Table 6.

The Top 10 Cited Articles

Rank	Title	Year	Citations	Journal	IF (2021)
1	Transcriptome-based network analysis reveals a spectrum model of human macrophage activation	2014	1079	Immunity	43.47
2	Muc5b is required for airway defence	2014	406	Nature	69.50
3	Exposure to electronic cigarettes impairs pulmonary anti-bacterial and anti-viral defenses in a mouse model	2015	232	Plos One	3.75
4	Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with azithromycin selects for anti-inflammatory microbial metabolites in the emphysematous lung	2016	228	Thorax	9.1
5	Targeting Nrf2 signaling improves bacterial clearance by alveolar macrophages in patients with COPD and in a mouse model	2011	206	Sci Transl Med	19.32
6	Coordinated changes in AHRR methylation in lymphoblasts and pulmonary macrophages from smokers	2012	182	Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet	3.36
7	Cigarette smoke silences innate lymphoid cell function and facilitates an exacerbated type I interleukin-33-dependent response to infection	2015	174	Immunity	43.47
8	IL-17RA is required for CCL2 expression, macrophage recruitment, and emphysema in response to cigarette smoke	2011	156	Plos One	3.75
9	A new short-term mouse model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies a role for mast cell tryptase in pathogenesis	2013	148	J Allergy Clin Immunol	14.29
10	Decreased histone deacetylase 2 impairs Nrf2 activation by oxidative stress	2011	130	Biochem Biophys Res Commun	3.32

Abbreviation: IF, impact factor.