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Title |
Journal |
Year |
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1
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Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2003
|
41.22
|
2
|
Adipose expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha: direct role in obesity-linked insulin resistance.
|
Science
|
1993
|
25.54
|
3
|
Oxidants, oxidative stress and the biology of ageing.
|
Nature
|
2000
|
23.21
|
4
|
Interpretative strategies for lung function tests.
|
Eur Respir J
|
2005
|
21.50
|
5
|
Inflammation and insulin resistance.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2006
|
18.76
|
6
|
Identification of RANTES, MIP-1 alpha, and MIP-1 beta as the major HIV-suppressive factors produced by CD8+ T cells.
|
Science
|
1995
|
17.42
|
7
|
Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing-1999. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2000
|
9.44
|
8
|
Obesity and systemic oxidative stress: clinical correlates of oxidative stress in the Framingham Study.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2003
|
7.47
|
9
|
Identification of asthma phenotypes using cluster analysis in the Severe Asthma Research Program.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
7.17
|
10
|
T-helper type 2-driven inflammation defines major subphenotypes of asthma.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
7.11
|
11
|
Omental and subcutaneous adipose tissues of obese subjects release interleukin-6: depot difference and regulation by glucocorticoid.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
1998
|
7.05
|
12
|
Inflammatory links between obesity and metabolic disease.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2011
|
6.73
|
13
|
Odds ratios for mediation analysis for a dichotomous outcome.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2010
|
6.03
|
14
|
HIV infection and the risk of acute myocardial infarction.
|
JAMA Intern Med
|
2013
|
5.90
|
15
|
Cluster analysis and clinical asthma phenotypes.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
5.80
|
16
|
Reciprocal relationships between insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction: molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms.
|
Circulation
|
2006
|
5.50
|
17
|
Obesity/insulin resistance is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Implications for the syndrome of insulin resistance.
|
J Clin Invest
|
1996
|
4.98
|
18
|
Asthma phenotypes: the evolution from clinical to molecular approaches.
|
Nat Med
|
2012
|
4.85
|
19
|
Evidence that severe asthma can be divided pathologically into two inflammatory subtypes with distinct physiologic and clinical characteristics.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
1999
|
4.75
|
20
|
Trends in asthma prevalence, health care use, and mortality in the United States, 2001-2010.
|
NCHS Data Brief
|
2012
|
4.00
|
21
|
The end of AIDS: HIV infection as a chronic disease.
|
Lancet
|
2013
|
3.96
|
22
|
Overweight, obesity, and incident asthma: a meta-analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
3.95
|
23
|
Airway wall thickening and emphysema show independent familial aggregation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
3.70
|
24
|
Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA): a novel risk factor for endothelial dysfunction: its role in hypercholesterolemia.
|
Circulation
|
1998
|
3.25
|
25
|
Airway remodeling in asthma.
|
J Clin Invest
|
1999
|
3.19
|
26
|
The prediction of small airway dimensions using computed tomography.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
3.02
|
27
|
Plasma malondialdehyde as biomarker for oxidative stress: reference interval and effects of life-style factors.
|
Clin Chem
|
1997
|
3.02
|
28
|
HIV infection and risk for incident pulmonary diseases in the combination antiretroviral therapy era.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
3.00
|
29
|
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha suppresses insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor and its substrates.
|
J Biol Chem
|
1993
|
2.94
|
30
|
Adipose macrophage infiltration is associated with insulin resistance and vascular endothelial dysfunction in obese subjects.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2008
|
2.82
|
31
|
Distinguishing severe asthma phenotypes: role of age at onset and eosinophilic inflammation.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2004
|
2.80
|
32
|
Endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor: a novel marker of atherosclerosis.
|
Circulation
|
1999
|
2.77
|
33
|
Definition and classification of chronic bronchitis for clinical and epidemiological purposes. A report to the Medical Research Council by their Committee on the Aetiology of Chronic Bronchitis.
|
Lancet
|
1965
|
2.74
|
34
|
Effects of obesity and bariatric surgery on airway hyperresponsiveness, asthma control, and inflammation.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2011
|
2.53
|
35
|
Soluble CD163 made by monocyte/macrophages is a novel marker of HIV activity in early and chronic infection prior to and after anti-retroviral therapy.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
2.44
|
36
|
Influence of body mass index on the response to asthma controller agents.
