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A discriminant function model as an alternative method to spirometry for COPD screening in primary care settings in China

scientific article

Acute hypoxia activates store-operated Ca(2+) entry and increases intracellular Ca(2+) concentration in rat distal pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on October 2013

Association between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Lung Cancer: A Case-Control Study in Southern Chinese and a Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on September 28, 2012

BMP4 increases canonical transient receptor potential protein expression by activating p38 MAPK and ERK1/2 signaling pathways in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on August 2013

Biomass fuels are the probable risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural South China

scientific article (publication date: October 2007)

Bone morphogenetic protein 4 enhances canonical transient receptor potential expression, store-operated Ca2+ entry, and basal [Ca2+]i in rat distal pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the absence of chronic bronchitis in China

scientific article published on 16 August 2010

Community based integrated intervention for prevention and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Guangdong, China: cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Duplicated copy of CHRNA7 increases risk and worsens prognosis of COPD and lung cancer

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Early intervention with tiotropium in Chinese patients with GOLD stages I-II chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Tie-COPD): study protocol for a multicentre, double-blinded, randomised, controlled trial

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Effects of a functional variant c.353T>C in snai1 on risk of two contextual diseases. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer

scientific article published on January 2014

Effects of chronic exposure to cigarette smoke on canonical transient receptor potential expression in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle

scientific article

Expression of store-operated Ca2+ entry and transient receptor potential canonical and vanilloid-related proteins in rat distal pulmonary venous smooth muscle

scientific article published on August 6, 2010

Functional Polymorphisms of CHRNA3 Predict Risks of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Lung Cancer in Chinese

scientific article published on October 3, 2012

Functional polymorphisms in NFκB1/IκBα predict risks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer in Chinese

scientific article published on January 16, 2013

Genetic analysis of CC16, OGG1 and GCLC polymorphisms and susceptibility to COPD.

scientific article published on January 2007

Hypoxia inducible factor-1-dependent up-regulation of BMP4 mediates hypoxia-induced increase of TRPC expression in PASMCs

scientific article

Lung function and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after improved cooking fuels and kitchen ventilation: a 9-year prospective cohort study

scientific article

Positive benefits of theophylline in a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of low-dose, slow-release theophylline in the treatment of COPD for 1 year

scientific article

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: a large, population-based survey

scientific article

Risk factors shared by COPD and lung cancer and mediation effect of COPD: two center case-control studies

scientific article published on 7 December 2014

Sildenafil Inhibits Hypoxia-Induced Transient Receptor Potential Canonical Protein Expression in Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle via cGMP-PKG-PPARγ Axis

scientific article published on August 1, 2013

Sildenafil inhibits chronically hypoxic upregulation of canonical transient receptor potential expression in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle

scientific journal article

Sodium Tanshinone IIA Sulfonate Inhibits Canonical Transient Receptor Potential Expression in Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle from Pulmonary Hypertensive Rats

scientific article published on October 11, 2012

Study Design and Interim Outcomes of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease COPD Biobank

scientific article published on December 2015

Study on risk factors and phenotypes of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Guangzhou, China-design and baseline characteristics.

scientific article published on April 2015

Suppression of oxidant-induced glutathione synthesis by erythromycin in human bronchial epithelial cells

scientific article published on 21 November 2007

The Association between BMI and COPD: The Results of Two Population-based Studies in Guangzhou, China

scientific article published on July 11, 2013

Tiotropium discontinuation in patients with early-stage COPD: a prospective observational cohort study