Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Hedgehog signalling

Y Zhang, PA Beachy - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The Hedgehog signalling pathway has crucial roles in embryonic tissue patterning,
postembryonic tissue regeneration, and cancer, yet aspects of Hedgehog signal …

Genetics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: understanding the pathobiology and heterogeneity of a complex disorder

MH Cho, BD Hobbs, EK Silverman - The Lancet Respiratory …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a deadly and highly morbid disease.
Susceptibility to and heterogeneity of COPD are incompletely explained by environmental …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Repair and regeneration of the respiratory system: complexity, plasticity, and mechanisms of lung stem cell function

BLM Hogan, CE Barkauskas, HA Chapman, JA Epstein… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Respiratory disease is the third leading cause of death in the industrialized world.
Consequently, the trachea, lungs, and cardiopulmonary vasculature have been the focus of …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking and COVID-19: What we know so far

MD Shastri, SD Shukla, WC Chong, KC Rajendra… - Respiratory …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on infectious diseases and their
associations with host factors and underlying conditions. New data on the Severe Acute …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Novel insights into the genetics of smoking behaviour, lung function, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (UK BiLEVE): a genetic association study in …

LV Wain, N Shrine, S Miller, VE Jackson… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Understanding the genetic basis of airflow obstruction and smoking behaviour
is key to determining the pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: epidemiology, biomarkers, and paving the way to lung cancer

K Szalontai, N Gémes, J Furák, T Varga… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the frequently fatal pathology of the
respiratory tract, accounts for half a billion cases globally. COPD manifests via chronic …

Nicotine addiction

NL Benowitz - New England Journal of Medicine, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
This review gives an account of the cigarette as a highly efficient nicotine delivery system. It
explains how nicotine induces pleasure, reduces stress and anxiety, and causes addiction …

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 …