July 2, 2009

Delphine L Chen, Timothy J Bedient, James Kozlowski, Daniel B Rosenbluth, Warren Isakow, Thomas W Ferkol, Betsy Thomas, Mark A Mintun, Daniel P Schuster, and Michael J. Walter

[¹⁸F] fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Lung Anti-inflammatory Response Evaluation
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0501OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sanja Stanojevic, Angie Wade, Tim J Cole, Sooky Lum, Adnan Custovic, Mike Silverman, Graham L Hall, Liam Welsh, Jane Kirkby, Wenche Nystad, Monique Badier, Stephanie Davis, Steven Turner, Pavilio Piccioni, Daphna Vilozni, Howard Eigen, Helen Vlachos-Mayer, Jinping Zheng, Waldemar Tomalak, Marcus Jones, John L Hankinson, and Janet Stocks

Spirometry Centile Charts for Young Caucasian Children: The Asthma UK Collaborative Initiative
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0323OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Caterina Tiozzo, Stijn De Langhe, Mingke Yu, Vedang A. Londhe, Gianni Carraro, Min Li, Changgong Li, Yiming Xing, Stewart Anderson, Zea Borok, Saverio Bellusci, and Parviz Minoo

Deletion of Pten Expands Lung Epithelial Progenitor Pools and Confers Resistance to Airway Injury
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0100OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maurizio Infante, Silvio Cavuto, Fabio Romano Lutman, Giorgio Brambilla, Giuseppe Chiesa, Giovanni Ceresoli, Eliseo Passera, Enzo Angeli, Maurizio Chiarenza, Giuseppe Aranzulla, Umberto Cariboni, Valentina Errico, Francesco Inzirillo, Edoardo Bottoni, Emanuele Voulaz, Marco Alloisio, Anna Destro, Massimo Roncalli, Armando Santoro, and Gianluigi Ravasi

A Randomized Study of Lung Cancer Screening With Spiral CT (The Dante Trial): Three-Year Results
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0076OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alessandro Borghesi, Margherita Massa, Rita Campanelli, Lina Bollani, Chryssoula Tzialla, Tiziana A Figar, Giovanna Ferrari, Elisa Bonetti, Gaia Chiesa, Annalisa de Silvestri, Arsenio Spinillo, Vittorio Rosti, and Mauro Stronati

Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on July 2, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200812-1949OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

June 25, 2009

Mark T Dransfield, Moon H Nahm, MeiLan K Han, Sarah Harnden, Gerard J Criner, Fernando J Martinez, Paul D Scanlon, Prescott G Woodruff, George R Washko, John E Connett, Nicholas R Anthonisen, and William C Bailey

Superior Immune Response to Protein-conjugate vs. Free Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in COPD
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 25, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0488OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harikrishna Tanjore, Xiaochuan C Xu, Vasiliy V Polosukhin, Amber L Degryse, Bo Li, Wei Han, Taylor P Sherrill, David Plieth, Eric G Neilson, Timothy S Blackwell, and William E Lawson

Contribution of Epithelial Derived Fibroblasts to Bleomycin Induced Lung Fibrosis
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 25, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0322OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Isabelle Romieu, Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez, Adriana Teresa Marrón-Mares, Astrid Schilmann, Rogelio Perez-Padilla, and Omar Masera

Improved Biomass Stove Intervention in Rural Mexico: Impact on the Respiratory Health of Women
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 25, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1556OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

June 19, 2009

Hsien-Ho Lin, Majid Ezzati, Hsin-Yi Chang, and Megan Murray

Association Between Tobacco Smoking and Active Tuberculosis in Taiwan: Prospective Cohort Study
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0549OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John L Johnson, David Jamil Hadad, Reynaldo Dietze, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Barrett Sewali, Phineas Gitta, Alphonse Okwera, Roy D. Mugerwa, Mary Rose Alcaneses, Maria Imelda Quelapio, Thelma E. Tupasi, Libby Horter, Sara M. Debanne, Kathleen D Eisenach, and W. Henry Boom

Shortening Treatment in Adults with Non-cavitary Tuberculosis and Two-month Culture Conversion
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0536OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John Maclay, David A McAllister, Nicholas L Mills, Finny Paterson, Christopher A Ludlam, Ellen M Drost, David E Newby, and William MacNee

Vascular dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0414OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daan Caudri, Alet Wijga, Salome Scholtens, Marjan Kerkhof, Jorrit Gerritsen, Jopje M Ruskamp, Bert Brunekreef, Henriette A Smit, and Johan C. De Jongste

