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The mechanisms underlying interstitial lung disease (ILD) are characterized by variable inflammation or fibrosis of the pulmonary interstitium. A negative heart sign (NHS) on 67Ga scintigrams of patients with ILD is due to considerably increased inflammatory activity in the lungs. We retrospectively analyzed relationships between NHS and established biomarkers of disease severity in patients with ILD. Among 81 consecutive non-smoking patients with ILD (mean age, 63 years) who had been hospitalized between April 2009 and October 2011, we selected 52 who had be