A	Aorta
ACPAs	Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies
ADM	Amyopathic dermatomyositis
AIP	Acute interstitial pneumonia
ALAT	Latin American Thoracic Association
Anti-MDA5	Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5
ARS	Aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases
ASyS	Antisynthetase syndrome
ATS	American Thoracic Society
AUL	Anterior Upper Lobe
BALT	Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue
BNP	Brain natriuretic peptide
BSR	British Society for Rheumatology,
CB	Constrictive bronchiolitis
COP	Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
CRP	C-reactive protein
CTD-ILDs	Connective tissue disease associated interstitial lung disease
CTDs	Connective tissue diseases
DAD	Diffuse alveolar damage
DLCO	Diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide
DM	Dermatomyositis
EHC	Exuberant Honeycombing
ERS	European Respiratory Society
ESR	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
ESSDAI	EULAR Sjögren’s syndrome disease activity index
FB	Follicular bronchiolitis
FVC	Forced vital capacity
GGO	Ground-glass opacities
HP	Histopathological
HRCT	High-resolution computed tomography
IIMs	Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
ILD	Interstitial lung disease
IMNM	Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy
iNSIP	Idiopathic NSIP
IPF	Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
JRS	The Japanese Respiratory Society
lcSSc	Limited cutaneous SSc
LIP	Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
MALT	Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
MCTD	Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
mMRC	Modified Medical Research Council
mPAP	Mean pulmonary arterial pressure
MSAs	Myositis-specific autoantibodies
NOS	Newcastle–Ottawa Scale
NSIP	Non-specific interstitial pneumonia
NT-proBNP	N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide
OP	Organizing pneumonia
PA	Pulmonary artery
PAH	Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PAWP	Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
PFT	Pulmonary function tests
PM	Polymyositis
PRISMA	Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
pSS	Primary Sjögren’s syndrome
PVR	Pulmonary vascular resistance
RA	Rheumatoid Arthritis
RF	Rheumatoid factor
RHC	Right heart catheterization
RNP	Ribonucleoprotein
RP-ILD	Rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease
SE	Straight-Edge
sIBM	Sporadic inclusion-body myositis
SLE	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
SS	Sjögren’s syndrome
SSc	Systemic Sclerosis
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-beta
UIP	Usual interstitial pneumonia
WHO	The World Health Organization