Genetic Determinants of Pulmonary Artery Size in over 50,000 Subjects with and without COPD
Vasile Foris, Kangjin Kim, Courtney Tern, Yunzhe Qian, Junsun Yu, George R. Washko, R. Chad Wade, James Michael Wells, Honghuang Lin, George T. O’Connor, Albert V. Smith, Stacey Gabriel, Namrata Gupta, Edwin K. Silverman, Adel R. Boueiz, Michael H. Cho
This study identifies 44 genetic loci associated with pulmonary artery diameter across COPD and population-based cohorts, highlighting shared causal variation between pulmonary and systemic vascular biology.
medRxiv · Jul 4, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine