Pathogenic triad in COPD: oxidative stress, protease–antiprotease imbalance, and inflammation

BM Fischer, E Pavlisko, JA Voynow - International journal of chronic …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit dominant features of
chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and/or asthma, with a common phenotype of airflow …

COPD in China: the burden and importance of proper management

X Fang, X Wang, C Bai - Chest, 2011 - Elsevier
Although, to our knowledge, there has been no exhaustive or credible review of the
evidence of the disease burden of COPD in China, COPD has become an increasing public …

Genetic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies heterogeneous cell-type and phenotype associations

P Sakornsakolpat, D Prokopenko, M Lamontagne… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the leading cause of respiratory mortality
worldwide. Genetic risk loci provide new insights into disease pathogenesis. We performed …

Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

BD Hobbs, K De Jong, M Lamontagne, Y Bossé… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide.
We performed a genetic association study in 15,256 cases and 47,936 controls, with …

Risk loci for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis

MH Cho, MLN McDonald, X Zhou… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background The genetic risk factors for susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) are still largely unknown. Additional genetic variants are likely to be …

A genome-wide association study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): identification of two major susceptibility loci

SG Pillai, D Ge, G Zhu, X Kong, KV Shianna… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
There is considerable variability in the susceptibility of smokers to develop chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The only known genetic risk factor is severe …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts

M Moll, P Sakornsakolpat, N Shrine… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Genetic factors influence chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk,
but the individual variants that have been identified have small effects. We hypothesised that …

Cigarette smoking behaviors and time since quitting are associated with differential DNA methylation across the human genome

ES Wan, W Qiu, A Baccarelli, VJ Carey… - Human molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The impact of cigarette smoking can persist for extended periods following smoking
cessation and may involve epigenetic reprogramming. Changes in DNA methylation …

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 …

A genome-wide association study of COPD identifies a susceptibility locus on chromosome 19q13

MH Cho, PJ Castaldi, ES Wan… - Human molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The genetic risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are still largely
unknown. To date, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of limited size have identified …