AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (January 1 2006, 173 [1])

EDITORIALS:

Michael T. Ganter and Jean-Francçois Pittet: Bombesin-like Peptides: Modulators of Inflammation in Acute Lung Injury?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1-2 [Full Text] [PDF]

Anne E. Tattersfield and Marilyn K. Glassberg: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A National Registry for a Rare Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 2-4 [Full Text] [PDF]

Emiel F. M. Wouters: Muscle Wasting in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: To Bother and to Measure!; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 4-5 [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazuyoshi Kuwano: PTEN as a New Agent in the Fight against Fibrogenesis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 5-6 [Full Text] [PDF]

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Ann G. Schwartz and John C. Ruckdeschel: Familial Lung Cancer: Genetic Susceptibility and Relationship to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 16-22. First published online September 1 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-235PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CENTENNIAL REVIEW:

Allan I. Pack: Advances in Sleep-disordered Breathing; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 7-15. First published online November 10 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1478OE [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

A. Academic Medicine:

Craig R. Weinert, Joanne Billings, Rita Ryan, and David H. Ingbar: Academic and Career Development of Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician-Scientists; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 23-31. First published online September 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-325OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Peter R. A. Johnson, Janette K. Burgess, Qi Ge, Maree Poniris, Sarah Boustany, Stephen M. Twigg, and Judith L. Black: Connective Tissue Growth Factor Induces Extracellular Matrix in Asthmatic Airway Smooth Muscle; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 32-41. First published online September 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200406-703OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Toshiyuki Koya, Taku Kodama, Katsuyuki Takeda, Nobuaki Miyahara, Eun-Seok Yang, Christian Taube, Anthony Joetham, Jung-Won Park, Azzeddine Dakhama, and Erwin W. Gelfand: Importance of Myeloid Dendritic Cells in Persistent Airway Disease after Repeated Allergen Exposure; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 42-55. First published online September 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-783OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Shigeki Matsubara, Guiming Li, Katsuyuki Takeda, Joan E. Loader, Polly Pine, Esteban S. Masuda, Nobuaki Miyahara, Satoko Miyahara, Joseph J. Lucas, Azzeddine Dakhama, and Erwin W. Gelfand: Inhibition of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Prevents Mast Cell Activation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 56-63. First published online September 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-361OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Benjamin A. Raby, Eun-Sook Hwang, Kristel Van Steen, Kelan Tantisira, Stanford Peng, Augusto Litonjua, Ross Lazarus, Cosmas Giallourakis, John D. Rioux, David Sparrow, Edwin K. Silverman, Laurie H. Glimcher, and Scott T. Weiss: T-Bet Polymorphisms Are Associated with Asthma and Airway Hyperresponsiveness; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 64-70. First published online September 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-505OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

John R. Hurst, Wayomi R. Perera, Tom M. A. Wilkinson, Gavin C. Donaldson, and Jadwiga A. Wedzicha: Systemic and Upper and Lower Airway Inflammation at Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 71-78. First published online September 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-704OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online�Supplement]

Jørgen Vestbo, Eva Prescott, Thomas Almdal, Morten Dahl, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Teis Andersen, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, and Peter Lange: Body Mass, Fat-Free Body Mass, and Prognosis in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease from a Random Population Sample: Findings from the Copenhagen City Heart Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 79-83. First published online September 15 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-969OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Critical Care:

Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Luciane Pons Di Leone, Cristiane Ritter, Márcio Rodrigo Martins, Adalisa Reinke, Daniel Pens Gelain, Alfeu Zanotto-Filho, Luiz Fernando de Souza, Michael Andrades, Denise Frediani Barbeiro, Elena Aida Bernard, Martin Cammarota, Lia R. M. Bevilaqua, Francisco Garcia Soriano, José Cláudio, Fonseca Moreira, Rafael Roesler, and Gilberto Schwartsmann: Gastrin-releasing Peptide Receptor Antagonist Effects on an Animal Model of Sepsis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 84-90. First published online September 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1118OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Marin Kollef, Didier Pittet, Miguel Sánchez García, Jean Chastre, Jean-Yves Fagon, Marc Bonten, Robert Hyzy, Thomas R. Fleming, Henry Fuchs, Lisa Bellm, Alain Mercat, Rafael Mañez, Antonio Martínez, Philippe Eggimann, and Martín Daguerre Charles-Edouard Luyt, for the Prevention of Pneumonia Study (POPS-1) Trial Group: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial of Iseganan in Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 91-97. First published online September 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-656OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

E. Cystic Fibrosis:

Christopher H. Goss, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Bonnie W. Ramsey, and Moira L. Aitken: Clinical Trial Participants Compared with Nonparticipants in Cystic Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 98-104. First published online September 28 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200502-273OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

F. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Jay H. Ryu, Joel Moss, Gerald J. Beck, Jar-Chi Lee, Kevin K. Brown, Jeffrey T. Chapman, Geraldine A. Finlay, Eric J. Olson, Stephen J. Ruoss, Janet R. Maurer, Thomas A. Raffin, Hannah H. Peavy, Kevin McCarthy, Angelo Taveira-DaSilva, Francis X. McCormack, Nilo A. Avila, Rosamma M. DeCastro, Susan S. Jacobs, Mario Stylianou, and Barry L. Fanburg for the NHLBI LAM Registry Group: The NHLBI Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Registry: Characteristics of 230 Patients at Enrollment; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 105-111. First published online October 6 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1298OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Eric S. White, Rachelle G. Atrasz, Biao Hu, Sem H. Phan, Vuk Stambolic, Tak W. Mak, Cory M. Hogaboam, Kevin R. Flaherty, Fernando J. Martinez, Christopher D. Kontos, and Galen B. Toews: Negative Regulation of Myofibroblast Differentiation by PTEN (Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Deleted on Chromosome 10); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 112-121. First published online September 22 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1058OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

G. Pulmonary Infections:

Sylvia Knapp, Catharina W. Wieland, Sandrine Florquin, Ralph Pantophlet, Lenie Dijkshoorn, Ntambua Tshimbalanga, Shizuo Akira, and Tom van der Poll: Differential Roles of CD14 and Toll-like Receptors 4and 2 in Murine Acinetobacter Pneumonia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 122-129. First published online October 6 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-730OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

CORRESPONDENCE:

Federica Piana, Luigi R. Codecasa, Giorgio Besozzi, G. B. Migliori, and Daniela M. Cirillo: Use of Commercial Interferon- ${gamma}$ Assays in Immunocompromised Patients for Tuberculosis Diagnosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 130 [Full Text] [PDF]

Luca Richeldi, Giovanni Ferrara, Monica Losi, Roberto Piro, Pietro Roversi, and Leonardo M. Fabbri: Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 130a-131 [Full Text] [PDF]

Luciano Silvestri, Hendrick K. F. van Saene, Miguel A. de la Cal, and Antonino Gullo: Adult Hospital and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Guidelines: Eminence- rather than Evidence-based; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 131-133 [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael S. Niederman, and Donald E. Craven On Behalf of the ATS/IDSA Guidelines Committee: Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 133 [Full Text] [PDF]

C. Fordham von Reyn and C. Robert Horsburgh: Reinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 133a-134 [Full Text] [PDF]

Suzanne Verver, Robin M. Warren, Nulda Beyers, Gian D. van der Spuy, Paul D. van Helden, Martien W. Borgdorff, Donald A. Enarson, and Marcel A. Behr: Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 134-135 [Full Text] [PDF]