Published in Chest on August 01, 2004
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Identification of PCDH1 as a novel susceptibility gene for bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 1.35
Expression of TRAIL and TRAIL death receptors in stage III non-small cell lung cancer tumors. Clin Cancer Res (2003) 1.29
Acute effects of cigarette smoking on inflammation in healthy intermittent smokers. Respir Res (2005) 1.25
Lymphvascular space involvement: an independent prognostic factor in endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol (2005) 1.24
Assessment of gene promoter hypermethylation for detection of cervical neoplasia. Int J Cancer (2006) 1.23
Lung function loss, smoking, vitamin C intake, and polymorphisms of the glutamate-cysteine ligase genes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 1.21
Gender differences in asthma development and remission during transition through puberty: the TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) study. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2010) 1.21
The insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor in cancer: old focus, new future. Eur J Cancer (2007) 1.20
Cytokine responses to stimulation of whole blood from patients with Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2005) 1.11
Prognostic significance of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand and its receptors in adjuvantly treated stage III colon cancer patients. J Clin Oncol (2006) 1.08
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Associations between smoking, components of metabolic syndrome and lipoprotein particle size. BMC Med (2013) 1.06
A disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease pathophysiology. Thorax (2006) 1.05
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Role of serum cortisol levels in children with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 0.94
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Preoperative serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels in clinical decision making for patients with early-stage cervical cancer. J Clin Oncol (2005) 0.93
Perinatal risk factors for bronchial hyperresponsiveness and atopy after a follow-up of 20 years. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2004) 0.93
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The minimal important difference for residual volume in patients with severe emphysema. Eur Respir J (2012) 0.93
Common variants in the type 2 diabetes KCNQ1 gene are associated with impairments in insulin secretion during hyperglycaemic glucose clamp. PLoS One (2012) 0.92
Toll-like receptor (TLR2 and TLR4) polymorphisms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PLoS One (2012) 0.91
Risk factors for chronic mucus hypersecretion in individuals with and without COPD: influence of smoking and job exposure on CMH. Occup Environ Med (2014) 0.89
No increased susceptibility to breast cancer from combined CHEK2 1100delC genotype and the HLA class III region risk factors. Eur J Cancer (2005) 0.89
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Maternal high-dose folic acid during pregnancy and asthma medication in the offspring. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2014) 0.88
SIRT1 polymorphism, long-term survival and glucose tolerance in the general population. PLoS One (2013) 0.88
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Multidrug resistance-associated protein-1 (MRP1) genetic variants, MRP1 protein levels and severity of COPD. Respir Res (2010) 0.85
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Differential desensitization of homozygous haplotypes of the beta2-adrenergic receptor in lymphocytes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2005) 0.85
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Rate of progression of CT-quantified emphysema in male current and ex-smokers: a follow-up study. Respir Res (2013) 0.84
TGF-β1 polymorphisms and asthma severity, airway inflammation, and remodeling. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2012) 0.83
Down-regulation of proteasomal subunit MB1 is an independent predictor of improved survival in ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol (2009) 0.83
Basal or stress-induced cortisol and asthma development: the TRAILS study. Eur Respir J (2012) 0.83
Loss of HLA class I and mismatch repair protein expression in sporadic endometrioid endometrial carcinomas. Int J Cancer (2012) 0.82
Association of PAI-1 gene polymorphism with survival and chemotherapy-related vascular toxicity in testicular cancer. Cancer (2010) 0.82
Occupational exposure to vapors, gases, dusts, and fumes is associated with small airways obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 0.82
Antigen-specific active immunotherapy for ovarian cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2010) 0.82
Predicting adult asthma in childhood. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2006) 0.82
Physical and psychosocial factors associated with physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2013) 0.81
Physical activity recommendations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiration (2014) 0.81
Longitudinal profile of bronchoalveolar lavage cell characteristics in patients with a good outcome after lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 0.81
NFE2L2 pathway polymorphisms and lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Physiol Genomics (2012) 0.81
Endogenous vascular endothelial growth factor-C expression is associated with decreased drug responsiveness in childhood acute myeloid leukemia. Clin Cancer Res (2008) 0.80
Variants in the 15q24/25 locus associate with lung function decline in active smokers. PLoS One (2013) 0.80
Prognostic role of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in endometrial carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol (2012) 0.80
ADAM33 gene polymorphisms and mortality. A prospective cohort study. PLoS One (2013) 0.79
Association of occupational pesticide exposure with accelerated longitudinal decline in lung function. Am J Epidemiol (2014) 0.79
Antigen-specific active immunotherapy for ovarian cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2014) 0.79
The HLA class III subregion is responsible for an increased breast cancer risk. Hum Mol Genet (2003) 0.79
Vaccine-based clinical trials in ovarian cancer. Expert Rev Vaccines (2011) 0.78
Objective allergy markers and risk of cancer mortality and hospitalization in a large population-based cohort. Cancer Causes Control (2014) 0.78
Sexual function in patients with metastatic midgut carcinoid tumours. Neuroendocrinology (2008) 0.78
Phase II study of docetaxel and carboplatin as second-line treatment in NSCLC. Lung Cancer (2004) 0.78
Correction: Susceptibility to chronic mucus hypersecretion, a genome wide association study. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
Daily physical activity after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: a pilot study. Eur Respir J (2012) 0.75
Children with smoking parents have a higher airway resistance measured by the interruption technique. Pediatr Pulmonol (2004) 0.75
Measurement of insulin-like growth factor-1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 after delayed separation of whole blood samples. Clin Biochem (2008) 0.75
Less gastrointestinal toxicity after adjuvant radiotherapy on a small pelvic field compared to a standard pelvic field in patients with endometrial carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer (2012) 0.75
Very early discharge versus early discharge versus non-early discharge in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2016) 0.75
The Association between Multisite Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Routine Hemodynamic Measurements in Relation to Short-Term Outcome in Preterms with Clinical Sepsis. Neonatology (2015) 0.75
E-waste environmental contamination and harm to public health in China. Front Med (2015) 0.75
Erratum: Meta-analyses on suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease genes: a summary of 20 years' research. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 0.75
Selecting the increment size for a maximal incremental cycle test in patients with COPD. Respirology (2014) 0.75