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What are the important local-global results of 4-dimensional version of Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem?

The Gauss–Bonnet theorem in differential geometry is an important statement about surfaces which connects their geometry to their topology and has very important application on Riemann surface such as A 2-torus cannot carry a Riemannian metric with positive sectional curvature. The generalized Gauss–Bonnet theorem (Gauss-Bonnet-Chern) in dimension $n=4$, for a compact oriented manifold states that $$\chi(M)=\frac{1}{32\pi^2}\int_M\left(|Rm|^2-4|Rc|^2+r^2\right)d\mu,$$ where $Rm$ is the full Riemann curvature tensor, $Rc$ is the Ricci curvature tensor, $r$ is the scalar curvature. My question is

What are the important local-global results of 4-dimensional version of Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem similar to 2-Dimensional case?

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