A studyby Shao et al.60 detected an increase inthe expression of genes for LH1, LH2, and LH3 in the serum of patientswith idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and also as in the lung tissueof the mice fibrosis model induced by bleomycin in comparison withhealthy animals. Here, PLOD1 is linked to pulmonary fibrosis.