AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (June 1 2006, 173 [11])

EDITORIALS:

David J. Erle and Guohua Zhen: The Asthma Channel?: Stay Tuned . . .; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1181-1182 [Full Text] [PDF]

Marin H. Kollef: Microbiological Diagnosis of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: Using the Data to Optimize Clinical Outcomes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1182-1184 [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark D. Eisner and Francesco Forastiere: Passive Smoking, Lung Function, and Public Health; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1184-1185 [Full Text] [PDF]

Benjamin Gaston, David Singel, Allan Doctor, and Jonathan S. Stamler: S-Nitrosothiol Signaling in Respiratory Biology; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1186-1193. First published online March 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1584PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John G. Teeter and Richard J. Riese: Dissociation of Lung Function Changes with Humoral Immunity during Inhaled Human Insulin Therapy; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1194-1200. First published online March 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200512-1861OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bryce N. Feltis, Dharshini Wignarajah, Ling Zheng, Chris Ward, David Reid, Richard Harding, and E. Haydn Walters: Increased Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Receptors: Relationship to Angiogenesis in Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1201-1207. First published online March 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1105OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chakradhar Kotaru, Kathryn J. Schoonover, John B. Trudeau, Mai-Lan Huynh, XiuXia Zhou, Haizhen Hu, and Sally E. Wenzel: Regional Fibroblast Heterogeneity in the Lung: Implications for Remodeling; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1208-1215. First published online March 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1218OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Takako Nakano, Hiromasa Inoue, Satoru Fukuyama, Koichiro Matsumoto, Mikiko Matsumura, Miyuki Tsuda, Takafumi Matsumoto, Hisamichi Aizawa, and Yoichi Nakanishi: Niflumic Acid Suppresses Interleukin-13–induced Asthma Phenotypes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1216-1221. First published online March 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1420OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Irina Petrache, Iwona Fijalkowska, Lijie Zhen, Terry R. Medler, Emile Brown, Pedro Cruz, Kang-Hyeon Choe, Laimute Taraseviciene-Stewart, Robertas Scerbavicius, Lee Shapiro, Bing Zhang, Sihong Song, Dan Hicklin, Norbert F. Voelkel, Terence Flotte, and Rubin M. Tuder: A Novel Antiapoptotic Role for ${alpha}$ ₁-Antitrypsin in the Prevention of Pulmonary Emphysema; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1222-1228. First published online March 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200512-1842OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Bekele Afessa, Rolf D. Hubmayr, Emily A. Vetter, Mark T. Keegan, Karen L. Swanson, Larry M. Baddour, Franklin R. Cockerill, III, and Steve G. Peters: Bronchoscopy in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: Agreement of Calibrated Loop and Serial Dilution; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1229-1232. First published online March 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200512-1899OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Jordi Mancebo, Rafael Fernández, Lluis Blanch, Gemma Rialp, Federico Gordo, Miquel Ferrer, Fernando Rodríguez, Pau Garro, Pilar Ricart, Immaculada Vallverdú, Ignasi Gich, José Castaño, Pilar Saura, Guillermo Domínguez, Alfons Bonet, and Richard K. Albert: A Multicenter Trial of Prolonged Prone Ventilation in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1233-1239. First published online March 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-353OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Gerald S. Supinski and Leigh A. Callahan: Polyethylene Glycol–Superoxide Dismutase Prevents Endotoxin-induced Cardiac Dysfunction; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1240-1247. First published online March 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200410-1346OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Hui Chen, Michelle J. Hansen, Jessica E. Jones, Ross Vlahos, Steve Bozinovski, Gary P. Anderson, and Margaret J. Morris: Cigarette Smoke Exposure Reprograms the Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y Axis to Promote Weight Loss; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1248-1254. First published online March 10 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-977OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hanns Moshammer, Gerard Hoek, Heike Luttmann-Gibson, Manfred A. Neuberger, Temenuga Antova, Ulrike Gehring, Frantiska Hruba, Sam Pattenden, Peter Rudnai, Hana Slachtova, Renata Zlotkowska, and Tony Fletcher: Parental Smoking and Lung Function in Children: An International Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1255-1263. First published online February 16 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1552OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth S. Klings, Diego F. Wyszynski, Vikki G. Nolan, and Martin H. Steinberg: Abnormal Pulmonary Function in Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1264-1269. First published online March 23 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-125OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy A. Morris, James J. Marsh, Peter G. Chiles, William R. Auger, Peter F. Fedullo, and Virgil L. Woods, Jr.: Fibrin Derived from Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Is Resistant to Lysis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1270-1275. First published online March 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-916OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Verena Bröcker, Florian Länger, Tariq G. Fellous, Michael Mengel, Mairi Brittan, Martin Bredt, Simone Milde, Tobias Welte, Matthias Eder, Axel Haverich, Malcolm R. Alison, Hans Kreipe, and Ulrich Lehmann: Fibroblasts of Recipient Origin Contribute to Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Human Lung Transplants; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1276-1282. First published online March 9 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1381OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Phung K. Lam, David E. Griffith, Timothy R. Aksamit, Stephen J. Ruoss, Stuart M. Garay, Charles L. Daley, and Antonino Catanzaro: Factors Related to Response to Intermittent Treatment of Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1283-1289. First published online March 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1531OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard M. Effros: The $beta$ -Agonist Lung Injury Trial (BALTI); Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1290 [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Frost and Matthew Wise: The $beta$ -Agonist Lung Injury Trial (BALTI) and the Measurement of Extravascular Lung Water; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1290a-1291 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sotirios Zarogiannis, Chrissi Hatzoglou, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, and Paschalis-Adam Molyvdas: Pleural Cavity Exploitation in $beta$ -Agonist–treated ARDS Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1291 [Full Text] [PDF]

Gavin D. Perkins, Danny F. McAuley, David R. Thickett, and Fang Gao: Pleural Cavity Exploitation in $beta$ -Agonist–treated ARDS Patients; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1291a-1292 [Full Text] [PDF]