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]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

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]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

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]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

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]  

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

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 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]  

D. Critical Care:

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]  

E. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

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]  

F. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

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]  

G. Transplantation:

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]  

H. Tuberculosis and Mycobacterial Disease:

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]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Richard M. Effros

The -Agonist Lung Injury Trial (BALTI)

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1290 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Frost and Matthew Wise

The -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 -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 -Agonist–treated ARDS Patients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1291a-1292 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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