Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
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Normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion in clinical lung transplantation.
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N Engl J Med
|
2011
|
3.87
|
2
|
Ischemia-reperfusion-induced lung injury.
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Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2003
|
3.54
|
3
|
Is video-assisted lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer oncologically equivalent to open lobectomy?
|
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
|
2013
|
3.49
|
4
|
Tumor-initiating cells are rare in many human tumors.
|
Cell Stem Cell
|
2010
|
2.54
|
5
|
Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux in end-stage lung disease candidates for lung transplant.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2005
|
2.41
|
6
|
MicroRNA expression profiling of esophageal cancer before and after induction chemoradiotherapy.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2012
|
2.20
|
7
|
Three-gene prognostic classifier for early-stage non small-cell lung cancer.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2007
|
2.10
|
8
|
Bile acid aspiration and the development of bronchiolitis obliterans after lung transplantation.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2005
|
1.81
|
9
|
Technique for prolonged normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2008
|
1.77
|
10
|
Identification of a bone marrow-derived epithelial-like population capable of repopulating injured mouse airway epithelium.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2009
|
1.75
|
11
|
Experience with the first 50 ex vivo lung perfusions in clinical transplantation.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2012
|
1.73
|
12
|
Restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS): a novel form of chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2011
|
1.73
|
13
|
Functional repair of human donor lungs by IL-10 gene therapy.
|
Sci Transl Med
|
2009
|
1.72
|
14
|
Interleukin-8 release during early reperfusion predicts graft function in human lung transplantation.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2002
|
1.69
|
15
|
Cell-based tissue engineering for lung regeneration.
|
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
|
2006
|
1.63
|
16
|
Improved results of induction chemoradiation before surgical intervention for selected patients with stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2007
|
1.58
|
17
|
Impact of donors aged 60 years or more on outcome after lung transplantation: results of an 11-year single-center experience.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2006
|
1.48
|
18
|
A novel method of treating hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation for thoracoscopic surgery.
|
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
|
2009
|
1.46
|
19
|
Restrictive allograft syndrome post lung transplantation is characterized by pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.
|
Mod Pathol
|
2012
|
1.29
|
20
|
Phospholipase C, calcium, and calmodulin are critical for alpha4beta1 integrin affinity up-regulation and monocyte arrest triggered by chemoattractants.
|
Blood
|
2006
|
1.26
|
21
|
Targeted cell replacement with bone marrow cells for airway epithelial regeneration.
|
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
|
2007
|
1.26
|
22
|
Phase II study of preoperative gefitinib in clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2009
|
1.25
|
23
|
Update on donor assessment, resuscitation, and acceptance criteria, including novel techniques--non-heart-beating donor lung retrieval and ex vivo donor lung perfusion.
|
Thorac Surg Clin
|
2009
|
1.23
|
24
|
The early responses of VEGF and its receptors during acute lung injury: implication of VEGF in alveolar epithelial cell survival.
|
Crit Care
|
2006
|
1.17
|
25
|
L-selectin stimulation enhances functional expression of surface CXCR4 in lymphocytes: implications for cellular activation during adhesion and migration.
|
Blood
|
2003
|
1.17
|
26
|
Impact of extracorporeal life support on outcome in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension awaiting lung transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2011
|
1.16
|
27
|
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) registry.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2007
|
1.14
|
28
|
Impact of lymph node metastasis on outcome after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2007
|
1.09
|
29
|
Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion-induced acute lung injury and oncotic cell death in multiple organs.
|
Shock
|
2007
|
1.08
|
30
|
Ex vivo adenoviral vector gene delivery results in decreased vector-associated inflammation pre- and post-lung transplantation in the pig.
|
Mol Ther
|
2012
|
1.08
|
31
|
Recipient T cells mediate reperfusion injury after lung transplantation in the rat.
|
J Immunol
|
2003
|
1.05
|
32
|
Marginal donor lungs: a reassessment.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2002
|
1.04
|
33
|
Altered progenitor cell and cytokine profiles in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2012
|
1.03
|
34
|
Selected Reaction Monitoring (SRM) Analysis of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) in Formalin Fixed Tumor Tissue.
