AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (161 3)

Harvey E. Marshall and Jonathan S. Stamler: NO Waiting to Exhale in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 685-687. [Full text]
Andrea Rossi: Noninvasive Ventilation Has Not Been Shown To Be Ineffective in Stable COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 688-689. [Full text]
Nicholas S. Hill: Noninvasive Ventilation Has Been Shown to be Ineffective in Stable COPD; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 689-690. [Full text]
ANDREA ROSSI: REBUTTAL FROM DR. ROSSI; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 691a. [Full text]
Nicholas S. Hill: REBUTTAL FROM DR. HILL; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 691b. [Full text]

HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED:

ALFRED P. FISHMAN: The Fick Principle and the Steady State; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 692-693. [Full text]

STATE OF THE ART:

JOHN L. FAUL, GERALD J. BERRY, THOMAS V. COLBY, STEPHEN J. RUOSS, MATTHEW B. WALTER, GLENN D. ROSEN, and THOMAS A. RAFFIN: Thoracic Lymphangiomas, Lymphangiectasis, Lymphangiomatosis, and Lymphatic Dysplasia Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1037-1046. [Full text]

ARTICLES:

Airway Biology, Asthma, and COPD:

JOHN F. HUNT, KEZHONG FANG, RAJESH MALIK, ASHLEY SNYDER, NEIL MALHOTRA, THOMAS A. E. PLATTS-MILLS, and BENJAMIN GASTON: Endogenous Airway Acidification . Implications for Asthma Pathophysiology; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 694-699. [Abstract] [Full text]
TARJA LAITINEN, VESA OLLIKAINEN, CONXI LÁZARO, PAULA KAUPPI, RAFAEL de CID, JOSEP MARIA ANTÓ, XAVIER ESTIVILL, HEIKKI LOKKI, HEIKKI MANNILA, LAURI A. LAITINEN, and JUHA KERE: Association Study of the Chromosomal Region Containing the FCER2 Gene Suggests It Has a Regulatory Role in Atopic Disorders; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 700-706. [Abstract] [Full text]
EVA C. CREUTZBERG, ANNEMIE M. W. J. SCHOLS, CLARIE A. P. M. WELING-SCHEEPERS, WIM A. BUURMAN, and EMIEL F. M. WOUTERS: Characterization of Nonresponse to High Caloric Oral Nutritional Therapy in Depleted Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 745-752. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARK D. SCHLUCHTER, JAMES K. STOLLER, ALAN F. BARKER, A. SONIA BUIST, RONALD G. CRYSTAL, JAMES F. DONOHUE, ROBERT J. FALLAT, GERARD M. TURINO, CAROL E. VREIM, and MARGARET C. WU: Feasibility of a Clinical Trial of Augmentation Therapy for $alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 796-801. [Abstract] [Full text]
DAVID H. AU, ROZENN N. LEMAITRE, J. RANDALL CURTIS, NICHOLAS L. SMITH, and BRUCE M. PSATY: The Risk of Myocardial Infarction Associated with Inhaled $beta$ -Adrenoceptor Agonists; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 827-830. [Abstract] [Full text]
ALEXANDRE DUGUET, KELTOUM BIYAH, ELEANOR MINSHALL, RUTE GOMES, CHONG-GANG WANG, MAJDA TAOUDI-BENCHEKROUN, JASON H. T. BATES, and DAVID H. EIDELMAN: Bronchial Responsiveness among Inbred Mouse Strains . Role of Airway Smooth-Muscle Shortening Velocity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 839-848. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARIA MONTES de OCA and BARTOLOME R. CELLI: Respiratory Muscle Recruitment and Exercise Performance in Eucapnic and Hypercapnic Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 880-885. [Abstract] [Full text]
HAMID SAHEBJAMI and EAKACHAI SATHIANPITAYAKUL: Influence of Body Weight on the Severity of Dyspnea in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 886-890. [Abstract] [Full text]
NOBUYUKI HIZAWA, ETSURO YAMAGUCHI, EISEI JINUSHI, and YOSHIKAZU KAWAKAMI: A Common FCER1B Gene Promoter Polymorphism* Influences Total Serum IgE Levels in a Japanese Population; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 906-909. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANABELLE M. OPAZO SAEZ, CHUN Y. SEOW, and PETER D. PARÉ: Peripheral Airway Smooth Muscle Mechanics in Obstructive Airways Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 910-917. [Abstract] [Full text]
SUNIL D. KUMAR, JORGE L. BRIEVA, IGNACIO DANTA, and ADAM WANNER: Transient Effect of Inhaled Fluticasone on Airway Mucosal Blood Flow in Subjects with and without Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 918-921. [Abstract] [Full text]
SHUICHIRO MARUOKA, SHU HASHIMOTO, YASUHIRO GON, IKUKO TAKESHITA, and TAKASHI HORIE: PAF-induced RANTES Production by Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells Requires Both p38 MAP Kinase and Erk; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 922-929. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANGELA HACZKU, KATSUYUKI TAKEDA, ECKARD HAMELMANN, JOAN LOADER, ANTHONY JOETHAM, IMRE REDAI, CHARLES G. IRVIN, JAMES J. LEE, HITOSHI KIKUTANI, DANIEL CONRAD, and ERWIN W. GELFAND: CD23 Exhibits Negative Regulatory Effects on Allergic Sensitization and Airway Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 952-960. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHAN C. KIPS, BRIAN J. O'CONNOR, MARK D. INMAN, KLAS SVENSSON, ROMAIN A. PAUWELS, and PAUL M. O'BYRNE: A Long-term Study of the Antiinflammatory Effect of Low-dose Budesonide Plus Formoterol versus High-dose Budesonide in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 996-1001. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARINA SAETTA, GRAZIELLA TURATO, SIMONETTA BARALDO, ANNALISA ZANIN, FAUSTO BRACCIONI, CRISTINA E. MAPP, PIERO MAESTRELLI, GIORGIO CAVALLESCO, ALBERTO PAPI, and LEONARDO M. FABBRI: Goblet Cell Hyperplasia and Epithelial Inflammation in Peripheral Airways of Smokers with Both Symptoms of Chronic Bronchitis and Chronic Airflow Limitation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1016-1021. [Abstract] [Full text]

