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[ATS PATIENT INFORMATION SERIES: Lung Function Studies: Methacholine or Challenge Test]

EDITORIALS:

Paul W. Jones

Triple Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Trials Catching Up with Clinical Practice?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 689-690 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seif O. Shaheen and Ian M. Adcock

The Developmental Origins of Asthma: Does Epigenetics Hold the Key?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 690-691 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Walter T. McNicholas

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Overlaps in Pathophysiology, Systemic Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 692-700. First published online July 23 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0347PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

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; 180: 701-712. First published online July 2 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0100OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Yoshihiko Chiba, Miki Tanabe, Kumiko Goto, Hiroyasu Sakai, and Miwa Misawa

Down-Regulation of miR-133a Contributes to Up-Regulation of RhoA in Bronchial Smooth Muscle Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 713-719. First published online July 30 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0325OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rhonda H. Wilson, Gregory S. Whitehead, Hideki Nakano, Meghan E. Free, Jay K. Kolls, and Donald N. Cook

Allergic Sensitization through the Airway Primes Th17-dependent Neutrophilia and Airway Hyperresponsiveness

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 720-730. First published online August 6 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0573OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Amir A. Zeki, Lisa Franzi, Jerold Last, and Nicholas J. Kenyon

Simvastatin Inhibits Airway Hyperreactivity: Implications for the Mevalonate Pathway and Beyond

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 731-740. First published online July 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0018OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Tobias Welte, Marc Miravitlles, Paul Hernandez, Göran Eriksson, Stefan Peterson, Tomasz Polanowski, and Romain Kessler

Efficacy and Tolerability of Budesonide/Formoterol Added to Tiotropium in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 741-750. First published online July 30 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0492OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Critical Care:

Cheng-Yu Chen, Kuang-Yao Yang, Mei-Yu Chen, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Ming-Tzer Lin, Yu-Chin Lee, Reury-Perng Perng, Shie-Liang Hsieh, Pan-Chyr Yang, and Teh-Ying Chou

Decoy Receptor 3 Levels in Peripheral Blood Predict Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 751-760. First published online July 30 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200902-0222OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Cystic Fibrosis:

Katherine L. Vandemheen, Annette O'Connor, Scott C. Bell, Andreas Freitag, Peter Bye, Alphonse Jeanneret, Yves Berthiaume, Neil Brown, Pearce Wilcox, Gerard Ryan, Nancy Brager, Harvey Rabin, Nancy Morrison, Peter Gibson, Mary Jackson, Nigel Paterson, Peter Middleton, and Shawn D. Aaron

Randomized Trial of a Decision Aid for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Considering Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 761-768. First published online July 9 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0421OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Carlo Sorrentino and Emma Di Carlo

Expression of IL-32 in Human Lung Cancer Is Related to the Histotype and Metastatic Phenotype

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 769-779. First published online July 23 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0400OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Mark Toshner, Robert Voswinckel, Mark Southwood, Rafia Al-Lamki, Luke S. G. Howard, Denis Marchesan, Jun Yang, Jay Suntharalingam, Elaine Soon, Andrew Exley, Susan Stewart, Markus Hecker, Zhenping Zhu, Ursula Gehling, Werner Seeger, Joanna Pepke-Zaba, and Nicholas W. Morrell

Evidence of Dysfunction of Endothelial Progenitors in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 780-787. First published online July 23 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1662OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

H. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Paul E. Peppard, Neil R. Ward, and Mary J. Morrell

The Impact of Obesity on Oxygen Desaturation during Sleep-disordered Breathing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 788-793. First published online July 30 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200905-0773OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Jung-Jyh Hung, Jung-Sen Liu, and Wen-Juei Jeng

Prediction of Perioperative Mortality after Lung Cancer Resection in the Elderly

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 794 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Max Kates and Juan P. Wisnivesky

Prediction of Perioperative Mortality after Lung Cancer Resection in the Elderly

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 794-795 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Eisenhut

Effect of Vitamin D on Tuberculosis and HIV Replication Depends on Conversion to Calcitriol and Concentration

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 795 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Wejse and Henning Glerup

Effect of Vitamin D on Tuberculosis and HIV Replication Depends on Conversion to Calcitriol and Concentration

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 795-796 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward Abraham

Erratum: T-helper Type 2–driven Inflammation Defines Major Subphenotypes of Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 796 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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