Published in COPD on October 01, 2008
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A SNP in a let-7 microRNA complementary site in the KRAS 3' untranslated region increases non-small cell lung cancer risk. Cancer Res (2008) 5.05
Serum vitamin D levels and markers of severity of childhood asthma in Costa Rica. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 4.64
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Testing association between disease and multiple SNPs in a candidate gene. Genet Epidemiol (2007) 4.50
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Genome-wide association analysis identifies PDE4D as an asthma-susceptibility gene. Am J Hum Genet (2009) 3.41
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Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide. Epidemiology (2005) 3.32
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How ERK1/2 activation controls cell proliferation and cell death: Is subcellular localization the answer? Cell Cycle (2009) 3.05
Association of improved air quality with lung development in children. N Engl J Med (2015) 2.88
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Allele-specific chromatin remodeling in the ZPBP2/GSDMB/ORMDL3 locus associated with the risk of asthma and autoimmune disease. Am J Hum Genet (2009) 2.56
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The association of a SNP upstream of INSIG2 with body mass index is reproduced in several but not all cohorts. PLoS Genet (2007) 2.35
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Traffic-related air pollution and asthma onset in children: a prospective cohort study with individual exposure measurement. Environ Health Perspect (2008) 2.17
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Assessing the reproducibility of asthma candidate gene associations, using genome-wide data. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.10
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Gut microbiota, probiotics, and vitamin D: interrelated exposures influencing allergy, asthma, and obesity? J Allergy Clin Immunol (2011) 2.01
Genetic association analysis of functional impairment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 1.98
Filaggrin mutations confer susceptibility to atopic dermatitis but not to asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2007) 1.93
General quality of life 2 years following treatment for prostate cancer: what influences outcomes? Results from the prostate cancer outcomes study. J Clin Oncol (2003) 1.91
Sensitization to Ascaris lumbricoides and severity of childhood asthma in Costa Rica. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2007) 1.88
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Gene promoter methylation in plasma and sputum increases with lung cancer risk. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.81
Defining a gene promoter methylation signature in sputum for lung cancer risk assessment. Clin Cancer Res (2012) 1.80
Dust mite exposure modifies the effect of functional IL10 polymorphisms on allergy and asthma exacerbations. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2008) 1.80
Spirometry and health status worsen with weight gain in obese smokers but improve in normal-weight smokers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 1.77
The detection of chromosomal aneusomy by fluorescence in situ hybridization in sputum predicts lung cancer incidence. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) (2010) 1.73
Randomized phase III study of thoracic radiation in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin with or without thalidomide in patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: the ECOG 3598 study. J Clin Oncol (2012) 1.72
Prospective study of air pollution and bronchitic symptoms in children with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2003) 1.66
A genome-wide association study of plasma total IgE concentrations in the Framingham Heart Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2011) 1.65
Childhood obesity and proximity to urban parks and recreational resources: a longitudinal cohort study. Health Place (2010) 1.62
Sensitization to mouse allergen and asthma and asthma morbidity among women in Boston. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2007) 1.60
Noninvasive analysis of the sputum transcriptome discriminates clinical phenotypes of asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 1.58
Area of residence, birthplace, and asthma in Puerto Rican children. Chest (2007) 1.58
Cigarette smoke suppresses Bik to cause epithelial cell hyperplasia and mucous cell metaplasia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.57
Variation in total and specific IgE: effects of ethnicity and socioeconomic status. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2005) 1.56
African ancestry and lung function in Puerto Rican children. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2012) 1.54
Native American ancestry affects the risk for gene methylation in the lungs of Hispanic smokers from New Mexico. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 1.54
Further replication studies of the EVE Consortium meta-analysis identifies 2 asthma risk loci in European Americans. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2012) 1.54
Decreased response to inhaled steroids in overweight and obese asthmatic children. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2011) 1.49
MUC1 in macrophage: contributions to cigarette smoke-induced lung cancer. Cancer Res (2013) 1.48
Promoter methylation of genes in and around the candidate lung cancer susceptibility locus 6q23-25. Cancer Res (2008) 1.46
Vitamin D insufficiency and severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 1.46
Tobacco carcinogen-induced cellular transformation increases activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase/Akt pathway in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Res (2004) 1.45
Vitamin D and asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.44
Sex-stratified linkage analysis identifies a female-specific locus for IgE to cockroach in Costa Ricans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 1.43
Silencing of DUOX NADPH oxidases by promoter hypermethylation in lung cancer. Cancer Res (2008) 1.43
Vitamin D insufficiency in a multiethnic cohort of breast cancer survivors. Am J Clin Nutr (2008) 1.41
Aberrant promoter methylation of the transcription factor genes PAX5 alpha and beta in human cancers. Cancer Res (2003) 1.39
17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin synergistically potentiates tumor necrosis factor-induced lung cancer cell death by blocking the nuclear factor-kappaB pathway. Cancer Res (2006) 1.36
Genome-wide linkage analysis of bronchodilator responsiveness and post-bronchodilator spirometric phenotypes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hum Mol Genet (2003) 1.36
Ascaris lumbricoides infection is associated with increased risk of childhood asthma and atopy in rural China. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 1.35
Breathless in Los Angeles: the exhausting search for clean air. Am J Public Health (2003) 1.34
Comprehensive testing of positionally cloned asthma genes in two populations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 1.32
Histone deacetylase 6-mediated selective autophagy regulates COPD-associated cilia dysfunction. J Clin Invest (2013) 1.29
Polymorphisms in IL13, total IgE, eosinophilia, and asthma exacerbations in childhood. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2007) 1.29
Aberrant promoter hypermethylation of the death-associated protein kinase gene is early and frequent in murine lung tumors induced by cigarette smoke and tobacco carcinogens. Cancer Res (2004) 1.28
MS-qFRET: a quantum dot-based method for analysis of DNA methylation. Genome Res (2009) 1.28
Predictors of cord blood IgE levels in children at risk for asthma and atopy. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2006) 1.27
Violence, abuse, and asthma in Puerto Rican children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 1.26
Birth by cesarean section, allergic rhinitis, and allergic sensitization among children with a parental history of atopy. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2008) 1.25
Concomitant promoter methylation of multiple genes in lung adenocarcinomas from current, former and never smokers. Carcinogenesis (2009) 1.25
Genome-wide linkage of forced mid-expiratory flow in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2004) 1.24
Predicting asthma exacerbations in children. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2012) 1.24
A critical role of luteolin-induced reactive oxygen species in blockage of tumor necrosis factor-activated nuclear factor-kappaB pathway and sensitization of apoptosis in lung cancer cells. Mol Pharmacol (2007) 1.23
Carcinogen-induced gene promoter hypermethylation is mediated by DNMT1 and causal for transformation of immortalized bronchial epithelial cells. Cancer Res (2008) 1.22
Double-strand break damage and associated DNA repair genes predispose smokers to gene methylation. Cancer Res (2008) 1.22
Akt-mediated eminent expression of c-FLIP and Mcl-1 confers acquired resistance to TRAIL-induced cytotoxicity to lung cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther (2008) 1.22