Contribution of adaptive immunity to human COPD and experimental models of emphysema

F Kheradmand, Y Zhang, DB Corry - Physiological Reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
The pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the undisputed
role of innate immune cells in this condition have dominated the field in the basic research …

Machine learning characterization of COPD subtypes: insights from the COPDGene study

PJ Castaldi, A Boueiz, J Yun, RSJ Estepar, JC Ross… - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
COPD is a heterogeneous syndrome. Many COPD subtypes have been proposed, but there
is not yet consensus on how many COPD subtypes there are and how they should be …

Emphysema: looking beyond alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

R Janssen, I Piscaer, FME Franssen… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Distinct pathologies can cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Emphysema is a COPD-phenotype characterized by destruction of lung parenchyma. Alpha …

Update in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2019

P Alter, JR Baker, N Dauletbaev… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is believed to be associated with both
intrinsic and exogenous disease determinants. The former comprise genetic (1, 2) and …

Identification of an emphysema-associated genetic variant near TGFB2 with regulatory effects in lung fibroblasts

MM Parker, Y Hao, F Guo, B Pham, R Chase, J Platig… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Murine studies have linked TGF-β signaling to emphysema, and human genome-wide
association studies (GWAS) studies of lung function and COPD have identified associated …

Relationships of ferroptosis-related genes with the pathogenesis in polycystic ovary syndrome

S Lin, X Jin, H Gu, F Bi - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Numerous studies have suggested that ferroptosis plays a significant role in the
development of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but the mechanism remains unclear …

Protective effect of club cell secretory protein (CC-16) on COPD risk and progression: a Mendelian randomisation study

S Milne, X Li, AIH Cordero, CX Yang, MH Cho… - Thorax, 2020 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The anti-inflammatory pneumoprotein club cell secretory protein-16 (CC-16) is
associated with the clinical expression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Lung Transcriptomics Link Emphysema to Barrier Dysfunction and Macrophage Subpopulations

R Lu, A Gregory, R Suryadevara, Z Xu… - American Journal of …, 2025 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Although many studies have examined gene expression in lung tissue, the gene
regulatory processes underlying emphysema are still not well understood. Finding efficient …

Characterization of a COPD-Associated NPNT Functional Splicing Genetic Variant in Human Lung Tissue via Long-Read Sequencing

A Saferali, Z Xu, GM Sheynkman, CP Hersh, MH Cho… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death worldwide.
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified over 80 loci that are associated …

Quantifying the spatial clustering characteristics of radiographic emphysema explains variability in pulmonary function

BE Vestal, D Ghosh, RSJ Estépar, K Kechris… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Quantitative assessment of emphysema in CT scans has mostly focused on calculating the
percentage of lung tissue that is deemed abnormal based on a density thresholding …