|
Clin Proteomics
|
2012
|
1.01
|
35
|
Survival of lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis harboring panresistant bacteria other than Burkholderia cepacia, compared with patients harboring sensitive bacteria.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2007
|
1.00
|
36
|
Innate immunity and organ transplantation: the potential role of toll-like receptors.
|
Am J Transplant
|
2005
|
0.99
|
37
|
Rare lung disease II: pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
|
Can Respir J
|
2008
|
0.99
|
38
|
Treatment of heterogeneous emphysema using the spiration IBV valves.
|
Thorac Surg Clin
|
2009
|
0.99
|
39
|
Functions of type II pneumocyte-derived vascular endothelial growth factor in alveolar structure, acute inflammation, and vascular permeability.
|
Am J Pathol
|
2010
|
0.98
|
40
|
Pre-transplant panel reactive antibody in lung transplant recipients is associated with significantly worse post-transplant survival in a multicenter study.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2005
|
0.98
|
41
|
Clinical statement on the role of the surgeon and surgical issues relating to computed tomography screening programs for lung cancer.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2013
|
0.98
|
42
|
Upper lobe fibrosis: a novel manifestation of chronic allograft dysfunction in lung transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2005
|
0.98
|
43
|
Targeted deletion of Fgl-2/fibroleukin in the donor modulates immunologic response and acute vascular rejection in cardiac xenografts.
|
Circulation
|
2005
|
0.97
|
44
|
Human monocytes recognize porcine endothelium via the interaction of galectin 3 and alpha-GAL.
|
J Immunol
|
2006
|
0.97
|
45
|
Surgery for small-cell lung cancer.
|
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2006
|
0.96
|
46
|
Airway regeneration: the role of the Clara cell secretory protein and the cells that express it.
|
Cytotherapy
|
2009
|
0.96
|
47
|
Outcome of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension referred for lung transplantation: a 14-year single-center experience.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2012
|
0.96
|
48
|
Histopathological and immunohistochemical features associated with clinical response to neoadjuvant gefitinib therapy in early stage non-small cell lung cancer.
|
Lung Cancer
|
2011
|
0.96
|
49
|
Risk quantification of early outcome after lung transplantation: donor, recipient, operative, and post-transplant parameters.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2004
|
0.95
|
50
|
The use of air in the inspired gas mixture during two-lung ventilation delays lung collapse during one-lung ventilation.
|
Anesth Analg
|
2009
|
0.94
|
51
|
Twenty-year experience of lung transplantation at a single center: Influence of recipient diagnosis on long-term survival.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2004
|
0.93
|
52
|
15 years single center experience with surgical resection of the superior vena cava for non-small cell lung cancer.
|
Lung Cancer
|
2004
|
0.92
|
53
|
Feasibility of internet-based health-related quality of life data collection in a large patient cohort.
|
J Med Internet Res
|
2010
|
0.92
|
54
|
High-volume ventilation induces pentraxin 3 expression in multiple acute lung injury models in rats.
|
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
|
2006
|
0.91
|
55
|
Physiologic assessment of the ex vivo donor lung for transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2012
|
0.91
|
56
|
Time-dependent changes in the risk of death in pure bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS).
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2013
|
0.90
|
57
|
Caspase inhibition improves ischemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation.
|
Am J Transplant
|
2005
|
0.90
|
58
|
Risk factors for major complications after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2008
|
0.90
|
59
|
Evaluation of the structural integrity and extracellular matrix components of tracheal allografts following cyclical decellularization techniques: comparison of three protocols.
|
Tissue Eng Part C Methods
|
2012
|
0.89
|
60
|
Initial experience with lung donation after cardiocirculatory death in Canada.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2009
|
0.89
|
61
|
Pathologic assessment of radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary metastases.
|
J Vasc Interv Radiol
|
2010
|
0.89
|
62
|
The role of intrapulmonary de novo lymphoid tissue in obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation.
|
J Immunol
|
2009
|
0.89
|
63
|
Up-regulation of functional CXCR4 expression on human lymphocytes in sepsis.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
0.89
|
64
|
The effect of gender combinations on outcome in human lung transplantation: the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry experience.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2006
|
0.88
|
65
|
Reperfusion-induced gene expression profiles in rat lung transplantation.
