Genotyping of rs2736100 [C/A] in <i>TERT</i> and rs1278769 [G/A] in <i>ATP11A</i> was conducted in 98 RA patients with usual interstitial pneumonia, 120 with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP), 227 with AD, and 422 without chronic lung disease using TaqMan assays. This evidence concerns the gene TERT and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.