HDAC6 and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Very recently, novel specific inhibitors for human HDAC6 enzyme have been developed as promising pharmaceutical tools for the treatment of IPF, with the aim of also investigating the role of HDAC6 in the abnormal bronchiolization process in IPF, as this enzyme isoform was found to be robustly overexpressed in bronchiolar basal cells of IPF lungs [174].