Immunologic aspects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

MG Cosio, M Saetta, A Agusti - New England Journal of Medicine, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
This review is an account of how pulmonary damage caused by cigarette smoke and other
environmental toxins can incite inflammatory and immunologic reactions that culminate in …

The vitamin D axis in the lung: a key role for vitamin D-binding protein

L Chishimba, DR Thickett, RA Stockley, AM Wood - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
There has been much recent interest in the role of the vitamin D axis in lung disease, which
includes vitamin D, vitamin D receptor (VDR) and vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP; also …

Development and characterization of a high density SNP genotyping assay for cattle

LK Matukumalli, CT Lawley, RD Schnabel, JF Taylor… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The success of genome-wide association (GWA) studies for the detection of sequence
variation affecting complex traits in human has spurred interest in the use of large-scale high …

Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function

DB Hancock, M Eijgelsheim, JB Wilk, SA Gharib… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Spirometric measures of lung function are heritable traits that reflect respiratory health and
predict morbidity and mortality. We meta-analyzed genome-wide association studies for two …

A genome-wide association study of pulmonary function measures in the Framingham Heart Study

JB Wilk, T Chen, DJ Gottlieb, RE Walter… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second to forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) is a
measure used to diagnose airflow obstruction and is highly heritable. We performed a …

Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis

PC Robinson, MA Brown - Molecular immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis that affects the spine and
sacroiliac joints. It causes significant disability and is associated with a number of other …

Genome-wide association study of CSF levels of 59 Alzheimer's disease candidate proteins: significant associations with proteins involved in amyloid processing and …

JSK Kauwe, MH Bailey, PG Ridge, R Perry… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 42 amino acid species of amyloid beta (Aβ42) and tau levels are
strongly correlated with the presence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology including …

PPARA: A Novel Genetic Determinant of CYP3A4 In Vitro and In Vivo

K Klein, M Thomas, S Winter, AK Nussler… - Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Interindividual variability in cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is believed to be largely
heritable; however, predictive genetic factors have remained scarce. Using a candidate …

A role for glutathione transferase Omega 1 (GSTO1-1) in the glutathionylation cycle

D Menon, PG Board - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
The glutathionylation of intracellular protein thiols can protect against irreversible oxidation
and can act as a redox switch regulating metabolic pathways. In this study we discovered …

The Framingham Heart Study 100K SNP genome-wide association study resource: overview of 17 phenotype working group reports

LA Cupples, HT Arruda, EJ Benjamin… - BMC medical …, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Background The Framingham Heart Study (FHS), founded in 1948 to examine the
epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, is among the most comprehensively characterized …