AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (September 1 2005, 172 [5])

EDITORIALS:

William MacNee: Prescription of Oxygen: Still Problems after All These Years; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 517-518 [Full Text] [PDF]

Claudio L. Bassetti: Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atherosclerosis: "Guilt by Association"; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 518-519 [Full Text] [PDF]

Madhukar Pai and David M. Lewinsohn: Interferon- ${gamma}$ Assays for Tuberculosis: Is Anergy the Achilles' Heel?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 519-521 [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcel A. Behr: Polyclonal Tuberculosis and the Emergence of Drug Resistance; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 521-522 [Full Text] [PDF]

CENTENNIAL REVIEW:

Stephen G. Spiro and Gerard A. Silvestri: One Hundred Years of Lung Cancer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 523-529. First published online June 16 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-531OE [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STATE OF THE ART:

Karim Vermaelen and Romain Pauwels: Pulmonary Dendritic Cells; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 530-551. First published online May 5 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1384SO [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Benjamin A. Raby, Kristel Van Steen, Juan C. Celedón, Augusto A. Litonjua, Christoph Lange, and Scott T. Weiss for the CAMP Research Group: Paternal History of Asthma and Airway Responsiveness in Children with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 552-558. First published online June 3 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-010OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Jodie L. Simpson, Rodney J. Scott, Michael J. Boyle, and Peter G. Gibson: Differential Proteolytic Enzyme Activity in Eosinophilic and Neutrophilic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 559-565. First published online May 18 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-369OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Henning Weigt, Christina Nassenstein, Thomas Tschernig, Peter F. Mühlradt, Norbert Krug, and Armin Braun: Efficacy of Macrophage-activating Lipopeptide-2 Combined with Interferon- ${gamma}$ in a Murine Asthma Model; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 566-572. First published online May 18 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1490OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Gordon H. Guyatt, Mika Nonoyama, Christina Lacchetti, Ron Goeree, Douglas McKim, Diane Heels-Ansdell, and Roger Goldstein: A Randomized Trial of Strategies for Assessing Eligibility for Long-Term Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 573-580. First published online May 18 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1692OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shinsuke Murakami, Noritoshi Nagaya, Takefumi Itoh, Takashi Iwase, Toshiya Fujisato, Keisuke Nishioka, Kaoru Hamada, Kenji Kangawa, and Hiroshi Kimura: Adrenomedullin Regenerates Alveoli and Vasculature in Elastase-induced Pulmonary Emphysema in Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 581-589. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1280OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew K. Sullivan, Philip L. Simonian, Michael T. Falta, John D. Mitchell, Gregory P. Cosgrove, Kevin K. Brown, Brian L. Kotzin, Norbert F. Voelkel, and Andrew P. Fontenot: Oligoclonal CD4⁺ T Cells in the Lungs of Patients with Severe Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 590-596. First published online June 3 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1332OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

C. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Fares A. Masri, Suzy A. A. Comhair, Thomas Koeck, Weiling Xu, Allison Janocha, Sudakshina Ghosh, Raed A. Dweik, Joseph Golish, Michael Kinter, Dennis J. Stuehr, Serpil C. Erzurum, and Kulwant S. Aulak: Abnormalities in Nitric Oxide and Its Derivatives in Lung Cancer; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 597-605. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1523OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

D. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

François Bellemare, Matteo Pecchiari, Monica Bandini, Mohamad Sawan, and Edgardo D'Angelo: Reversibility of Airflow Obstruction by Hypoglossus Nerve Stimulation in Anesthetized Rabbits; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 606-612. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-190OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Luciano F. Drager, Luiz A. Bortolotto, Maria Cecília Lorenzi, Adelaide C. Figueiredo, Eduardo M. Krieger, and Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho: Early Signs of Atherosclerosis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 613-618. First published online May 18 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-340OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesco Fanfulla, Monica Delmastro, Angela Berardinelli, Nadia D'Artavilla Lupo, and Stefano Nava: Effects of Different Ventilator Settings on Sleep and Inspiratory Effort in Patients with Neuromuscular Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 619-624. First published online June 16 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200406-694OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Kenji Minoguchi, Takuya Yokoe, Toshiyuki Tazaki, Hideko Minoguchi, Akihiko Tanaka, Naruhito Oda, Shinji Okada, Shin Ohta, Hirokuni Naito, and Mitsuru Adachi: Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Serum Inflammatory Markers in Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 625-630 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

E. Tuberculosis:

Giovanni Ferrara, Monica Losi, Marisa Meacci, Barbara Meccugni, Roberto Piro, Pietro Roversi, Barbara Maria Bergamini, Roberto D'Amico, Patrizia Marchegiano, Fabio Rumpianesi, Leonardo M. Fabbri, and Luca Richeldi: Routine Hospital Use of a New Commercial Whole Blood Interferon- ${gamma}$ Assay for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 631-635. First published online June 16 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-196OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Annelies van Rie, Thomas C. Victor, Madalene Richardson, Rabia Johnson, Gian D. van der Spuy, Emma J. Murray, Nulda Beyers, Nico C. Gey van Pittius, Paul D. van Helden, and Robin M. Warren: Reinfection and Mixed Infection Cause Changing Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug-Resistance Patterns; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 636-642. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-449OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Theodore Bushnell, Nathaniel F. Watson, E. Fischer, and Jack Goldberg: Smoking and Snoring in Twins; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 643 [Full Text] [PDF]

Karl A. Franklin, Thórarinn Gíslason, and Christer Janson: Smoking and Snoring in Twins; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 643 [Full Text] [PDF]

Damon C. Scales, Niall D. Ferguson, and Jan O. Friedrich: "Stop Right There...I Gotta Know Right Now!" Do Steroids Really Help for CAP?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 643-644 [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Umberto Meduri and Marco Confalonieri: "Stop Right There...I Gotta Know Right Now!" Do Steroids Really Help for CAP?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 644-645 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sarath C. Ranganathan and Colin F. Robertson: Ventilation Inhomogeneities in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: Inappropriate Reference Data and Errors?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 645 [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard Kraemer, Roland A. Ammann, and Sabina Gallati: Ventilation Inhomogeneities in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: Inappropriate Reference Data and Errors?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 645-646 [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie, Leslie London, and Jonathan E. Myers: Respiratory Health Effects Due to Long-Term Low-Level Paraquat Exposure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 646-647 [Full Text] [PDF]

Marc B. Schenker and Maria T. Stoecklin: Respiratory Health Effects Due to Long-Term Low-Level Paraquat Exposure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 647 [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Manuel Tunon-de-Lara, Patrick Berger, and Roger Marthan: Chymase-positive Mast Cells: A Double-Edged Sword in Asthma?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 647-648 [Full Text] [PDF]

Silvana Balzar and Sally E. Wenzel: Chymase-positive Mast Cells: A Double-Edged Sword in Asthma?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 648 [Full Text] [PDF]