & GRK 1874-DIAMICOM) and the Deutsche Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD). The authors acknowledge all the work that could not be cited due to space limitations.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine-I and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Varun Kumar & Peter P. Nawroth

  2. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, Heidelberg, Germany

    Varun Kumar

  3. German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany

    Varun Kumar & Peter P. Nawroth

  4. Joint Heidelberg-IDC Translational Diabetes Program, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Munich, Germany

    Peter P. Nawroth

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Kumar, V., Nawroth, P.P. Is the association between diabetes mellitus and pulmonary fibrosis real?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 17, 703–704 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-021-00577-z

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