Early Daycare: More Airway Symptoms Early in Life, No Prevention of Asthma Symptoms or Atopy at 8 Years
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0327OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salvatore Grasso, Tania Stripoli, Marianna Sacchi, Paolo Trerotoli, Francesco Staffieri, Delia Franchini, Valentina De Monte, Valerio Valentini, Paolo Pugliese, Antonio Crovace, Bernd Driessen, and Tommaso Fiore

Inhomogeneity of Lung Parenchyma During the "Open Lung" Strategy: A Computed Tomography Scan Study
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0156OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David J Lederer, Paul L Enright, Steven M Kawut, Eric A Hoffman, Gary Hunninghake, Edwin J. R. van Beek, John H.M. Austin, Rui Jiang, Gina S. Lovasi, and R Graham Barr

Cigarette Smoking is Associated with Subclinical Parenchymal Lung Disease: The MESA-Lung Study
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200812-1966OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Francisco Garcia-Rio, Vanesa Lores, Olga Mediano, Blas Rojo, Angel Hernanz, Eduardo López-Collazo, and Rodolfo Alvarez-Sala

Daily Physical Activity in Patients with COPD is Mainly Associated with Dynamic Hyperinflation
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200812-1873OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

June 11, 2009

Kathy N Williams, Steven J Brickner, Charles K Stover, Tong Zhu, Adam Ogden, Rokeya Tasneen, Sandeep Tyagi, Jacques H Grosset, and Eric L Nuermberger

Addition of PNU-100480 to First-line Drugs Shortens the Time Needed to Cure Murine Tuberculosis
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0611OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Samar Farha, Kewal Asosingh, Daniel Laskowski, Jeffrey Hammel, Raed A Dweik, Herbert P Wiedemann, and Serpil C Erzurum

Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on Lung Function Variables in Women with Asthma
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0497OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hubert Chen, Stephen C. Shiboski, Jeffrey A. Golden, Michael K. Gould, Steven R Hayes, Charles W. Hoopes, and Teresa De Marco

Impact of the Lung Allocation Score on Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1603OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anne Le, Rachel Zielinski, Chaoxia He, Michael T. Crow, Shyam Biswal, Rubin M. Tuder, and Patrice M. Becker

Pulmonary Epithelial Neuropilin-1 Deletion Enhances Development of Cigarette Smoke-induced Emphysema
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1483OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Manuel Fischler, Marco Maggiorini, Lorenz Dorschner, Johann Debrunner, Alain Bernheim, Stephanie Kiencke, Heimo Mairbäurl, Konrad E Bloch, Robert Naeije, and Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca

Dexamethasone but not Tadalafil Improves Exercise Capacity in Adults Prone to High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 11, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1348OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

June 4, 2009

Carrie V Breton, Hyang-Min Byun, Made Wenten, Fei Pan, Allen Yang, and Frank D Gilliland

Prenatal Tobacco Smoke Exposure Affects Global and Gene-Specific DNA Methylation
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0135OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akihisa Mitani, Takahide Nagase, Kazunori Fukuchi, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Ryosuke Makita, and Hiroki Kurihara

Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif is Essential for Normal Alveolarization in Mice
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200812-1827OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Varsha V. Gupte, Suresh K. Ramasamy, Raghava Reddy, Jooeun Lee, Paul H. Weinreb, Shelia M. Violette, Andreas Guenther, David Warburton, Barbara Driscoll, Parviz Minoo, and Saverio Bellusci

Overexpression of Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 (FGF10) Both During The Inflammatory and The Fibrotic Phases Attenuates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Mice
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1794OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Douglas B White, Leah R Evans, Christopher A Bautista, John M Luce, and Bernard Lo

Are Physicians' Recommendations to Limit Life Support Beneficial or Burdensome? Bringing Empirical Data to the Debate
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1776OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Indra Narang, Andrew Bush, and Mark Rosenthal

Gas Transfer and Pulmonary Blood Flow at Rest and During Exercise in Adults, 21 Years After Preterm Birth
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1523OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Markus Roth, Markus Rupp, Simone Hofmann, Manish Mittal, Beate Fuchs, Natascha Sommer, Nirmal Parajuli, Karin Quanz, Dominic Schubert, Eva Dony, Ralph Theo Schermuly, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Ulrike Sausbier, Katrin Rutschmann, Sarah Wilhelm, Werner Seeger, Peter Ruth, Friedrich Grimminger, Matthias Sausbier, and Norbert Weissmann

Heme Oxygenase-2 and Large-conductance Ca²⁺ activated K⁺ Channels: Lung Vascular Effects of Hypoxia
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on June 4, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200806-848OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

May 29, 2009

Prescott G Woodruff, Barmak Modrek, David F Choy, Guiquan Jia, Alexander R Abbas, Almut Ellwanger, Laura L Koth, Joseph R Arron, and John V Fahy

