11. Rudie Sypkes died of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2007. 12. Mutations in this gene may be involved in the cause of familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis . 13. He suffered from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ( IPF ) and interstitial lung disease ( ILD ). 14. Lurtsema hosted the WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1971 until his death from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis . 15. He was suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , a progressive and potentially fatal hardening of the lung tissue. 16. A widely used therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was azathioprine in combination with prednisone and " N "-acetylcysteine. 17. Many diseases, such as emphysema, cystic fibrosis, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , are characterized by increased levels of neutrophil elastase. 18. He died after a long struggle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on 5 June 2012, at the age of 78. 19. WISP-1 is upregulated in human patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and in a mouse model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis. 20. A : THE first symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are breathlessness and a dry cough without other obvious causes.