EDITORIALS:

Sanjay Sethi

Musculoskeletal Effects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Prevalent, Linked, but Ignored

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1267-1268 [Full Text]  

Anthony Newman Taylor and Paul Cullinan

Sarcoidosis: In Search of the Cause

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1268-1269 [Full Text]  

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

Gökhan M. Mutlu, Walter J. Koch, and Phillip Factor

Alveolar Epithelial ß₂-Adrenergic Receptors: Their Role in Regulation of Alveolar Active Sodium Transport

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1270-1275. First published online September 24 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-470CP [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

David A. Groneberg, Akio Niimi, Q. Thai Dinh, Borja Cosio, Mark Hew, Axel Fischer, and K. Fan Chung

Increased Expression of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1 in Airway Nerves of Chronic Cough

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1276-1280. First published online September 24 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-174OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Jerry A. Krishnan, Kristin A. Riekert, Jonathan V. McCoy, Dana Y. Stewart, Spencer Schmidt, Arjun Chanmugam, Peter Hill, and Cynthia S. Rand

Corticosteroid Use after Hospital Discharge among High-risk Adults with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1281-1285. First published online September 16 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-409OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Charlotte E. Bolton, Alina A. Ionescu, Kathleen M. Shiels, Rebecca J. Pettit, Peter H. Edwards, Michael D. Stone, Lisette S. Nixon, William D. Evans, Timothy L. Griffiths, and Dennis J. Shale

Associated Loss of Fat-free Mass and Bone Mineral Density in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1286-1293. First published online September 16 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200406-754OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dawn L. DeMeo, Juan C. Celedón, Christoph Lange, John J. Reilly, Harold A. Chapman, Jody S. Sylvia, Frank E. Speizer, Scott T. Weiss, and Edwin K. Silverman

Genome-wide Linkage of Forced Mid-expiratory Flow in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1294-1301. First published online September 3 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-524OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Paul D. Scanlon, John E. Connett, Robert A. Wise, Donald P. Tashkin, Thelma Madhok, Melissa Skeans, Paul C. Carpenter, William C. Bailey, A. Sonia Buist, Michael Eichenhorn, Richard E. Kanner, Gail Weinmann the Lung Health Study Research Group

Loss of Bone Density with Inhaled Triamcinolone in Lung Health Study II

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1302-1309. First published online September 16 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200310-1349OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Critical Care:

Hiroshi Ueno, Tomoyuki Matsuda, Satoru Hashimoto, Fumimasa Amaya, Yoshihiro Kitamura, Masaki Tanaka, Atsuko Kobayashi, Ikuro Maruyama, Shingo Yamada, Naoki Hasegawa, Junko Soejima, Hidefumi Koh, and Akitoshi Ishizaka

Contributions of High Mobility Group Box Protein in Experimental and Clinical Acute Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1310-1316. First published online September 16 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-188OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

E. Cystic Fibrosis:

Anthony J. Kettle, Timothy Chan, Iris Osberg, Revathy Senthilmohan, Anna L. P. Chapman, Tessa J. Mocatta, and Jeffrey S. Wagener

Myeloperoxidase and Protein Oxidation in the Airways of Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1317-1323. First published online October 1 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200311-1516OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Lee S. Newman, Cecile S. Rose, Eddy A. Bresnitz, Milton D. Rossman, Juliana Barnard, Margaret Frederick, Michael L. Terrin, Steven E. Weinberger, David R. Moller, Geoffrey McLennan, Gary Hunninghake, Louis DePalo, Robert P. Baughman, Michael C. Iannuzzi, Marc A. Judson, Genell L. Knatterud, Bruce W. Thompson, Alvin S. Teirstein, Henry Yeager, Jr., Carol J. Johns, David L. Rabin, Benjamin A. Rybicki, Reuben Cherniack the ACCESS Research Group

A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis: Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1324-1330. First published online September 3 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-249OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

G. Pulmonary Infections:

Wan C. Tsai, Michael L. Rodriguez, Katherine S. Young, Jane C. Deng, Victor J. Thannickal, Kazuhiro Tateda, Marc B. Hershenson, and Theodore J. Standiford

Azithromycin Blocks Neutrophil Recruitment in Pseudomonas Endobronchial Infection

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1331-1339. First published online September 10 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-200OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online?Supplement]  

H. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Amy Richter, Michael E. Yeager, Ari Zaiman, Carlyne D. Cool, Norbert F. Voelkel, and Rubin M. Tuder

Impaired Transforming Growth Factor-ß Signaling in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1340-1348. First published online September 10 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200311-1602OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

I. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Ling Lin, Laurel Finn, Jing Zhang, Terry Young, and Emmanuel Mignot

Angiotensin-converting Enzyme, Sleep-disordered Breathing, and Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1349-1353. First published online September 24 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-616OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiyuki Tazaki, Kenji Minoguchi, Takuya Yokoe, Karen Thursday R. Samson, Hideko Minoguchi, Akihiko Tanaka, Yoshio Watanabe, and Mitsuru Adachi

Increased Levels and Activity of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1354-1359. First published online September 10 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200402-193OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

J. Tuberculosis and Mycobacterial Disease:

Robert M. Jasmer, Lorna Bozeman, Kevin Schwartzman, M. Donald Cave, Jussi J. Saukkonen, Beverly Metchock, Awal Khan, William J. Burman the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium

Recurrent Tuberculosis in the United States and Canada: Relapse or Reinfection?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1360-1366. First published online October 11 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200408-1081OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catharina W. Wieland, Sylvia Knapp, Sandrine Florquin, Alex F. de Vos, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, Douglas T. Golenbock, Annelies Verbon, and Tom van der Poll

Non–Mannose-capped Lipoarabinomannan Induces Lung Inflammation via Toll-like Receptor 2

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1367-1374. First published online September 24 2004 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200404-525OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

The Ethical Conduct of Clinical Research Involving Critically Ill Patients in the United States and Canada: Principles and Recommendations

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1375-1384 [Full Text]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Donald N. R. Payne and Andrew Bush

"Refractory" Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in Severe Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1385 [Full Text]  

Anneke ten Brinke, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Peter J. Sterk, Klaus F. Rabe, and Elisabeth H. Bel

"Refractory" Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in Severe Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 1385-1386 [Full Text]  

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