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K Fan Chung

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1 Effects of treatment with anti-immunoglobulin E antibody omalizumab on airway inflammation in allergic asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 2.81
2 Expression and activity of histone deacetylases in human asthmatic airways. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 2.40
3 A molecular mechanism of action of theophylline: Induction of histone deacetylase activity to decrease inflammatory gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 2.17
4 Diminished sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) expression contributes to airway remodelling in bronchial asthma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.77
5 Increased expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 in airway nerves of chronic cough. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 1.66
6 Increased p21(CIP1/WAF1) and B cell lymphoma leukemia-x(L) expression and reduced apoptosis in alveolar macrophages from smokers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 1.65
7 IL4R alpha mutations are associated with asthma exacerbations and mast cell/IgE expression. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006 1.57
8 Histone acetylase and deacetylase activity in alveolar macrophages and blood mononocytes in asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 1.53
9 Diagnosis and definition of severe refractory asthma: an international consensus statement from the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI). Thorax 2010 1.45
10 Models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Res 2004 1.42
11 New targets for drug development in asthma. Lancet 2008 1.38
12 Inter-disease comparison of research quantity and quality: bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Asthma 2009 1.28
13 Matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression in asthma: effect of asthma severity, allergen challenge, and inhaled corticosteroids. Chest 2002 1.27
14 Glucocorticoids reverse IL-1beta-induced impairment of beta-adrenoceptor-mediated relaxation and up-regulation of G-protein-coupled receptor kinases. Br J Pharmacol 2002 1.17
15 Retracted Kinase inhibitors and airway inflammation. Eur J Pharmacol 2006 1.15
16 Distribution of respiratory mucin proteins in human nasal mucosa. Laryngoscope 2003 1.11
17 IL-4 and IL-13 form a negative feedback circuit with surfactant protein-D in the allergic airway response. J Immunol 2006 1.10
18 Role of c-jun N-terminal kinase in the induced release of GM-CSF, RANTES and IL-8 from human airway smooth muscle cells. Br J Pharmacol 2003 1.06
19 Validation of the anti-inflammatory properties of small-molecule IkappaB Kinase (IKK)-2 inhibitors by comparison with adenoviral-mediated delivery of dominant-negative IKK1 and IKK2 in human airways smooth muscle. Mol Pharmacol 2006 0.98
20 Induction and regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-12 in human airway smooth muscle cells. Respir Res 2005 0.97
21 Role of nitric oxide in allergic inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Eur J Pharmacol 2002 0.96
22 Chromosome 17q21 SNP and severe asthma. J Hum Genet 2010 0.96
23 Molecular mechanisms of pulmonary peptidomimetic drug and peptide transport. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004 0.96
24 Repeated allergen inhalation induces phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle in bronchioles of sensitized rats. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2002 0.96
25 Mitogen-activated protein kinase modulation of nuclear factor-kappaB-induced granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor release from human alveolar macrophages. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2003 0.95
26 Role of nitric oxide in chronic allergen-induced airway cell proliferation and inflammation. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2003 0.94
27 Attenuated production of intracellular IL-10 and IL-12 in monocytes from patients with severe asthma. Clin Immunol 2002 0.93
28 Allergen-induced inflammation and airway epithelial and smooth muscle cell proliferation: role of Jun N-terminal kinase. Br J Pharmacol 2003 0.92
29 Cough as a symptom and a disease entity: scientometric analysis and density-equalizing calculations. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2009 0.91
30 Effects of cyclosporin A and a rapamycin derivative (SAR943) on chronic allergic inflammation in sensitized rats. Immunology 2003 0.89
31 Effect of acute and chronic inflammatory stimuli on expression of protease-activated receptors 1 and 2 in alveolar macrophages. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003 0.88
32 Is TRPV1 a useful target in respiratory diseases? Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2008 0.86
33 Regulation of kinin receptors in airway epithelial cells by inflammatory cytokines and dexamethasone. Eur J Pharmacol 2002 0.85
34 Effect of an inhibitor of Jun N-terminal protein kinase, SP600125, in single allergen challenge in sensitized rats. Immunology 2004 0.85
35 Inhibition of citric acid- and capsaicin-induced cough by novel TRPV-1 antagonist, V112220, in guinea-pig. Cough 2007 0.84
36 Regulation of Wnt4 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. FASEB J 2013 0.84
37 Airway inflammation and remodelling changes in patients with chronic cough: do they tell us about the cause of cough? Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2004 0.83
38 Induction of human airway smooth muscle apoptosis by neutrophils and neutrophil elastase. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2005 0.82
39 Mucus and fatal asthma. Am J Med 2004 0.81
40 Effects of cigarette smoke on pulmonary homeostasis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2005 0.79
41 Repeated allergen inhalation induces cytoskeletal remodeling in smooth muscle from rat bronchioles. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2007 0.79
42 Neuropeptide Y (NPY). Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2004 0.79
43 Effect of topical immunomodulators on acute allergic inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in sensitised rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2002 0.78
44 Inhibition of chemokine production from human airway smooth muscle cells by fluticasone, budesonide and beclomethasone. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2004 0.78
45 Airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med 2004 0.78
46 Transcriptional down-regulation of neurotrophin-3 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Biol Chem 2005 0.78
47 Overview: why are corticosteroids ineffective in COPD? Curr Opin Investig Drugs 2002 0.77
48 Intrinsic differences of the airway epithelium in childhood allergic asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006 0.75
49 Duplicate publication. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 0.75
50 Protease-activated receptor 2 in regulation of bronchomotor tone: effect of tobacco smoking. Life Sci 2004 0.75