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Exposure to lippolysaccharide (LPS) reduces contractile response of small airways from GSTCD+ mice (2019)
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Introduction: Genome-Wide Association Studies suggest glutathione S transferase C terminal domain (GSTCD) may play a role in development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. We aimed to define the potential role of GSTCD in airway inflammation a... Read More about Exposure to lippolysaccharide (LPS) reduces contractile response of small airways from GSTCD+ mice.

Defining a role for lung function associated gene GSTCD in cell homeostasis (2019)
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Genome wide association (GWA) studies have reproducibly identified signals on chromosome 4q24 associated with lung function and COPD. GSTCD (Glutathione S-transferase C-terminal domain containing) represents a candidate causal gene in this locus, how... Read More about Defining a role for lung function associated gene GSTCD in cell homeostasis.

New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries (2019)
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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 European ancestry, we define 279 lung function signals, 139 of which ar... Read More about New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries.

Moderate-to-severe asthma in individuals of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study (2018)
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Background Few genetic studies that focus on moderate-to-severe asthma exist. We aimed to identity novel genetic variants associated with moderate-to-severe asthma, see whether previously identified genetic variants for all types of asthma contribut... Read More about Moderate-to-severe asthma in individuals of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study.

Genetic risk factors for the development of pulmonary disease identified by genome-wide association (2018)
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Chronic respiratory diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) combined affect over 500 million people worldwide. While environmental factors are important in disease progression, as... Read More about Genetic risk factors for the development of pulmonary disease identified by genome-wide association.

Genetic variants associated with susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in people of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study (2017)
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Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive lung disease with high mortality, uncertain cause, and few treatment options. Studies have identified a significant genetic risk associated with the development of IPF; however,... Read More about Genetic variants associated with susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in people of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study.

Addressing unmet needs in understanding asthma mechanisms (2017)
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Asthma is a heterogeneous, complex disease with clinical phenotypes that incorporate persistent symptoms and acute exacerbations. It affects many millions of Europeans throughout their education and working lives and puts a heavy cost on European pro... Read More about Addressing unmet needs in understanding asthma mechanisms.

Defining the inflammatory signature of human lung explant tissue in the presence and absence of glucocorticoid (2017)
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Background: Airway inflammation is a feature of many respiratory diseases and there is a need for newer, more effective anti-inflammatory compounds. The aim of this study was to develop an ex vivo human lung explant model which can be used to help st... Read More about Defining the inflammatory signature of human lung explant tissue in the presence and absence of glucocorticoid.

Lung function associated gene Integrator Complex subunit 12 regulates protein synthesis pathways (2017)
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BACKGROUND: Genetic studies of human lung function and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease have identified a highly significant and reproducible signal on 4q24. It remains unclear which of the two candidate genes within this locus may regulate lung... Read More about Lung function associated gene Integrator Complex subunit 12 regulates protein synthesis pathways.

Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets (2017)
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by reduced lung function and is the third leading cause of death globally. Through genome-wide association discovery in 48,943 individuals, selected from extremes of the lung function dist... Read More about Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets.

Targeted sequencing of lung function loci in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases and controls (2017)
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide; smoking is the main risk factor for COPD, but genetic factors are also relevant contributors. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of the lung function meas... Read More about Targeted sequencing of lung function loci in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases and controls.

Genome-wide association studies in asthma (2016)
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Asthma is a complex respiratory disease, with both genetic and environmental factors contributing to disease susceptibility. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have now identified novel risk alleles and loci associated with asthma diagnosis and m... Read More about Genome-wide association studies in asthma.

The Ser82 RAGE Variant Affects Lung Function and Serum RAGE in Smokers and sRAGE Production In Vitro (2016)
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Introduction Genome-Wide Association Studies have identified associations between lung function measures and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chromosome region 6p21 containing the gene for the Advanced Glycation End Product Recepto... Read More about The Ser82 RAGE Variant Affects Lung Function and Serum RAGE in Smokers and sRAGE Production In Vitro.

Airway and peripheral urokinase plasminogen activator receptor is elevated in asthma, and identi?es a severe, nonatopic subset of patients (2016)
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Rationale: Genetic polymorphisms in the asthma susceptibility gene, urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR/PLAUR) have been associated with lung function decline and uPAR blood levels in asthma subjects. Preliminary studieshave identi?ed uPAR... Read More about Airway and peripheral urokinase plasminogen activator receptor is elevated in asthma, and identi?es a severe, nonatopic subset of patients.

The differential effects of azithromycin on the airway epithelium in vitro and in vivo (2016)
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Macrolides including azithromycin (AZM) can improve clinical symptoms in asthma regardless of infection status. The mechanisms underlying these benefi- cial effects are yet to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of AZM on... Read More about The differential effects of azithromycin on the airway epithelium in vitro and in vivo.

Expression of polycomb protein BMI-1 1 maintains the plasticity of basal 2 bronchial epithelial cells (2016)
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The airway epithelium is altered in respiratory disease and is thought to contribute to disease aetiology. A caveat to disease research is that the technique of isolation of bronchial epithelial cells from patients is invasive and cells have a limite... Read More about Expression of polycomb protein BMI-1 1 maintains the plasticity of basal 2 bronchial epithelial cells.

Genes associated with polymorphic variants predicting lung function are differentially expressed during human lung development (2016)
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Background Recent meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within/near 54 genes associated with lung function measures. Current understanding of the contribution of these genes to human... Read More about Genes associated with polymorphic variants predicting lung function are differentially expressed during human lung development.

Erratum: Letters to the editor: Genetic polymorphism and soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (2016)
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Traditional and emerging indicators of cardiovascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2016)
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With the increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there is a priority to identify those patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Stable patients with COPD (n = 1... Read More about Traditional and emerging indicators of cardiovascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Translating lung function genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings: new insights for lung biology (2016)
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Chronic respiratory diseases are a major cause of worldwide mortality and morbidity. Although hereditary severe deficiency of ?1 antitrypsin (A1AD) has been established to cause emphysema, A1AD accounts for only ?1% of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary D... Read More about Translating lung function genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings: new insights for lung biology.