Critical Care:

PETER KIEFER, ILYAS TUGTEKIN, HEIDE WIEDECK, HENDRIK BRACHT, GÖTZ GELDNER, MICHAEL GEORGIEFF, and PETER RADERMACHER: Effect of a Dopexamine-induced Increase in Cardiac Index on Splanchnic Hemodynamics in Septic Shock; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 775-779. [Abstract] [Full text]
THOMAS J. MARTIN, JEFFREY D. HOVIS, JOSEPH P. COSTANTINO, MORRIS I. BIERMAN, MICHAEL P. DONAHOE, ROBERT M. ROGERS, JOHN W. KREIT, FRANK C. SCIURBA, RONALD A. STILLER, and MARK H. SANDERS: A Randomized, Prospective Evaluation of Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 807-813. [Abstract] [Full text]
SALVATORE GRASSO, FILOMENA PUNTILLO, LUCIANA MASCIA, GIOVANNI ANCONA, TOMMASO FIORE, FRANCESCO BRUNO, ARTHUR S. SLUTSKY, and V. MARCO RANIERI: Compensation for Increase in Respiratory Workload during Mechanical Ventilation . Pressure-Support versus Proportional-Assist Ventilation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 819-826. [Abstract] [Full text]
EDWARD P. INGENITO, RENE MORA, and LENA MARK: Pivotal Role of Anionic Phospholipids in Determining Dynamic Behavior of Lung Surfactant; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 831-838. [Abstract] [Full text]
CLAUDE GUERIN, RAPHAELE GIRARD, JEAN-MARC SELLI, JEAN-PIERRE PERDRIX, and LOUIS AYZAC: Initial versus Delayed Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Care Unit . A Multicenter Prospective Epidemiological Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 872-879. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASAHIRO KAWASHIMA, TORU BANDO, TAKAYUKI NAKAMURA, NORITAKA ISOWA, MINGYAO LIU, SHINYA TOYOKUNI, SHIGEKI HITOMI, and HIROMI WADA: Cytoprotective Effects of Nitroglycerin in Ischemia-Reperfusion-Induced Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 935-943. [Abstract] [Full text]
YOSHITAKA FUJII, SHELDON MAGDER, PETER CERNACEK, PETER GOLDBERG, YANG GUO, and SABAH N. A. HUSSAIN: Endothelin Receptor Blockade Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-induced Pulmonary Nitric Oxide Production; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 982-989. [Abstract] [Full text]
VALERIE NEWMAN, ROBERT F. GONZALEZ, MICHAEL A. MATTHAY, and LELAND G. DOBBS: A Novel Alveolar Type I Cell-Specific Biochemical Marker of Human Acute Lung Injury; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 990-995. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARCO GARDINALI, EMMA BORRELLI, OSVALDO CHIARA, CLAES LUNDBERG, PIETRO PADALINO, LUISA CONCIATO, CRISTINA CAFARO, STEFANO LAZZI, PIETRO LUZI, PIER PAOLO GIOMARELLI, and ANGELO AGOSTONI: Inhibition of CD11-CD18 Complex Prevents Acute Lung Injury and Reduces Mortality after Peritonitis in Rabbits; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1022-1029. [Abstract] [Full text]
MORIO NAKAMURA, SEITARO FUJISHIMA, MAKOTO SAWAFUJI, AKITOSHI ISHIZAKA, TSUYOSHI OGUMA, KENZO SOEJIMA, HIROAKI MATSUBARA, SADATOMO TASAKA, KOJI KIKUCHI, KOICHI KOBAYASHI, EIJI IKEDA, MICHAEL SADICK, CAROLINE A. HEBERT, NAOKI AIKAWA, MINORU KANAZAWA, and KAZUHIRO YAMAGUCHI: Importance of Interleukin-8 in the Development of Reexpansion Lung Injury in Rabbits; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1030-1036. [Abstract] [Full text]

