Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity

DW Loth, MS Artigas, SA Gharib, LV Wain… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Forced vital capacity (FVC), a spirometric measure of pulmonary function, reflects lung
volume and is used to diagnose and monitor lung diseases. We performed genome-wide …

A genetic risk score associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease susceptibility and lung structure on computed tomography

EC Oelsner, VE Ortega, BM Smith… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been associated with
numerous genetic variants, yet the extent to which its genetic risk is mediated by variation in …

New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries

N Shrine, AL Guyatt, AM Erzurumluoglu, VE Jackson… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Reduced lung function predicts mortality and is key to the diagnosis of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). In a genome-wide association study in 400,102 individuals of …

Genetic risk factors for the development of pulmonary disease identified by genome‐wide association

R Hall, IP Hall, I Sayers - Respirology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic respiratory diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) combined affect over 500 million people …

Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

MS Artigas, DW Loth, LV Wain, SA Gharib, M Obeidat… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Pulmonary function measures reflect respiratory health and are used in the diagnosis of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We tested genome-wide association with forced …

Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

LV Wain, N Shrine, MS Artigas, AM Erzurumluoglu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by reduced lung function
and is the third leading cause of death globally. Through genome-wide association …

A genome-wide association study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hispanics

W Chen, JM Brehm, A Manichaikul… - Annals of the …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) have identified disease-susceptibility loci, mostly in subjects of European …

Epidemiology, genetics, and subtyping of preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) in COPDGene

ES Wan, PJ Castaldi, MH Cho, JE Hokanson… - Respiratory …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm), defined as a reduced
FEV 1 in the setting of a preserved FEV 1/FVC ratio, is highly prevalent and is associated …

Heritability of pulmonary function estimated from pedigree and whole-genome markers

YC Klimentidis, AI Vazquez, G de Los Campos… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are major worldwide health
problems. Pulmonary function testing is a useful diagnostic tool for these diseases, and is …

Updates on the COPD gene list

Y Bossé - International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A genetic contribution to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is well
established. However, the specific genes responsible for enhanced risk or host differences …