For diagnosing systemic sclerosis-related ILD, Krebs von den Lungen-6, surfactant protein-D and interleukin-8 in blood/bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples were found to be “reliable biomarkers,” according to results published in Thorax.“Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare but severe auto-immune disease that is poorly understood,” Bettina C. Schock, PhD, lecturer at The