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. 2012 Sep 18;7:607–631. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S35294

Table 1.

List of genes associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Symbol Name Chromosome References

Single studies Meta-analyses


Positive Negative Positive Negative
A2M Alpha-2-macroglobulin 12 51
ABCC1 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family C (CFTR/MRP), member 1 16 5254
ACE Angiotensin I converting enzyme (peptidyl-dipeptidase A) 1 17 5560 61,62 5
ADAM33 ADAM metallopeptidase domain 33 20 6368 69,70
ADRB2 Adrenergic, beta-2-, receptor, surface 5 7182 83 5,83
ALOX5AP Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein 13 84
AQP5 Aquaporin 5 12 85,86
BCL2 B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2 18 87
BDKRB2 Bradykinin receptor B2 14 88
CASP10 Caspase 10, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase 2 89
CAT Catalase 11 90 91,92
CCL5 (RANTES) Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 17 93 79
CCR2 Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2 3 94
CD14 CD14 molecule 5 95,96
CD40 CD40 molecule, TNF receptor superfamily member 5 20 97
CD63 CD63 molecule 12 98
CD86 CD86 molecule 3 99
CDC6 Cell division cycle 6 homolog (S cerevisiae) 17 100
CDKN1A (p21) Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (p21, Cip1) 6 101
CFTR Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (ATP-binding cassette sub-family C, member 7) 7 102108 109,110
CHI3L1 Chitinase 3-like 1 (cartilage glycoprotein-39) 1 111
CHRNA3 Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 3 (neuronal) 15 26,30,31, 112,113
CHRNA5 Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 5 (neuronal) 15 26,30,31, 112,113
CLCA1 Chloride channel accessory 1 1 114
COL4A3 Collagen, type IV, alpha 3 (Goodpasture antigen) 2 115
CRP C-reactive protein, pentraxin-related 1 116 117119
CSF2 Colony stimulating factor 2 (granulocyte-macrophage) 5 120 121
CSF3 Colony stimulating factor 3 (granulocyte) 17 121
CTLA4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 2 99,122,123
CTSS Cathepsin S 1 124
CYBA Cytochrome b-245, alpha polypeptide 16 125
CYP1A1 Cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 1 15 125128 129,130
CYP1A2 Cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 2 15 129,131 125,128
CYP2E1 Cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily E, polypeptide 1 10 127,132 130
CYP2F1 Cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily F, polypeptide 1 19 133
CYP3A5 Cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 5 7 134
DEFB1 Defensin, beta 1 8 135,136 137
DEFB4A Defensin, beta 4A 8 138
EDN1 Endothelin 1 6 139141 142,143
EDNRB Endothelin receptor type B 13 143
ELN Elastin (supravalvular aortic stenosis, Williams–Beuren syndrome) 7 144,145 146,147
EPHX1 Epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal (xenobiotic) 1 77,83,130, 146167 127,168174 175 5,8,176
ESR1 Estrogen receptor 1 6 177
FAM13A Family with sequence similarity 13, member A 4 26
FGF10 Fibroblast growth factor 10 5 178
GC Group-specific component (vitamin D binding protein) 4 179186 146,147,151, 155,187
GCLC Glutamate-cysteine ligase, catalytic subunit 6 188 172,189
GCLM Glutamate-cysteine ligase, modifier subunit 1 190 172,188
GSTCD Glutathione S-transferase, C-terminal domain containing 4 191
GSTM1 Glutathione S-transferase M1 1 127,148,161, 164,165, 192202 90,130,146,147, 151,169,203206 5,7,8
GSTO1 Glutathione S-transferase omega 1 10 207
GSTO2 Glutathione S-transferase omega 2 10 207
GSTP1 Glutathione S-transferase pi 1 11 77,90,146, 148,151,152, 157,164,165, 193,194,196, 204,208210 69,127,130,147, 149,159,171,185, 197,203,211,212 8,213 5,214
GSTT1 Glutathione S-transferase theta 1 22 127,165,193, 196198, 204206 90,130,148,161, 164,169,194, 199201,203 5,7,8
HCK Hemopoietic cell kinase 20 215
HHIP Hedgehog interacting protein 4 26,191,216
HLA Classical class 11 subregion of the MHC 6 217,218 219,220
HMOX1 Heme oxygenase (decycling) 1 22 130,151,166, 221224 69,147,185, 196,225
HTR4 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 4 5 191
IFNG Interferon, gamma 12 226228
IL1A Interleukin 1, alpha 2 227
IL1B Interleukin 1, beta 2 227,229233 120,228, 234238 5,8
IL1RN Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist 2 231,232, 234,235 228,230, 236238 8
IL2 Interleukin 2 4 227
IL27 Interleukin 27 16 239
IL4 Interleukin 4 5 71,227,240 120,241,242 5
IL4R Interleukin 4 receptor 16 227,243 79,241
IL5 Interleukin 5 (colony-stimulating factor, eosinophil) 5 244
IL6 Interleukin 6 7 118,228,234, 245247 116,233, 236,248 5,8
IL8 Interleukin 8 4 120 234,235,238, 249,250
IL8RA Interleukin 8 receptor, alpha 2 251 120,146,147
IL8RB (CXCR2) Interleukin 8 receptor, beta 2 250 120,146,147
IL10 Interleukin 10 1 149,227,235, 248,252254 120,234,255
IL12B Interleukin 12B (natural killer cell stimulatory factor 2, cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor 2, p40) 5 227 239
IL13 Interleukin 13 5 79,241,242, 256261 71,120,238, 243,262 5
IL13RA1 Interleukin 13 receptor, alpha 1 X 241
