EDITORIALS:

Benjamin Gaston

Inhaled Corticosteroid Dose Reduction in Childhood Asthma: Is Nitrosopnea Informative?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1065-1066 [Full Text]  

Miriam Moffatt, Pirro Hysi, and William Cookson

Haplotypes and Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1066-1067 [Full Text]  

Stanton A. Glantz

Tobacco Money at the University of California

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1067-1069 [Full Text]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Clifford C. Taggart, Catherine M. Greene, Tomas P. Carroll, Shane J. O'Neill, and Noel G. McElvaney

Elastolytic Proteases: Inflammation Resolution and Dysregulation in Chronic Infective Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1070-1076. First published online February 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-881PP [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Angela Zacharasiewicz, Nicola Wilson, Christiane Lex, Edward M. Erin, Albert M. Li, Trevor Hansel, Mohammed Khan, and Andrew Bush

Clinical Use of Noninvasive Measurements of Airway Inflammation in Steroid Reduction in Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1077-1082. First published online February 11 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1242OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Wilmore C. Webley, Paul S. Salva, Chester Andrzejewski, Frances Cirino, Corrie A. West, Yaphet Tilahun, and Elizabeth S. Stuart

The Bronchial Lavage of Pediatric Patients with Asthma Contains Infectious Chlamydia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1083-1088. First published online February 25 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-917OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erik Melén, Sara Bruce, Gert Doekes, Michael Kabesch, Tarja Laitinen, Roger Lauener, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Josef Riedler, Annika Scheynius, Marianne van Hage-Hamsten, Juha Kere, Göran Pershagen, Magnus Wickman, Fredrik Nyberg the PARSIFAL Genetics Study Group

Haplotypes of G Protein–coupled Receptor 154 Are Associated with Childhood Allergy and Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1089-1095. First published online February 11 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1317OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Reinoud Gosens, I. Sophie T. Bos, Johan Zaagsma, and Herman Meurs

Protective Effects of Tiotropium Bromide in the Progression of Airway Smooth Muscle Remodeling

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1096-1102. First published online February 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1249OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Christopher E. Brightling, Alaina J. Ammit, Davinder Kaur, Judith L. Black, Andrew J. Wardlaw, J. Margaret Hughes, and Peter Bradding

The CXCL10/CXCR3 Axis Mediates Human Lung Mast Cell Migration to Asthmatic Airway Smooth Muscle

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1103-1108. First published online February 4 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1220OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Didier Saey, Annie Michaud, Annabelle Couillard, Claude H. Côté, M. Jeffery Mador, Pierre LeBlanc, Jean Jobin, and François Maltais

Contractile Fatigue, Muscle Morphometry, and Blood Lactate in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1109-1115. First published online February 25 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200408-1005OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Esther Barreiro, Beatriz de la Puente, Joan Minguella, Josep M. Corominas, Sergi Serrano, Sabah N. A. Hussain, and Joaquim Gea

Oxidative Stress and Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1116-1124. First published online February 25 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-887OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

C. Critical Care:

Tom van der Poll, Marcel Levi, Jerry A. Nick, and Edward Abraham

Activated Protein C Inhibits Local Coagulation after Intrapulmonary Delivery of Endotoxin in Humans

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1125-1128. First published online March 4 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1483OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

William S. Beckett, David F. Chalupa, Andrea Pauly-Brown, Donna M. Speers, Judith C. Stewart, Mark W. Frampton, Mark J. Utell, Li-Shan Huang, Christopher Cox, Wojciech Zareba, and Günter Oberdörster

Comparing Inhaled Ultrafine versus Fine Zinc Oxide Particles in Healthy Adults: A Human Inhalation Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1129-1135. First published online February 25 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200406-837OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Ruta Valentonyte, Jochen Hampe, Peter J. P. Croucher, Joachim Müller-Quernheim, Eberhard Schwinger, Stefan Schreiber, and Manfred Schürmann

Study of C-C Chemokine Receptor 2 Alleles in Sarcoidosis, with Emphasis on Family-based Analysis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1136-1141. First published online March 4 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-658OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ryushi Tazawa, Emi Hamano, Toru Arai, Hiromitsu Ohta, Osamu Ishimoto, Kanji Uchida, Masato Watanabe, Junichi Saito, Miki Takeshita, Yasuhiko Hirabayashi, Ikuo Ishige, Yoshinobu Eishi, Koichi Hagiwara, Masahito Ebina, Yoshikazu Inoue, Koh Nakata, and Toshihiro Nukiwa

Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony–Stimulating Factor and Lung Immunity in Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1142-1149. First published online February 25 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200406-716OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Tam Eaton, Pam Young, David Milne, and Athol U. Wells

Six-Minute Walk, Maximal Exercise Tests: Reproducibility in Fibrotic Interstitial Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1150-1157. First published online January 7 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-578OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Juan P. Wisnivesky, Thomas McGinn, Claudia Henschke, Paul Hebert, Michael C. Iannuzzi, and Ethan A. Halm

Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1158-1163. First published online February 25 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1475OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Felix J. F. Herth, William Lunn, Ralf Eberhardt, Heinrich D. Becker, and Armin Ernst

Transbronchial versus Transesophageal Ultrasound-guided Aspiration of Enlarged Mediastinal Lymph Nodes

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1164-1167. First published online January 21 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1560OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joost P. J. J. Hegmans, Annabrita Hemmes, Joachim G. Aerts, Henk C. Hoogsteden, and Bart N. Lambrecht

Immunotherapy of Murine Malignant Mesothelioma Using Tumor Lysate–pulsed Dendritic Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1168-1177. First published online March 11 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-057OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

Martin P. L. Bard, Arjen Amelink, Vincent Noordhoek Hegt, Wilfried J. Graveland, Henricus J. C. M. Sterenborg, Henk C. Hoogsteden, and Joachim G. J. V. Aerts

Measurement of Hypoxia-related Parameters in Bronchial Mucosa by Use of Optical Spectroscopy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1178-1184. First published online February 11 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-046OC [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Sleep and Control of Breathing:

Fergal J. O'Donoghue, Regula S. Briellmann, Peter D. Rochford, David F. Abbott, Gaby S. Pell, Chow Huat Patrick Chan, Natalie Tarquinio, Graeme D. Jackson, and Robert J. Pierce

Cerebral Structural Changes in Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1185-1190. First published online February 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200406-738OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [Online Supplement]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Brian J. Lipworth and Daniel Menzies

Systemic Bioavailability of Fluticasone in COPD

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1191 [Full Text]  

J. Christian Virchow

Fluticasone Reduces CRP in COPD

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1191 [Full Text]  

Don D. Sin, Paul Man, Paige Lacy, and Ernest York

Fluticasone Reduces CRP in COPD

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 1191-1192 [Full Text]  

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