S68 Understanding the pathological role of a genetic abnormality in DOCK3 in familial pulmonary fibrosis

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is an uncommon but serious progressive fibrotic lung disease characterised by deteriorating symptoms, respiratory failure and death, often within 5 years from diagnosis. Up to 10% of patients with IPF have a family history of this disease, known as Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis (FPF). Prior genetic studies have identified rare variants in genes relating to telomere and epithelial function and are...