Integrative pathway genomics of lung function and airflow obstruction

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 6836-6848

  Gharib, Sina A ^a,b   Loth, Daan W ^c   Artigas, María Soler ^d,e   Birkland, Timothy P ^a   Wilk, Jemma B ^f   Wain, Louise V ^d,e   Brody, Jennifer A ^b   Ma’en, Obeidat ^g   Hancock, Dana B ^h   Tang, Wenbo ⁱ   Rawal, Rajesh ^j   Boezen, H Marike ^l,m   Imboden, Medea ^n,o   Huffman, Jennifer E ^p   Lahousse, Lies ^c,s   Alves, Alexessander C ^t   Manichaikul, Ani ^w,x   Hui, Jennie ^y,z   Morrison, Alanna C ^aa   Ramasamy, Adaikalavan ^l   Smith, Albert Vernon ^ac,ad   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^ac,ad   Surakka, Ida ^ae   Vitart, Veronique ^p   Evans, David M ^af,ag   Strachan, David P ^ah   Deary, Ian J ^q   Hofman, Albert ^c,ai   Gläser, Sven ^aj   Wilson, James F ^r   North, Kari E ^ak   Zhao, Jing Hua ^al   Heckbert, Susan R ^a,b,am   Jarvis, Deborah L ^u   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^n,o   Schulz, Holger ^k   Barr, R Graham ^an   Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta ^{v,ae,ao,ap,aq}   O’Connor, George T ^ar,as   Kähönen, Mika ^at   Cassano, Patricia A ^i,au   Hysi, Pirro G ^ab   Dupuis, Josée ^as,av   Hayward, Caroline ^p   Psaty, Bruce M ^a,b,am   Hall, Ian P ^aw   Parks, William C ^ax   Tobin, Martin D ^d,e   London, Stephanie J ^ay   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j Institute of Genetic Epidemiology   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l University Medical Center Groningen ^*  (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁿ SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^s GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^t School of Public Health   (Belgium)

^u National Heart and Lung Institute   (United States)

^v Faculty of Medicine and MRC Health Protection Agency   (United Kingdom)

^w Center for Public Health Genomics   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^y PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^ab KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ac Iceland Heart Association   (Iceland)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^ae NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^af UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^ah ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ai Netherlands Genomics Initiative   (Netherlands)

^aj UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^ak University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^al INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^am CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^an Department of Medicine   (United States)

^ao Institute of Health Sciences   (United States)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^aq OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ar BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^as FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^at TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^au WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^av BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^aw NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^ax CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ay NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; STROMELYSIN 2;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRY; MOUSE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHWAY ENRICHMENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPIROMETRY; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING; ANIMAL; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84979644978     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv378     Document Type: Article

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