IL17F Interleukin 17F 6 263
IREB2 Iron-responsive element binding protein 2 15 26,30,47
KCNMB1 Potassium large conductance calcium-activated channel, subfamily M, beta member 1 5 264
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 19 265
LEP Leptin 7 266
LEPR Leptin receptor 1 267
LTA Lymphotoxin alpha (TNF superfamily, member 1) 6 234,268272 120,233,248, 273275 5
LTA4H Leukotriene A4 hydrolase 12 84
LTBP4 Latent transforming growth factor beta binding protein 4 19 146,147
MBL2 Mannose-binding lectin (protein C) 2, soluble 10 276,277
MICB MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B 6 278
MIR196A2 MicroRNA 196a-2 12 279
MIR499A MicroRNA 499a 20 279
MMP1 Matrix metallopeptidase 1 (interstitial collagenase) 11 146,280,281 69,128,147, 151,282285
MMP2 Matrix metallopeptidase 2 (gelatinase A, 72 kDa gelatinase, 72 kDa type IV collagenase) 16 285 69,281
MMP3 Matrix metallopeptidase 3 (stromelysin 1, progelatinase) 11 286 128,287
MMP9 Matrix metallopeptidase 9 (gelatinase B, 92 kDa gelatinase, 92 kDa type IV collagenase) 20 128,202,281, 282,284, 288290 69,147,151, 280,283,285,287 5,8
MMP12 Matrix metallopeptidase 12 (macrophage elastase) 11 280,283, 291,292 69,146,147, 282,284, 285,287
MMP14 Matrix metallopeptidase 14 (membrane-inserted) 14 293
MSR1 Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 8 137,294
NAT2 N-acetyltransferase 2 (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) 8 132
NFE2L2 Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 2 265,295
NFKBIB Nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, beta 19 185
NOS3 Nitric oxide synthase 3 (endothelial cell) 7 57,62, 296,297 149
NQO1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase, quinone 1 16 90
NR3C1 Nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1 (glucocorticoid receptor) 5 298 299
OGG1 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 3 300 189
OR4X1 Olfactory receptor, family 4, subfamily X, member 1 11 301
PDE4D Phosphodiesterase 4D, cAMP-specific (phosphodiesterase E3 dunce homolog, drosophila) 5 302
PLAUR Plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor 19 303,304
PPARG Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 3 163
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog 10 14
PTGDR Prostaglandin D2 receptor (DP) 14 305
PTGS2 (COX2) Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (prostaglandin G/H synthase and cyclooxygenase) 1 306,307
SERPINA1 Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade A (alpha-1 antiproteinase, antitrypsin), member 1 14 76,308325 326336
SERPINA3 Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade A (alpha-1 antiproteinase, antitrypsin), member 3 14 337343 146,147,149, 151,310,314, 326,332,344 5
SERPINE2 Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade E (nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), member 2 2 77,146,149, 326,345348 147,152,171, 349,350
SFTPA1 Surfactant protein A1 10 69,351
SFTPA2 Surfactant protein A2 10 69
SFTPB Surfactant protein B 2 147,151,171, 351354 69,77,146, 149,152,355
SFTPC Surfactant protein C 8 356 357
SFTPD Surfactant protein D 10 69,358,359 151,351
SIRT2 Sirtuin 2 19 185
SLC6A4 Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, serotonin), member 4 17 360
SLC11A1 Solute carrier family 11 (proton-coupled divalent metal ion transporters), member 1 2 361
SMAD3 SMAD family member 3 15 362
SMOC2 SPARC related modular calcium binding 2 6 363
SOD2 Superoxide dismutase 2, mitochondrial 6 364366 91,92,271 8
SOD3 Superoxide dismutase 3, extracellular 4 90,91,364, 367370 5 8
SOX5 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 5 12 371
STAT1 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91 kDa 2 185
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (acute-phase response factor) 17 372
STAT6 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6, interleukin-4 induced 12 79 241
STIP1 Stress-induced-phosphoprotein 1 11 373
TBXA2R Thromboxane A2 receptor 19 244,374
TGFB1 Transforming growth factor, beta 1 19 69,77,146, 147,238, 375382 30,149,151, 171,383 5,8 384
TGFBR3 Transforming growth factor, beta receptor III 1 190
TIMP1 TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 X 285 69
TIMP2 TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2 17 146,385,386 147,151,387 5
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4 9 388,389 96,271
TNF Tumor necrosis factor (TNF superfamily, member 2) 6 11,149,151, 234,238,250, 262,268, 270272, 390398 83,120,146, 147,155,230, 233,235237, 248,269, 273275, 399403 5,811
TNS1 Tensin 1 2 191
TP53 (p53) Tumor protein p53 17 101,307
TRPV4 Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 4 12 404
TSLP Thymic stromal lymphopoietin 5 405
VDR Vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) receptor 12 406408 409
VEGFA Vascular endothelial growth factor A 6 410 411
XRCC1 X-ray repair complementing defective repair in Chinese hamster cells 1 19 300
XRCC5 X-ray repair complementing defective repair in Chinese hamster cells 5 (double-strand-break rejoining) 2 412