Microbiome-innate immune crosstalk in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an amplification framework
Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF) remains a major cause of short-term mortality, yet its biological drivers are incompletely understood. Increasing evidence indicates that the distal lung is not sterile and that microbial bur…