VEGFA and systemic sclerosis: We collected explanted lung tissue at the time of lung transplantation from 130 PF-ILD patients (99 (76%) IPF, 14 (11%) SSc-ILD, 17 (13%) other PF-ILD), and wedge biopsies from 200 donor lungs and measured PDGF, FGF, VEGF and M-CSF concentrations by Luminex.