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ReviewAnnual review of physiology2020

Genetics of COPD.

Edwin K Silverman

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In one paragraph

Review in Annual review of physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
111citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
13.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 216 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Frontiers in genetics · 2023
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  4. Preclinical models of COPD: a state of the art review.The European respiratory journal · 2026
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  14. COPD-Lung Cancer Comorbidity: Mechanistic Insights and Precision Oncology Implications.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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  16. Exploring the Roles of Wnt Signaling Pathway and Non-Coding RNAs in COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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  18. A Combined Bioinformatics and Clinical Validation Study IdentifiesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  19. Annals of medicine · 2025
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  20. Association ofAnnals of medicine · 2025
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51 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Edwin K SilvermanChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA; email: ed.silverman@channing.harvard.edu.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Respiratory Computational Discovery CoreP01HL114501 · NHLBI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CHOI, MARY E · 2013 to 2025
$24.9M
Genetic Epidemiology of COPDU01HL089856 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SILVERMAN, EDWIN K · 2007 to 2021
$20.7M
COPD Susceptibility, Heterogeneity, and Progression: Proteomics and GeneticsR01HL133135 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MORITZ, ROBERT L, SILVERMAN, EDWIN K · 2017 to 2025
$7.2M
Identifying Genetic Determinants of Severe, Early-Onset COPDR01HL113264 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHO, MICHAEL H., SILVERMAN, EDWIN K · 2012 to 2016
$6.0M
Identifying functional variants in COPD GWAS lociR01HL137927 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHO, MICHAEL H., SILVERMAN, EDWIN K · 2017 to 2020
$3.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL114501NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL113264NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL133135NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137927NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL089856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk is strongly influenced by cigarette smoking, genetic factors are also important determinants of COPD. In addition to Mendelian syndromes such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, many genomic regions that influence COPD susceptibility have been identified in genome-wide association studies. Similarly, multiple genomic regions associated with COPD-related phenotypes, such as quantitative emphysema measures, have been found. Identifying the functional variants and key genes within these association regions remains a major challenge. However, newly identified COPD susceptibility genes are already providing novel insights into COPD pathogenesis. Network-based approaches that leverage these genetic discoveries have the potential to assist in decoding the complex genetic architecture of COPD.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRisk FactorsCOPDgenetic associationnetwork medicinesequencingsubtyping

Identifiers

PMID31730394
PMCPMC7193187
OpenAlexW2591924740

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