|
Eur Respir J
|
2006
|
2.41
|
37
|
Retracted
Alveolar macrophages from overweight/obese subjects with asthma demonstrate a proinflammatory phenotype.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
2.39
|
38
|
Effect of leptin on allergic airway responses in mice.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2005
|
2.08
|
39
|
Current asthma prevalence - United States, 2006-2008.
|
MMWR Surveill Summ
|
2011
|
2.01
|
40
|
Induced sputum cell counts in healthy adults.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2000
|
1.93
|
41
|
The changing spectrum of pulmonary disease in patients with HIV infection on antiretroviral therapy.
|
AIDS
|
2006
|
1.88
|
42
|
An association between L-arginine/asymmetric dimethyl arginine balance, obesity, and the age of asthma onset phenotype.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.85
|
43
|
HIV status, burden of comorbid disease, and biomarkers of inflammation, altered coagulation, and monocyte activation.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.83
|
44
|
Pulmonary function abnormalities in HIV-infected patients during the current antiretroviral therapy era.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
1.81
|
45
|
Airway remodeling measured by multidetector CT is increased in severe asthma and correlates with pathology.
|
Chest
|
2008
|
1.80
|
46
|
Correlation of systemic superoxide dismutase deficiency to airflow obstruction in asthma.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.72
|
47
|
Gene expression in relation to exhaled nitric oxide identifies novel asthma phenotypes with unique biomolecular pathways.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2014
|
1.69
|
48
|
The DDAH/ADMA/NOS pathway.
|
Atheroscler Suppl
|
2003
|
1.68
|
49
|
Determination of arginine, asymmetric dimethylarginine, and symmetric dimethylarginine in human plasma and other biological samples by high-performance liquid chromatography.
|
Anal Biochem
|
2002
|
1.64
|
50
|
Obesity and asthma: an association modified by age of asthma onset.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2011
|
1.64
|
51
|
The risk of incident coronary heart disease among veterans with and without HIV and hepatitis C.
|
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
|
2011
|
1.62
|
52
|
Effect of rosiglitazone on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma gene expression in human adipose tissue is limited by antiretroviral drug-induced mitochondrial dysfunction.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.60
|
53
|
Transforming growth factor-beta2 induces bronchial epithelial mucin expression in asthma.
|
Am J Pathol
|
2004
|
1.58
|
54
|
Cluster analysis of obesity and asthma phenotypes.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.56
|
55
|
Airway remodeling in subjects with severe asthma with or without chronic persistent airflow obstruction.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2009
|
1.52
|
56
|
Differences in airway remodeling between subjects with severe and moderate asthma.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2005
|
1.52
|
57
|
Low serum adiponectin predicts future risk for asthma in women.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.52
|
58
|
Endogenous dimethylarginine as an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis.
|
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
|
1992
|
1.51
|
59
|
Airway dimensions and pulmonary function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma.
|
Respirology
|
2012
|
1.48
|
60
|
Collagen deposition in large airways may not differentiate severe asthma from milder forms of the disease.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
1998
|
1.47
|
61
|
Body mass index and phenotype in subjects with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2009
|
1.43
|
62
|
Airway inflammation assessed by invasive and noninvasive means in severe asthma: eosinophilic and noneosinophilic phenotypes.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2006
|
1.43
|
63
|
Induced sputum cellularity. Reference values and distribution in normal volunteers.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2000
|
1.40
|
64
|
Obesity, airway hyperresponsiveness, and inflammation.
|
J Appl Physiol (1985)
|
2009
|
1.34
|
65
|
Body mass index is associated with reduced exhaled nitric oxide and higher exhaled 8-isoprostanes in asthmatics.
|
Respir Res
|
2007
|
1.33
|
66
|
Bronchial measurements in patients with asthma: comparison of quantitative thin-section CT findings with those in healthy subjects and correlation with pathologic findings.
|
Radiology
|
2009
|
1.32
|
67
|
Multimorbidity patterns in HIV-infected patients: the role of obesity in chronic disease clustering.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2012
|
1.30
|
68
|
Serum adipocytokines are related to lipodystrophy and metabolic disorders in HIV-infected men under antiretroviral therapy.
