Smoking upregulates angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptor: a potential adhesion site for novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) SJ Brake, K Barnsley, W Lu, KD McAlinden, MS Eapen, SS Sohal Journal of clinical medicine 9 (3), 841, 2020 | 643 | 2020 |
ACE2 expression is elevated in airway epithelial cells from older and male healthy individuals but reduced in asthma PAB Wark, PS Pathinayake, G Kaiko, K Nichol, A Ali, L Chen, EN Sutanto, ... Respirology 26 (5), 442-451, 2021 | 78 | 2021 |
The rise of electronic nicotine delivery systems and the emergence of electronic-cigarette-driven disease KD McAlinden, MS Eapen, W Lu, P Sharma, SS Sohal American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |
Endothelial to mesenchymal transition: a precursor to post-COVID-19 interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and vascular obliteration? MS Eapen, W Lu, AV Gaikwad, P Bhattarai, C Chia, A Hardikar, G Haug, ... European Respiratory Journal 56 (4), 2020 | 62 | 2020 |
COVID-19 and vaping: risk for increased susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection? KD McAlinden, MS Eapen, W Lu, C Chia, G Haug, SS Sohal European Respiratory Journal 56 (1), 2020 | 62 | 2020 |
Autophagy and EMT in cancer and metastasis: Who controls whom? R Gundamaraju, W Lu, MK Paul, NK Jha, PK Gupta, S Ojha, ... Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease 1868 (9), 166431, 2022 | 51 | 2022 |
Electronic cigarette aerosol is cytotoxic and increases ACE2 expression on human airway epithelial cells: implications for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) KD McAlinden, W Lu, PV Ferdowsi, S Myers, J Markos, J Larby, C Chia, ... Journal of Clinical Medicine 10 (5), 1028, 2021 | 42 | 2021 |
Targeting the P2Y13 Receptor Suppresses IL-33 and HMGB1 Release and Ameliorates Experimental Asthma RB Werder, MA Ullah, MM Rahman, J Simpson, JP Lynch, N Collinson, ... American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 205 (3), 300-312, 2022 | 34 | 2022 |
Dysregulation of endocytic machinery and ACE2 in small airways of smokers and COPD patients can augment their susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infections MS Eapen, W Lu, TL Hackett, GK Singhera, IE Thompson, KD McAlinden, ... American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 320 (1 …, 2021 | 29 | 2021 |
Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF) drives EMT in patients with COPD: implications for disease pathogenesis and novel therapies MS Eapen, P Sharma, IE Thompson, W Lu, S Myers, PM Hansbro, ... Laboratory Investigation 99 (2), 150-157, 2019 | 29 | 2019 |
Increased myofibroblasts in the small airways, and relationship to remodelling and functional changes in smokers and COPD patients: potential role of epithelial–mesenchymal … MS Eapen, W Lu, TL Hackett, GK Singhera, MQ Mahmood, A Hardikar, ... ERJ open research 7 (2), 2021 | 28 | 2021 |
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition is driven by transcriptional and post transcriptional modulations in COPD: implications for disease progression and new therapeutics MS Eapen, P Sharma, AV Gaikwad, W Lu, S Myers, PM Hansbro, ... International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 1603-1610, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
Adverse roles of mast cell chymase-1 in COPD G Liu, AG Jarnicki, KR Paudel, W Lu, R Wadhwa, AM Philp, ... European Respiratory Journal 60 (6), 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
sE-cadherin and sVE-cadherin indicate active epithelial/endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT and EndoMT) in smokers and COPD: implications for new biomarkers and therapeutics MS Eapen, S Myers, W Lu, C Tanghe, P Sharma, SS Sohal Biomarkers 23 (7), 709-711, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
Electronic cigarettes: Modern instruments for toxic lung delivery and posing risk for the development of chronic disease KD McAlinden, W Lu, MS Eapen, SS Sohal The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 137, 106039, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
Vascular remodelling in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients and its detrimental effect on lung physiology: potential role of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition AV Gaikwad, W Lu, S Dey, P Bhattarai, C Chia, J Larby, G Haug, S Myers, ... ERJ Open Research 8 (1), 2022 | 18 | 2022 |
Inhaled corticosteroids attenuate epithelial mesenchymal transition: implications for COPD and lung cancer prophylaxis W Lu, P Sharma, MS Eapen, SS Sohal European Respiratory Journal 54 (1), 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) adhesion site protein upregulation in small airways, type 2 pneumocytes, and alveolar macrophages of smokers and COPD–possible implications for … SJ Brake, MS Eapen, KD McAlinden, J Markos, G Haug, J Larby, C Chia, ... International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 101-115, 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
Impact of deleterious mutations on structure, function and stability of serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1: a gene to diseases correlation MF AlAjmi, S Khan, A Choudhury, T Mohammad, S Noor, A Hussain, W Lu, ... Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 8, 780284, 2021 | 14 | 2021 |
The effect of varenicline and nicotine patch on smoking rate and satisfaction with smoking: an examination of the mechanism of action of two pre-quit pharmacotherapies W Lu, K Chappell, JAE Walters, GA Jacobson, R Patel, N Schüz, ... Psychopharmacology 234, 1969-1976, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |