ANKRD23 and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Functional enrichment and gene set enrichment analyses indicated that these genes were mainly involved in immune-related processes in BPN, while in IPF, <i>ANKRD23</i> was linked to cytoskeletal organization and genomic stability, and <i>MME</i> was enriched in profibrotic pathways such as TGF-β signaling.