Association of family sequence similarity gene 13A gene polymorphism and interstitial lung disease susceptibility: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

This is the first meta-analysis that provides evidence that the rs2609255 of FAM13A might increase susceptibility to RA-ILD, and IPF especially in Asian but not in European individuals, and not be correlated with silicosis in Chinese individuals, which indicated the differences in susceptibility to disease by race were noteworthy.