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SUBMITTER: Mallampalli RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7098723 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mallampalli Rama K RK Li Xiuying X Jang Jun-Ho JH Kaminski Tomasz T Hoji Aki A Coon Tiffany T Chandra Divay D Welty Starr S Teng Yaqun Y Sembrat John J Rojas Mauricio M Zhao Yutong Y Lafyatis Robert R Zou Chunbin C Sciurba Frank F Sundd Prithu P Lan Li L Nyunoya Toru T
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Our integrative genomic and functional analysis identified transforming acidic coiled-coil-containing protein 2 (TACC2) as a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) candidate gene. Here, we found that smokers with COPD exhibit a marked decrease in lung TACC2 protein levels relative to smokers without COPD. Single cell RNA sequencing reveals that TACC2 is expressed primarily in lung epithelial cells in normal human lungs. Furthermore, suppression of TACC2 expression impairs the efficiency of ...[more]