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| 1 | Toward the blood-borne miRNome of human diseases | Nature Methods | 2011 | 342 |
| 2 | The innate immune function of airway epithelial cells in inflammatory lung disease | European Respiratory Journal | 2015 | 318 |
| 3 | Exosomal circPACRGL promotes progression of colorectal cancer via the miR-142-3p/miR-506-3p- TGF-β1 axis | Molecular Cancer | 2020 | 293 |
| 4 | Designing a broad-spectrum integrative approach for cancer prevention and treatment | Seminars in Cancer Biology | 2015 | 227 |
| 5 | UV Damage and DNA Repair in Malignant Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology | 2008 | 177 |
| 6 | High-throughput miRNA profiling of human melanoma blood samples | BMC Cancer | 2010 | 144 |
| 7 | Electronic cigarettes: a task force report from the European Respiratory Society | European Respiratory Journal | 2019 | 140 |
| 8 | Comparable Effectiveness of Endovenous Laser Ablation and High Ligation With Stripping of the Great Saphenous Vein | Archives of Dermatology | 2012 | 131 |
| 9 | Same Site Recurrence is More Frequent After Endovenous Laser Ablation Compared with High Ligation and Stripping of the Great Saphenous Vein: 5 year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial (RELACS Study) | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | 2015 | 122 |
| 10 | The German COPD cohort COSYCONET: Aims, methods and descriptive analysis of the study population at baseline | Respiratory Medicine | 2016 | 119 |
| 11 | Evaluating the Use of Circulating MicroRNA Profiles for Lung Cancer Detection in Symptomatic Patients | JAMA Oncology | 2020 | 95 |
| 12 | Analysis of the Airway Microbiota of Healthy Individuals and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by T-RFLP and Clone Sequencing | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 92 |
| 13 | FOXO Transcription Factors Regulate Innate Immune Mechanisms in Respiratory Epithelial Cells | Journal of Immunology | 2013 | 88 |
| 14 | IL-17C mediates the recruitment of tumor-associated neutrophils and lung tumor growth | Oncogene | 2017 | 88 |
| 15 | Dectin-1 Is Expressed in Human Lung and Mediates the Proinflammatory Immune Response to Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae | MBio | 2014 | 85 |
| 16 | Inverse regulation of melanoma growth and migration by Orai1/STIM2‐dependent calcium entry | Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research | 2014 | 84 |
| 17 | Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and impairment after pulmonary embolism: the FOCUS study | European Heart Journal | 2022 | 84 |
| 18 | Peripheral Artery Disease and Its Clinical Relevance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the COPD and Systemic Consequences–Comorbidities Network Study | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2017 | 83 |
| 19 | Incidence and characteristics of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Germany | Clinical Research in Cardiology | 2018 | 81 |
| 20 | Pyoderma gangrenosum: Clinical presentation and outcome in 18 cases and review of the literature | JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology | 2007 | 78 |
| 21 | Results of the CAPSID randomized trial for high-dose convalescent plasma in patients with severe COVID-19 | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2021 | 76 |
| 22 | Nanotechnology in respiratory medicine | Respiratory Research | 2015 | 74 |
| 23 | Vitamin D and Its Analogues Decrease Amyloid-β (Aβ) Formation and Increase Aβ-Degradation | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2017 | 70 |
| 24 | IL-17C Is a Mediator of Respiratory Epithelial Innate Immune Response | American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology | 2013 | 65 |
| 25 | Effects of inhaled nitric oxide in COVID‐19–induced ARDS – Is it worthwhile? | Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica | 2021 | 63 |
| 26 | Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-related cell adhesion molecules are co-expressed in the human lung and their expression can be modulated in bronchial epithelial cells by non-typable Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, TLR3, and type I and II interferons | Respiratory Research | 2013 | 62 |
| 27 | Basic science of electronic cigarettes: assessment in cell culture and in vivo models | Respiratory Research | 2016 | 59 |
| 28 | Discrimination between COPD patients with and without alpha 1‐antitrypsin deficiency using an electronic nose | Respirology | 2011 | 58 |
| 29 | Antibiotic therapeutic drug monitoring in intensive care patients treated with different modalities of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and renal replacement therapy: a prospective, observational single-center study | Critical Care | 2020 | 58 |
| 30 | ORAI1 Ca2+ Channels Control Endothelin-1-Induced Mitogenesis and Melanogenesis in Primary Human Melanocytes | Journal of Investigative Dermatology | 2012 | 55 |
| 31 | Myeloid cell RelA/p65 promotes lung cancer proliferation through Wnt/β-catenin signaling in murine and human tumor cells | Oncogene | 2014 | 55 |
| 32 | Anaphylaxis in Elderly Patients—Data From the European Anaphylaxis Registry | Frontiers in Immunology | 2019 | 53 |
| 33 | Hypoxia and the hypoxia-regulated transcription factor HIF-1α suppress the host defence of airway epithelial cells | Innate Immunity | 2017 | 48 |
| 34 | The revised GOLD 2017 COPD categorization in relation to comorbidities | Respiratory Medicine | 2018 | 47 |
| 35 | Serum cortisol predicts death and critical disease independently of CRB-65 score in community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective observational cohort study | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2012 | 46 |
| 36 | Prolonged Course of COVID-19-Associated Pneumonia in a B-Cell Depleted Patient After Rituximab | Frontiers in Oncology | 2020 | 46 |
| 37 | Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) maintains pulmonary structure and regulates the response to cigarette smoke | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 45 |
| 38 | IL-17 Cytokines and Chronic Lung Diseases | Cells | 2022 | 43 |
| 39 | Alternative Oxidase Attenuates Cigarette Smoke–induced Lung Dysfunction and Tissue Damage | American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology | 2019 | 41 |
| 40 | Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Coinfection in a Patient With Newly Diagnosed HIV-1 Infection | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2021 | 41 |
| 41 | Relationship of hyperlipidemia to comorbidities and lung function in COPD: Results of the COSYCONET cohort | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 40 |
| 42 | The role of circulating thrombospondin-1 in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension | Respiratory Research | 2016 | 39 |
| 43 | Results from a large targeted screening program for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: 2003 - 2015 | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases | 2016 | 39 |
| 44 | Airway obstruction and lung hyperinflation in COPD are linked to an impaired left ventricular diastolic filling | Respiratory Medicine | 2018 | 39 |
| 45 | IL-17A-mediated expression of epithelial IL-17C promotes inflammation during acutePseudomonas aeruginosapneumonia | American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology | 2016 | 38 |
| 46 | Myeloid cell-derived LL-37 promotes lung cancer growth by activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling | Theranostics | 2019 | 38 |
| 47 | Diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence for histologic melanoma recognition compared to 18 international expert pathologists | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | 2022 | 38 |
| 48 | Expression of the antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin in myeloid cells is required for lung tumor growth | Oncogene | 2014 | 36 |
| 49 | Uric acid, lung function, physical capacity and exacerbation frequency in patients with COPD: a multi-dimensional approach | Respiratory Research | 2018 | 36 |
| 50 | Consequences of chronic kidney disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Respiratory Research | 2019 | 36 |