|
AIDS
|
2003
|
1.29
|
69
|
Association between asthma and serum adiponectin concentration in women.
|
Thorax
|
2008
|
1.27
|
70
|
Body size phenotypes and inflammation in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
|
Obesity (Silver Spring)
|
2011
|
1.27
|
71
|
Asymmetric dimethylarginine is increased in asthma.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
1.25
|
72
|
Validation of a new questionnaire on asthma, allergic rhinitis, and conjunctivitis in young adults.
|
Allergy
|
2001
|
1.25
|
73
|
Cardiopulmonary function in individuals with HIV infection in the antiretroviral therapy era.
|
AIDS
|
2012
|
1.18
|
74
|
Programmed cell death ligand 2 regulates TH9 differentiation and induction of chronic airway hyperreactivity.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2012
|
1.17
|
75
|
Prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness among HIV-infected men.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2001
|
1.16
|
76
|
Differential expression of CD163 on monocyte subsets in healthy and HIV-1 infected individuals.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.15
|
77
|
The role of oxidized low-density lipoproteins in atherosclerosis: the myths and the facts.
|
Mediators Inflamm
|
2013
|
1.15
|
78
|
Asthma diagnosis and airway bronchodilator response in HIV-infected patients.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2011
|
1.13
|
79
|
Lessons learned from the first wave of aging with HIV.
|
AIDS
|
2012
|
1.13
|
80
|
Optimal threshold in CT quantification of emphysema.
|
Eur Radiol
|
2012
|
1.12
|
81
|
Central obesity is associated with nonatopic but not atopic asthma in a representative population sample.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2006
|
1.09
|
82
|
Plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine concentrations are elevated in obese insulin-resistant women and fall with weight loss.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2006
|
1.08
|
83
|
Measuring health-related quality of life in adults during an acute asthma exacerbation.
|
Chest
|
2004
|
1.06
|
84
|
HIV therapy, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk.
|
Curr Atheroscler Rep
|
2008
|
1.06
|
85
|
The impact of HAART on the respiratory complications of HIV infection: longitudinal trends in the MACS and WIHS cohorts.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
1.06
|
86
|
HIV-associated lung infections and complications in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy.
|
Proc Am Thorac Soc
|
2011
|
1.05
|
87
|
Endothelial function is impaired in HIV-infected patients with lipodystrophy.
|
Antivir Ther
|
2010
|
1.04
|
88
|
Increased oxidative stress and altered levels of antioxidants in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
|
Inflammation
|
2005
|
1.04
|
89
|
Regulation of cytokine-induced nitric oxide synthesis by asymmetric dimethylarginine: role of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase.
|
Circ Res
|
2003
|
1.02
|
90
|
Regulation of adiponectin in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: relationship to body composition and metabolic indices.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2003
|
1.02
|
91
|
Asymmetric dimethylarginine potentiates lung inflammation in a mouse model of allergic asthma.
|
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
|
2010
|
0.99
|
92
|
Automated detection and quantitative assessment of pulmonary airways depicted on CT images.
|
Med Phys
|
2007
|
0.99
|
93
|
Airway inflammation and remodeling in asthma. Lessons from interleukin 11 and interleukin 13 transgenic mice.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2001
|
0.98
|
94
|
Short-term effects of L-citrulline supplementation on arterial stiffness in middle-aged men.
|
Int J Cardiol
|
2010
|
0.97
|
95
|
Plasma concentrations of the cardiovascular risk factor asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) are increased in patients with HIV-1 infection and correlate with immune activation markers.
|
Pharmacol Res
|
2009
|
0.96
|
96
|
Elevated concentration of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in individuals with metabolic syndrome.
|
Nitric Oxide
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2011
|
0.96
|
97
|
Safety of investigative bronchoscopy in the Severe Asthma Research Program.
|
J Allergy Clin Immunol
|
2011
|
0.95
|
98
|
Persistently elevated serum interleukin-6 predicts mortality among adults receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Botswana: results from a clinical trial.
|
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
|
2013
|
0.93
|
99
|
Pulmonary symptoms and diagnoses are associated with HIV in the MACS and WIHS cohorts.
|
BMC Pulm Med
|
2014
|
0.93
|
100
|
New NHLBI guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
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Lippincott Health Promot Lett
|
1997
|
0.92
|