Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
|
Nebulized hypertonic saline decreases IL-8 in sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
2.37
|
2
|
Clarification of the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in α1-antitrypsin deficiency PiMZ heterozygotes.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2014
|
2.14
|
3
|
Effect of estrogen on pseudomonas mucoidy and exacerbations in cystic fibrosis.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2012
|
1.93
|
4
|
Z alpha1-antitrypsin polymerizes in the lung and acts as a neutrophil chemoattractant.
|
Chest
|
2004
|
1.88
|
5
|
Anti-proline-glycine-proline or antielastin autoantibodies are not evident in chronic inflammatory lung disease.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
1.86
|
6
|
Endotoxin up-regulates interleukin-18: potential role for gram-negative colonization in sarcoidosis.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.57
|
7
|
Activation of endoplasmic reticulum-specific stress responses associated with the conformational disease Z alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
|
J Immunol
|
2004
|
1.53
|
8
|
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
|
Respir Med
|
2010
|
1.51
|
9
|
miR-199a-5p silencing regulates the unfolded protein response in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and α1-antitrypsin deficiency.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2014
|
1.46
|
10
|
Extubation versus tracheostomy in withdrawal of treatment-ethical, clinical, and legal perspectives.
|
J Crit Care
|
2009
|
1.44
|
11
|
Neutrophil elastase up-regulates interleukin-8 via toll-like receptor 4.
|
FEBS Lett
|
2003
|
1.38
|
12
|
α-1 Antitrypsin regulates human neutrophil chemotaxis induced by soluble immune complexes and IL-8.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2010
|
1.38
|
13
|
miR-126 is downregulated in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells and regulates TOM1 expression.
|
J Immunol
|
2010
|
1.38
|
14
|
Epithelial expression of TLR4 is modulated in COPD and by steroids, salmeterol and cigarette smoke.
|
Respir Res
|
2007
|
1.31
|
15
|
Loss of microbicidal activity and increased formation of biofilm due to decreased lactoferrin activity in patients with cystic fibrosis.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.25
|
16
|
LL-37 complexation with glycosaminoglycans in cystic fibrosis lungs inhibits antimicrobial activity, which can be restored by hypertonic saline.
|
J Immunol
|
2009
|
1.22
|
17
|
Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by a novel metalloprotease pathway.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2008
|
1.20
|
18
|
Secretory leucoprotease inhibitor impairs Toll-like receptor 2- and 4-mediated responses in monocytic cells.
|
Infect Immun
|
2004
|
1.20
|
19
|
Antimicrobial proteins and polypeptides in pulmonary innate defence.
|
Respir Res
|
2006
|
1.18
|
20
|
Elastolytic proteases: inflammation resolution and dysregulation in chronic infective lung disease.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
1.18
|
21
|
Neutrophil elastase up-regulates cathepsin B and matrix metalloprotease-2 expression.
|
J Immunol
|
2007
|
1.17
|
22
|
Sputum Candida albicans presages FEV₁ decline and hospital-treated exacerbations in cystic fibrosis.
|
Chest
|
2010
|
1.09
|
23
|
17Beta-estradiol inhibits IL-8 in cystic fibrosis by up-regulating secretory leucoprotease inhibitor.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2010
|
1.08
|
24
|
Cytosolic pH and the inflammatory microenvironment modulate cell death in human neutrophils after phagocytosis.
|
Blood
|
2002
|
1.06
|
25
|
Evidence for unfolded protein response activation in monocytes from individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
|
J Immunol
|
2010
|
1.05
|
26
|
Elafin, an elastase-specific inhibitor, is cleaved by its cognate enzyme neutrophil elastase in sputum from individuals with cystic fibrosis.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2008
|
1.03
|
27
|
Selenoprotein S/SEPS1 modifies endoplasmic reticulum stress in Z variant alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2009
|
1.01
|
28
|
Elafin prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced AP-1 and NF-kappaB activation via an effect on the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2006
|
1.00
|
29
|
Tauroursodeoxycholic acid inhibits apoptosis induced by Z alpha-1 antitrypsin via inhibition of Bad.
|
Hepatology
|
2007
|
0.95
|
30
|
Community-acquired pneumonia in older patients: does age influence systemic cytokine levels in community-acquired pneumonia?
|
Respirology
|
2009
|
0.94
|
31
|
Airway inflammatory markers in individuals with cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.
|
J Inflamm Res
|
2013
|
0.91
|
32
|
IL-8 dictates glycosaminoglycan binding and stability of IL-18 in cystic fibrosis.
|
J Immunol
|
2009
|
0.91
|
33
|
Dysregulation of TIM-3-galectin-9 pathway in the cystic fibrosis airways.
|
J Immunol
|
2011
|
0.89
|
34
|
Inhibition of Toll-like receptor 2-mediated interleukin-8 production in Cystic Fibrosis airway epithelial cells via the alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
|
Mediators Inflamm
|
2010
|
0.88
|
35
|
Functional study of elafin cleaved by Pseudomonas aeruginosa metalloproteinases.
|
Biol Chem
|
2010
|
0.88
|
36
|
Secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor inhibits interferon-gamma-induced cathepsin S expression.
|
J Biol Chem
|
2007
|
0.86
|
37
|
Quantification and evaluation of the role of antielastin autoantibodies in the emphysematous lung.
|
Pulm Med
|
2011
|
0.82
|
38
|
Effect of pro-inflammatory stimuli on mucin expression and inhibition by secretory leucoprotease inhibitor.
|
Cell Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.80
|
39
|
Intracellular secretory leukoprotease inhibitor modulates inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate generation and exerts an anti-inflammatory effect on neutrophils of individuals with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
|
Biomed Res Int
|
2013
|
0.79
|
40
|
Viral inhibition of IL-1- and neutrophil elastase-induced inflammatory responses in bronchial epithelial cells.
|
J Immunol
|
2005
|
0.79
|
41
|
Lung involvement at presentation predicts disease activity and permanent organ damage at 6, 12 and 24 months follow - up in ANCA - associated vasculitis.
|
BMC Immunol
|
2014
|
0.77
|
42
|
Delayed radiotherapy-related effusions: malignant or not malignant, that is the question?
|
Respirology
|
2008
|
0.75
|
43
|
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and computed tomography findings.
|
J Comput Assist Tomogr
|
2005
|
0.75
|