Th2-driven Inflammation Defines Major Sub-phenotypes of Asthma
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 29, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0392OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andreas von Leupoldt, Tobias Sommer, Sarah Kegat, Falk Eippert, Hans Jörg Baumann, Hans Klose, Bernhard Dahme, and Christian Büchel

Down Regulation of Insular Cortex Responses to Dyspnea and Pain in Asthma
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 29, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200902-0300OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rose A. Devasia, Amondrea Blackman, Tebeb Gebretsadik, Marie Griffin, Ayumi Shintani, Carolyn May, Teresa Smith, Nancy Hooper, Fernanda Maruri, Jon Warkentin, Ed Mitchel, and Timothy R Sterling

Fluoroquinolone Resistance in M. tuberculosis: The Effect of Duration and Timing of Fluoroquinolone Exposure
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 29, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0146OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher D. Baker, Sharon L. Ryan, David A. Ingram, Gregory J. Seedorf, Steven H. Abman, and Vivek Balasubramaniam

Endothelial Colony Forming Cells from Preterm Infants are Increased and More Susceptible to Hyperoxia
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 29, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0115OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Driss El Kebir, Levente Jozsef, Wanling Pan, Lili Wang, Nicos A Petasis, Charles N Serhan, and Janos G Filep

15-epi-lipoxin A₄ Inhibits Myeloperoxidase Signaling and Enhances Resolution of Acute Lung Injury
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 29, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1601OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberto Benzo, Max H Farrell, Chung-Chou H Chang, Fernando J Martinez, Robert Kaplan, John Reilly, Gerard Criner, Robert Wise, Barry Make, James Luketich, Alfred P Fishman, and Frank C Sciurba

Integrating Health Status and Survival Data: The Palliative Effect of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 29, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1383OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sam Bayat, Satu Strengell, Liisa Porra, Tibor Z. Janosi, Ferenc Petak, Heikki Suhonen, Pekka Suortti, Zoltan Hantos, Anssi R.A. Sovijärvi, and Walid Habre

Methacholine and Ovalbumin Challenges Assessed by Forced Oscillations and Synchrotron Lung Imaging
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 29, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1211OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

May 15, 2009

Halvor S McGee and Devendra K. Agrawal

Naturally Occurring and Inducible T-Regulatory Cells Modulating Immune Response in Allergic Asthma
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1505OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edward S. Schelegle, Christopher A. Morales, William F. Walby, Susan Marion, and Roblee P. Allen

6.6 Hour Inhalation of Ozone Concentrations from 60 to 87 ppb in Healthy Humans
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 15, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1484OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

May 7, 2009

Anh L Innes, Stephen D Carrington, David J Thornton, Sara Kirkham, Karine Rousseau, Ryan H Dougherty, Wilfred W Raymond, George H Caughey, Susan J Muller, and John V Fahy

Ex vivo Sputum Analysis Reveals Impairment of Protease-dependent Mucus Degradation by Plasma Proteins in Acute Asthma
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1056OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eileen D. Kuempel, Matthew W. Wheeler, Randall J. Smith, Val Vallyathan, and Francis H. Y. Green

Contributions of Dust Exposure and Cigarette Smoking to Emphysema Severity in U.S. Coal Miners
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on May 7, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200806-840OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

April 30, 2009

Susan E Dorman, John L Johnson, Stefan Goldberg, Grace Muzanye, Nesri Padayatchi, Lorna Bozeman, Charles M Heilig, John Bernardo, Shurjeel Choudhri, Jacques H Grosset, Elizabeth Guy, Priya Guyadeen, Maria Corazon Leus, Gina Maltas, Dick Menzies, Eric L Nuermberger, Margarita Villarino, Andrew Vernon, and Richard E Chaisson

Substitution of Moxifloxacin for Isoniazid During Intensive Phase Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on April 30, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0078OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

April 24, 2009

Loretta G Que, Zhonghui Yang, Jonathan S Stamler, Njira L Lugogo, and Monica Kraft

S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase -- An Important Regulator in Human Asthma
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on April 24, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0158OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

April 2, 2009

Bi-Sen Ding, Nankang Hong, Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, Claudia Gottstein, Steven M. Albelda, Douglas B. Cines, Aron B. Fisher, and Vladimir R. Muzykantov

Anchoring Fusion Thrombomodulin to the Endothelial Lumen Protects Injury-Induced Lung Thrombosis and Inflammation
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on April 2, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1433OC. [Abstract] [PDF] [Video Supplement]  

March 19, 2009

Helen E Davies, Ross S Sadler, Silvia Bielsa, Nicholas A Maskell, Najib M Rahman, Robert J.O. Davies, Berne L Ferry, and Y C Gary Lee

The Clinical Impact and Reliability of Pleural Fluid Mesothelin in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusions
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; published ahead of print on March 19, 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1729OC. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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