|
Am J Transplant
|
2005
|
0.88
|
66
|
Characterization of pathogenic human monoclonal autoantibodies against GM-CSF.
|
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2013
|
0.88
|
67
|
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the management of previously treated lung cancer.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2011
|
0.88
|
68
|
BODE index and quality of life in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease before and after lung transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2011
|
0.88
|
69
|
Gene expression profiling in the lungs of patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with pulmonary fibrosis.
|
Chest
|
2011
|
0.88
|
70
|
Up-regulation of leukocyte CXCR4 expression by sulfatide: an L-selectin-dependent pathway on CD4+ T cells.
|
Eur J Immunol
|
2007
|
0.87
|
71
|
Bronchogenic carcinoma after solid organ transplantation.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2003
|
0.87
|
72
|
A novel model for post-transplant obliterative airway disease reveals angiogenesis from the pulmonary circulation.
|
Am J Transplant
|
2005
|
0.87
|
73
|
Impact of human interleukin-10 on vector-induced inflammation and early graft function in rat lung transplantation.
|
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
|
2003
|
0.87
|
74
|
Bone marrow cells expressing clara cell secretory protein increase epithelial repair after ablation of pulmonary clara cells.
|
Mol Ther
|
2013
|
0.87
|
75
|
Injury-specific ex vivo treatment of the donor lung: pulmonary thrombolysis followed by successful lung transplantation.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2013
|
0.86
|
76
|
Risk of a right pneumonectomy: role of bronchopleural fistula.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2005
|
0.86
|
77
|
Progression pattern of restrictive allograft syndrome after lung transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2013
|
0.86
|
78
|
Donor lymphocyte infusion induces long-term donor-specific cardiac xenograft survival through activation of recipient double-negative regulatory T cells.
|
J Immunol
|
2005
|
0.85
|
79
|
Revisiting the pathologic finding of diffuse alveolar damage after lung transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2012
|
0.85
|
80
|
Elf3 plays a role in regulating bronchiolar epithelial repair kinetics following Clara cell-specific injury.
|
Lab Invest
|
2011
|
0.85
|
81
|
Venous thromboembolism in patients receiving multimodality therapy for thoracic malignancies.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2009
|
0.85
|
82
|
Incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with cystic fibrosis undergoing lung transplantation before and after lung transplantation.
|
Clin Transplant
|
2005
|
0.84
|
83
|
Defining genomic alteration boundaries for a combined small cell and non-small cell lung carcinoma.
|
J Thorac Oncol
|
2009
|
0.84
|
84
|
Role of lung transplantation in the treatment of bronchogenic carcinomas for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2004
|
0.83
|
85
|
Accommodation after lung xenografting from hamster to rat.
|
Transplantation
|
2003
|
0.83
|
86
|
A novel tissue-engineered approach to problems of the postpneumonectomy space.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2011
|
0.83
|
87
|
Increased expression of nitric oxide synthase in human lung transplants after nitric oxide inhalation.
|
Transplantation
|
2004
|
0.83
|
88
|
Pulmonary bacterial communities in surgically resected noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis lungs are similar to those in cystic fibrosis.
|
Pulm Med
|
2012
|
0.82
|
89
|
Optimization of targeted cell replacement therapy: a new approach for lung disease.
|
Mol Ther
|
2010
|
0.82
|
90
|
De novo pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis occurring rapidly after bilateral lung transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2003
|
0.81
|
91
|
Kinetics of lactate metabolism during acellular normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2011
|
0.81
|
92
|
Ischemia-reperfusion decreases protein tyrosine phosphorylation and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation in rat lung transplants.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2003
|
0.81
|
93
|
The effect of decellularization of tracheal allografts on leukocyte infiltration and of recellularization on regulatory T cell recruitment.
|
Biomaterials
|
2013
|
0.80
|
94
|
Protein expression profiling predicts graft performance in clinical ex vivo lung perfusion.
|
Ann Surg
|
2015
|
0.80
|
95
|
Donor-recipient gender mismatch in lung transplantation: Impact on obliterative bronchiolitis and survival.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2005
|
0.80
|
96
|
Induction chemoradiation therapy followed by surgical resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) invading the thoracic inlet.