Neuromuscular Control of Breathing:

MARC ESTENNE, CHRISTOPHE PINET, and ANDRÉ DE TROYER: Abdominal Muscle Strength in Patients with Tetraplegia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 707-712. [Abstract] [Full text]
MARC H. LAVIETES, CARLOS W. SANCHEZ, LANA A. TIERSKY, NEIL S. CHERNIACK, and BENJAMIN H. NATELSON: Psychological Profile and Ventilatory Response to Inspiratory Resistive Loading; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 737-744. [Abstract] [Full text]
ISABELLE ARNULF, THOMAS SIMILOWSKI, FRANÇOIS SALACHAS, LUCILE GARMA, SELMA MEHIRI, VALERIE ATTALI, VALERIE BEHIN-BELLHESEN, VINCENT MEININGER, and JEAN-PHILIPPE DERENNE: Sleep Disorders and Diaphragmatic Function in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 849-856. [Abstract] [Full text]
LARRY FINDLEY, CAROL SMITH, JOANNA HOOPER, MICHAEL DINEEN, and PAUL M. SURATT: Treatment with Nasal CPAP Decreases Automobile Accidents in Patients with Sleep Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 857-859. [Abstract] [Full text]
RUTH N. KINGSHOTT, MARJORIE VENNELLE, CAROL J. HOY, HEATHER M. ENGLEMAN, IAN J. DEARY, and NEIL J. DOUGLAS: Predictors of Improvements in Daytime Function Outcomes with CPAP Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 866-871. [Abstract] [Full text]
DANIEL A. STOFAN, LEIGH A. CALLAHAN, ANTHONY F. DiMARCO, DAVID E. NETHERY, and GERALD S. SUPINSKI: Modulation of Release of Reactive Oxygen Species by the Contracting Diaphragm; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 891-898. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pediatric Pulmonary Disease:

MARCUS H. JONES, STEPHANIE D. DAVIS, JEFFREY A. KISLING, JOHN M. HOWARD, ROBERT CASTILE, and ROBERT S. TEPPER: Flow Limitation in Infants Assessed by Negative Expiratory Pressure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 713-717. [Abstract] [Full text]
CHRISTOPHE DELACOURT, HUBERT LORINO, MARTINE HERVE-GUILLOT, PHILIPPE REINERT, ALAIN HARF, and BRUNO HOUSSET: Use of the Forced Oscillation Technique to Assess Airway Obstruction and Reversibility in Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 730-736. [Abstract] [Full text]
MANFRED MODL, ERNST EBER, ELISABETH WEINHANDL, WILFRIED GRUBER, and MAXIMILIAN S. ZACH: Assessment of Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Infants with Bronchiolitis . A Comparison of the Tidal and the Raised Volume Rapid Thoracoabdominal Compression Technique; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 763-768. [Abstract] [Full text]
M. Z. NORZILA, KELLIE FAKES, RICHARD L. HENRY, JODIE SIMPSON, and PETER G. GIBSON: Interleukin-8 Secretion and Neutrophil Recruitment Accompanies Induced Sputum Eosinophil Activation in Children with Acute Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 769-774. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOEL SCHWARTZ, KIRSI L. TIMONEN, and JUHA PEKKANEN: Respiratory Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in a Panel Study of Asthmatic and Symptomatic Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 802-806. [Abstract] [Full text]
MICHAEL WILSCHANSKI, CHAGIT FAMINI, HANNAH BLAU, JOSEPH RIVLIN, ARIEH AUGARTEN, AVRAHAM AVITAL, BATSHEVA KEREM, and EITAN KEREM: A Pilot Study of the Effect of Gentamicin on Nasal Potential Difference Measurements in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Carrying Stop Mutations; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 860-865. [Abstract] [Full text]
THOMAS FERKOL, ELIZABETH ECKMAN, SHADI SWAIDANI, CATHERINE SILSKI, and PAMELA DAVIS: Transport of Bifunctional Proteins Across Respiratory Epithelial Cells via the Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 944-951. [Abstract] [Full text]
LAWRENCE M. NOGEE, SUSAN E. WERT, SHERRI A. PROFFIT, WILLIAM M. HULL, and JEFFREY A. WHITSETT: Allelic Heterogeneity in Hereditary Surfactant Protein B (SP-B) Deficiency; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 973-981. [Abstract] [Full text]
MASSIMO SCOLLO, STEFANIA ZANCONATO, RICCARDO ONGARO, CRISTINA ZARAMELLA, FRANCO ZACCHELLO, and EUGENIO BARALDI: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Asthmatic Children; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1047-1050. [Abstract] [Full text]
ANTONIO MANSI, SALVATORE CUCCHIARA, LUIGI GRECO, PAOLA SARNELLI, CHIARA PISANTI, MARIA TERESA FRANCO, and FRANCESCA SANTAMARIA: Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness in Children and Adolescents with Crohn's Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1051-1054. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Infections:

GERALD PANG, ROBERT CLANCY, MA CONG, MARIA ORTEGA, REN ZHIGANG, and GLEN REEVES: Influenza Virus Inhibits Lysozyme Secretion by Sputum Neutrophils in Subjects with Chronic Bronchial Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 718-722. [Abstract] [Full text]
J.-Y. FAGON, H. PATRICK, D. W. HAAS, A. TORRES, C. GIBERT, W. G. CHEADLE, R. E. FALCONE, J. D. ANHOLM, F. PAGANIN, T. C. FABIAN, F. LILIENTHAL, and the Nosocomial Pneumonia Group: Treatment of Gram-positive Nosocomial Pneumonia . Prospective Randomized Comparison of Quinupristin/Dalfopristin versus Vancomycin; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 753-762. [Abstract] [Full text]
KEVIN SCHWARTZMAN and DICK MENZIES: Tuberculosis Screening of Immigrants to Low-Prevalence Countries . A Cost-effectiveness Analysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 780-789. [Abstract] [Full text]
EIKO HIDAKA, TAKAYUKI HONDA, ICHIRO UENO, YOSHITAKA YAMASAKI, KEISHI KUBO, and TSUTOMU KATSUYAMA: Sensitive Identification of Mycobacterial Species Using PCR-RFLP on Bronchial Washings; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 930-934. [Abstract] [Full text]
TOSHI MIYAGAWA, SAYO HAMAGAMI, and NOBUKO TANIGAWA: Cryptococcus albidus-induced Summer-type Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 961-966. [Abstract] [Full text]
PAAVO PÄÄKKÖ, RIITTA KAARTEENAHO-WIIK, RAIMO PÖLLÄNEN, and YLERMI SOINI: Tenascin mRNA Expression at the Foci of Recent Injury in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 967-972. [Abstract] [Full text]

Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pulmonary Function Testing, and Miscellaneous:

