FCN2 and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: In IPF patients, we observed numerically higher MBL plasma and BALF levels (plasma, median 1511 vs. 879 ng/ml, p = 0.44; BALF, 37.5 vs. 24.6 ng/ml, p = 0.7) as well as lower ficolin-2 plasma levels (plasma 1111 vs. 1647 ng/ml, p = 0.11).