|
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
|
2008
|
0.80
|
97
|
Effect of ventilator-induced lung injury on the development of reperfusion injury in a rat lung transplant model.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2002
|
0.79
|
98
|
Passenger lymphocyte syndrome with or without immune hemolytic anemia in all Rh-positive recipients of lungs from rhesus alloimmunized donors: three new cases and a review of the literature.
|
Transfus Med Rev
|
2009
|
0.79
|
99
|
Mesenchymal stromal cells augment CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell proliferation through a CCL2 pathway.
|
Cytotherapy
|
2013
|
0.79
|
100
|
Long-term outcome after en bloc resection of non-small-cell lung cancer invading the pulmonary sulcus and spine.
|
J Thorac Oncol
|
2013
|
0.79
|
101
|
Bone marrow-derived progenitor cells in end-stage lung disease patients.
|
BMC Pulm Med
|
2013
|
0.78
|
102
|
Monocyte adhesion to xenogeneic endothelium during laminar flow is dependent on alpha-Gal-mediated monocyte activation.
|
J Immunol
|
2005
|
0.78
|
103
|
A simplified model for en bloc double lung xenotransplantation from hamster to rat.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2002
|
0.78
|
104
|
Re: Moving towards in situ tracheal regeneration: the bionic tissue engineered transplantation approach. J. Cell. Mol. Med. Vol. 14, No. 7, 2010, pp. 1877-1889.
|
J Cell Mol Med
|
2011
|
0.78
|
105
|
Galectin-3-mediated xenoactivation of human monocytes.
|
Transplantation
|
2009
|
0.77
|
106
|
Rejection of tracheal allograft by intrapulmonary lymphoid neogenesis in the absence of secondary lymphoid organs.
|
Transplantation
|
2012
|
0.77
|
107
|
Increased levels of interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α in donor lungs rejected for transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2011
|
0.77
|
108
|
Double-chamber rotating bioreactor for dynamic perfusion cell seeding of large-segment tracheal allografts: comparison to conventional static methods.
|
Tissue Eng Part C Methods
|
2014
|
0.77
|
109
|
Transcriptional signatures in donor lungs from donation after cardiac death vs after brain death: a functional pathway analysis.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2010
|
0.76
|
110
|
Activated protein C in ischemia-reperfusion injury after experimental lung transplantation.
|
J Heart Lung Transplant
|
2009
|
0.76
|
111
|
Monocyte-induced endothelial calcium signaling mediates early xenogeneic endothelial activation.
|
Am J Transplant
|
2005
|
0.76
|
112
|
A microfluidic device to apply shear stresses to polarizing ciliated airway epithelium using air flow.
|
Biomicrofluidics
|
2014
|
0.76
|
113
|
Cell surface marker profiling of human tracheal basal cells reveals distinct subpopulations, identifies MST1/MSP as a mitogenic signal, and identifies new biomarkers for lung squamous cell carcinomas.
|
Respir Res
|
2014
|
0.76
|
114
|
Regression of allograft airway fibrosis: the role of MMP-dependent tissue remodeling in obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation.
|
Am J Pathol
|
2011
|
0.76
|
115
|
How can diagnostic assessment programs be implemented to enhance inter-professional collaborative care for cancer?
|
Implement Sci
|
2014
|
0.75
|
116
|
Reply to Baisi et al.
|
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
|
2013
|
0.75
|
117
|
Engineering airway epithelium.
|
J Biomed Biotechnol
|
2012
|
0.75
|
118
|
Challenges and opportunities for tissue-engineering polarized epithelium.
|
Tissue Eng Part B Rev
|
2013
|
0.75
|
119
|
Invited commentary.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2010
|
0.75
|
120
|
En Bloc Resection of Pulmonary Sulcus Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Invading the Spine: A Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Data Analysis.
|
Ann Surg
|
2015
|
0.75
|
121
|
Topographically grooved gel inserts for aligning epithelial cells during air-liquid-interface culture.
|
Biomater Sci
|
2014
|
0.75
|
122
|
Induction chemoradiotherapy facilitates radical resection of T4 non-small cell lung cancer invading the spine.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
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2008
|
0.75
|
123
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Implementation of real-time ultrasound in a thoracic surgery practice.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2009
|
0.75
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