DOROTHY A. WHITE, PHILIP W. WONG, and ROBERT DOWNEY: The Utility of Open Lung Biopsy in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 723-729. [Abstract] [Full text]
LINDA GRIEVINK, FROUWKJE G. de WAART, EVERT G. SCHOUTEN, and FRANS J. KOK: Serum Carotenoids, $alpha$ -Tocopherol, and Lung Function among Dutch Elderly; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 790-795. [Abstract] [Full text]
JOHAN GRUNEWALD, MARY BERLIN, OLLE OLERUP, and ANDERS EKLUND: Lung T-Helper Cells Expressing T-cell Receptor AV2S3 Associate with Clinical Features of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 814-818. [Abstract] [Full text]
FRANCESCO PISTELLI, MATTEO BOTTAI, GIOVANNI VIEGI, FRANCESCO DI PEDE, LAURA CARROZZI, SANDRA BALDACCI, MARZIA PEDRESCHI, and CARLO GIUNTINI: Smooth Reference Equations for Slow Vital Capacity and Flow-Volume Curve Indexes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 899-905. [Abstract] [Full text]
KAZUHIRO MATSUI, KAZUYO TAKEDA, ZU-XI YU, JULIO VALENCIA, WILLIAM D. TRAVIS, JOEL MOSS, and VICTOR J. FERRANS: Downregulation of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in the Abnormal Smooth Muscle Cells in Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Following Therapy . An Immunohistochemical Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1002-1009. [Abstract] [Full text]
ELISABETH M. BAILE, GREGORY G. KING, NESTOR L. MÜLLER, YULIA D'YACHKOVA, EMMANUEL E. COCHE, PETER D. PARÉ, and JOHN R. MAYO: Spiral Computed Tomography Is Comparable to Angiography for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1010-1015. [Abstract] [Full text]
ZEMIN DENG, FATEMEH HAGHIGHI, LETICIA HELLEBY, KISHA VANTERPOOL, EVELYN M. HORN, ROBYN J. BARST, SUSAN E. HODGE, JANE H. MORSE, and JAMES A. KNOWLES: Fine Mapping of PPH1, a Gene for Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, to a 3-cM Region on Chromosome 2q33; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 1055-1059. [Abstract] [Full text]

SUPPLEMENT: "Supplement: Asthma: The Important Questions Part 4"

ANN J. WOOLCOCK and PETER J. BARNES: Introduction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 157S. [Full text]
JEFFREY J. FREDBERG: Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma . Perturbed Equilibria of Myosin Binding; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 158S-160. [Full text]
CHENG-LI QUE, G. MAKSYM, and PETER T. MACKLEM: Deciphering the Homeokinetic Code of Airway Smooth Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 161S-163. [Full text]
JULIAN SOLWAY: What Makes the Airways Contract Abnormally? Is It Inflammation?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 164S-167. [Full text]
JACK A. ELIAS: Airway Remodeling in Asthma . Unanswered Questions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 168S-171. [Full text]
PATRICK G. HOLT: Key Factors in the Development of Asthma: Atopy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 172S-175. [Full text]
PETER J. BARNES: Endogenous Inhibitory Mechanisms in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 176S-181. [Full text]
SØREN PEDERSEN: Why Does Airway Inflammation Persist? Is It Failure to Treat Early?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 182S-185. [Full text]
PAUL M. O'BYRNE: Why Does Airway Inflammation Persist? Is It Leukotrienes?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 186S-187. [Full text]
GARY P. ANDERSON: Interactions between Corticosteroids and $beta$ -Adrenergic Agonists in Asthma Disease Induction, Progression, and Exacerbation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 188S-196. [Full text]
STEPHEN B. LIGGETT: $beta$ ₂-Adrenergic Receptor Pharmacogenetics; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 197S-201. [Full text]
ANDREW J. SANDFORD and PETER D. PARÉ: The Genetics of Asthma . The Important Questions; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 202S-206. [Full text]
JUDITH L. BLACK and PETER R. A. JOHNSON: What Determines Asthma Phenotype? Is It the Interaction between Allergy and the Smooth Muscle?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 207S-210. [Full text]
JO A. DOUGLASS and ROBYN E. O'HEHIR: What Determines Asthma Phenotype? . Respiratory Infections and Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 211S-214. [Full text]
ANN J. WOOLCOCK and JENNIFER PEAT: What Is the Relationship between Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Atopy?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2000; 161: 215S-217. [Full text]