Increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study

TC Shen, CL Lin, CH Chen, CY Tu… - … Journal of Medicine, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: The role of autoimmune pathology in development and progression of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is becoming increasingly popular. Our aim was to …

[HTML][HTML] Increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based cohort study

TC Shen, CL Lin, CH Chen, CY Tu, TC Hsia, CM Shih… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background There is increasing evidence that autoimmune disease is associated with
development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We aim to assess the …

Admixture Mapping Identifies a Quantitative Trait Locus Associated with FEV1/FVC in the COPDGene Study

MM Parker, MG Foreman, HJ Abel… - Genetic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
African Americans are admixed with genetic contributions from European and African
ancestral populations. Admixture mapping leverages this information to map genes …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of antiendothelial cell antibodies in COPD patients, with and without corpulmonale

S Labib, K Wagih, Y Wagih, W El-Kilany - Egyptian Journal of Chest …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Antiendothelial cell antibodies (AECA) were studied in the pathogenesis of
emphysema in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary hypertension …