EDITORIALS:

Robert Wilson

Bacteria and Airway Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: More Evidence

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 147-148 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Sally Wenzel

Severe Asthma in Adults

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 149-160. First published online April 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1181PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

Nobuaki Miyahara, Katsuyuki Takeda, Satoko Miyahara, Shigeki Matsubara, Toshiyuki Koya, Anthony Joetham, Elangovan Krishnan, Azzeddine Dakhama, Bodduluri Haribabu, and Erwin W. Gelfand

Requirement for Leukotriene B₄ Receptor 1 in Allergen-induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 161-167. First published online April 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-205OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Katrien B. Moerloose, Romain A. Pauwels, and Guy F. Joos

Short-Term Cigarette Smoke Exposure Enhances Allergic Airway Inflammation in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 168-172. First published online April 14 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1174OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Shweta Choudhry, Pedro C. Avila, Sylvette Nazario, Ngim Ung, Jennifer Kho, Jose R. Rodriguez-Santana, Jesus Casal, Hui-Ju Tsai, Alfonso Torres, Elad Ziv, Monica Toscano, Jody Senter Sylvia, MariaElena Alioto, Michael Salazar, Ivan Gomez, Joanne K. Fagan, Jorge Salas, Craig Lilly, Henry Matallana, Richard A. Castro, Moises Selman, Scott T. Weiss, Jean G. Ford, Jeffrey M. Drazen, William Rodriguez-Cintron, Rocio Chapela, Edwin K. Silverman, and Esteban González Burchard from the Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) Study

CD14 Tobacco Gene–Environment Interaction Modifies Asthma Severity and Immunoglobulin E Levels in Latinos with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 173-182. First published online May 5 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1232OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Emiko Noguchi, Yukako Yokouchi, Jiang Zhang, Kazuko Shibuya, Akira Shibuya, Makoto Bannai, Katsushi Tokunaga, Hitomi Doi, Mayumi Tamari, Makiko Shimizu, Taro Shirakawa, Masanao Shibasaki, Kunio Ichikawa, and Tadao Arinami

Positional Identification of an Asthma Susceptibility Gene on Human Chromosome 5q33

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 183-188. First published online May 5 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1223OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Ari Chaouat, Anne-Sophie Bugnet, Nabila Kadaoui, Roland Schott, Irina Enache, Alain Ducoloné, May Ehrhart, Romain Kessler, and Emmanuel Weitzenblum

Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 189-194. First published online April 14 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200401-006OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Timothy F. Murphy, Aimee L. Brauer, Brydon J. B. Grant, and Sanjay Sethi

Moraxella catarrhalis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Burden of Disease and Immune Response

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 195-199. First published online April 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1747OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Coen A. C. Ottenheijm, Leo M. A. Heunks, Gary C. Sieck, Wen-Zhi Zhan, Suzanne M. Jansen, Hans Degens, Theo de Boo, and P. N. Richard Dekhuijzen

Diaphragm Dysfunction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 200-205. First published online April 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-262OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Critical Care:

Daniel Trachsel, Brian W. McCrindle, Satoshi Nakagawa, and Desmond Bohn

Oxygenation Index Predicts Outcome in Children with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 206-211. First published online April 7 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-625OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Cystic Fibrosis:

Michael P. Boyle, Michelle L. Noschese, Sharon L. Watts, Marsha E. Davis, Shane E. Stenner, and Noah Lechtzin

Failure of High-Dose Ergocalciferol to Correct Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 212-217. First published online April 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-387OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pim A. de Jong, Yasutaka Nakano, Wim C. Hop, Frederick R. Long, Harvey O. Coxson, Peter D. Paré, and Harm A. Tiddens

Changes in Airway Dimensions on Computed Tomography Scans of Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 218-224. First published online April 14 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1311OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Ross Ridsdale, Matthias Roth-Kleiner, Frank D'Ovidio, Sharon Unger, Man Yi, Shaf Keshavjee, A. Keith Tanswell, and Martin Post

Surfactant Palmitoylmyristoylphosphatidylcholine Is a Marker for Alveolar Size during Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 225-232. First published online May 5 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-109OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Luca Tortorolo, Arianna Langer, Giancarlo Polidori, Giovanni Vento, Barbara Stampachiacchere, Luigi Aloe, and Giovanni Piedimonte

Neurotrophin Overexpression in Lower Airways of Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 233-237. First published online May 5 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200412-1693OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Estelle Durand, Stéphane Dauger, Alexandre Pattyn, Claude Gaultier, Christo Goridis, and Jorge Gallego

Sleep-disordered Breathing in Newborn Mice Heterozygous for the Transcription Factor Phox2b

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 238-243. First published online April 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1528OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Martin Wiemann, Stilla Frede, Dieter Bingmann, Peter Kiwull, and Heidrun Kiwull-Schöne

Sodium/Proton Exchanger 3 in the Medulla Oblongata and Set Point of Breathing Control

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 244-249. First published online June 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1567OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Tuberculosis:

David E. Griffith, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Sara Shepherd, Jerry McLarty, Lee Griffith, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.

Ethambutol Ocular Toxicity in Treatment Regimens for Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 250-253. First published online April 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200407-863OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Matthias John and Klaus Jung

Consideration of Important Preanalytical Conditions for the Assessment of Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinase-9

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 254 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenji Minoguchi

Consideration of Important Preanalytical Conditions for the Assessment of Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinase-9

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 254 [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. R. G. Todd

GOAL—Asthma Control, but at What Cost?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 254-255 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric D. Bateman

GOAL—Asthma Control, but at What Cost?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 255-256 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter D. Sly, Debra J. Turner, Rachel A. Collins, and Zoltan Hantos

Penh Is Not a Validated Technique for Measuring Airway Function in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 172: 256 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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