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ArticleClinical epigenetics2017

Aberrant DNA methylation and expression of SPDEF and FOXA2 in airway epithelium of patients with COPD.

J Song, I H Heijink, L E M Kistemaker, M Reinders-Luinge, W Kooistra, J A Noordhoek, R Gosens, C A Brandsma, W Timens, P S Hiemstra and 2 more

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Article in Clinical epigenetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Air pollution-induced airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in COPD: a narrative review of mechanisms and therapeutic implications.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  6. Beyond genes: a clinician's guide to epigenetics.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025
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  7. Low TET1 Expression Levels in COPD Are Associated with Airway and Blood Neutrophilia.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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  19. The FOXA1 transcriptional network coordinates key functions of primary human airway epithelial cells.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

J SongDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
I H HeijinkDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
L E M KistemakerGRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
M Reinders-LuingeDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
W KooistraDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
J A NoordhoekDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
R GosensGRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
C A BrandsmaDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
W TimensDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
P S HiemstraDepartment of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
M G RotsDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
M N HylkemaDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
University of Groningen · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLLeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGoblet cell metaplasia, a common feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is associated with mucus hypersecretion which contributes to the morbidity and mortality among patients. Transcription factors SAM-pointed domain-containing Ets-like factor (SPDEF) and forkhead box protein A2 (FOXA2) regulate goblet cell differentiation. This study aimed to (1) investigate DNA methylation and expression of

methodsTo assess DNA methylation and expression of

resultsWe found that

conclusionsThese findings suggest that aberrant DNA methylation of

Indexed as

DNA MethylationBronchiCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCpG IslandsEpithelial CellsFemaleGene Expression RegulationGoblet CellsHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-betaHumansInterleukin-13MaleMiddle AgedPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene Proteins c-etsFOXA2 protein, humanHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-betaInterleukin-13Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-etsSPDEF protein, humanCOPDDNA methylationFOXA2MucusSPDEF

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PMCPMC5404321
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