EDITORIAL:

Saadia Eddahibi and Serge Adnot

From Functional to Genetic Studies of a Candidate Gene for Pulmonary Hypertension: Any Point?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 693-694 [Full Text] [PDF]  

STATE OF THE ART:

Brahm H. Segal and Thomas J. Walsh

Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 707-717. First published online December 30 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-727SO [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

James R. Jett and York E. Miller

Update in Lung Cancer 2005

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 695-697 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sally E. Wenzel and Ronina Covar

Update in Asthma 2005

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 698-706 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

William R. Henderson, Jr., Gertrude K. S. Chiang, Ying-tzang Tien, and Emil Y. Chi

Reversal of Allergen-induced Airway Remodeling by CysLT₁ Receptor Blockade

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 718-728. First published online December 30 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200501-088OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Ji-Yeon Lee, Sung-Woo Park, Hee Kyoung Chang, Ho Young Kim, TaiYoun Rhim, June-Hyuk Lee, An-Soo Jang, Eun-Suk Koh, and Choon-Sik Park

A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 33 Protein in Patients with Asthma: Relevance to Airflow Limitation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 729-735. First published online December 30 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200409-1175OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Neil C. Barnes, Yu-Sheng Qiu, Ian D. Pavord, Debbie Parker, Peter A. Davis, Jie Zhu, Malcolm Johnson, Neil C. Thomson, Peter K. Jeffery on behalf of the SCO30005 Study Group

Antiinflammatory Effects of Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 736-743. First published online January 19 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1321OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Hanno H. Leuchte, Rainer A. Baumgartner, Michal El Nounou, Michael Vogeser, Claus Neurohr, Michael Trautnitz, and Juergen Behr

Brain Natriuretic Peptide Is a Prognostic Parameter in Chronic Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 744-750. First published online January 13 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1545OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Barry W. A. van der Strate, Dirkje S. Postma, Corry-Anke Brandsma, Barbro N. Melgert, Marjan A. Luinge, Marie Geerlings, Machteld N. Hylkema, Anke van den Berg, Wim Timens, and Huib A. M. Kerstjens

Cigarette Smoke–induced Emphysema: A Role for the B Cell?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 751-758. First published online January 6 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200504-594OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Peter S. Thorne, Andrea Adamcakova-Dodd, Kevin M. Kelly, Marsha E. O'Neill, and Caroline Duchaine

Metalworking Fluid with Mycobacteria and Endotoxin Induces Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 759-768. First published online December 30 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-627OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Nveed I. Chaudhary, Andreas Schnapp, and John E. Park

Pharmacologic Differentiation of Inflammation and Fibrosis in the Rat Bleomycin Model

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 769-776. First published online January 13 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-717OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Magali Colombat, Marc Stern, Odile Groussard, Dominique Droz, Michel Brauner, Dominique Valeyre, Hervé Mal, Camille Taillé, Isabelle Monnet, Michel Fournier, Serge Herson, and Claire Danel

Pulmonary Cystic Disorder Related to Light Chain Deposition Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 777-780. First published online January 6 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1620CR [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antje Prasse, Dmitri V. Pechkovsky, Galen B. Toews, Wolfgang Jungraithmayr, Florian Kollert, Torsten Goldmann, Ekkehard Vollmer, Joachim Müller-Quernheim, and Gernot Zissel

A Vicious Circle of Alveolar Macrophages and Fibroblasts Perpetuates Pulmonary Fibrosis via CCL18

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 781-792. First published online January 13 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1518OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Rajiv D. Machado, Rolf Koehler, Eric Glissmeyer, Colin Veal, Jay Suntharalingam, Miryoung Kim, John Carlquist, Margaret Town, C. Gregory Elliott, Marius Hoeper, Anna Fijalkowska, Marcin Kurzyna, Jennifer R. Thomson, Simon R. Gibbs, Martin R. Wilkins, Werner Seeger, Nicholas W. Morrell, Ekkehard Gruenig, Richard C. Trembath, and Bart Janssen

Genetic Association of the Serotonin Transporter in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 793-797. First published online January 6 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1365OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabeth D. Willers, John H. Newman, James E. Loyd, Ivan M. Robbins, Lisa A. Wheeler, Melissa A. Prince, Krista C. Stanton, Joy A. Cogan, James R. Runo, Daniel Byrne, Marc Humbert, Gerald Simonneau, Benjamin Sztrymf, Jane A. Morse, James A. Knowles, Kari E. Roberts, Jude J. McElroy, Robyn J. Barst, and John A. Phillips, III

Serotonin Transporter Polymorphisms in Familial and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 798-802. First published online December 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1361OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Tuberculosis:

Valerie Guyot-Revol, John A. Innes, Sarah Hackforth, Tim Hinks, and Ajit Lalvani

Regulatory T Cells Are Expanded in Blood and Disease Sites in Patients with Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 803-810. First published online December 9 2005 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1294OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

ATS Workshop Proceedings: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolism in Exhaled Breath Condensate: Executive Summary

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 811-813 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Rob Janssen, Adrian Kruit, Jan C. Grutters, and Jules M. M. van den Bosch

Interleukin-18–607 Promoter Polymorphism in Sarcoidosis: Ignoring "Negative" Results

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 814 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deirdre Kelly, Catherine Greene, Gerard Meachery, Michael O'Mahony, Paula Gallagher, Clifford Taggart, Shane O'Neill, and Noel G. McElvaney

Interleukin-18–607 Promoter Polymorphism in Sarcoidosis: Ignoring "Negative" Results

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 815 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peer M. Aries, Peter Lamprecht, and Wolfgang L. Gross

Rituximab in Refractory Wegener's Granulomatosis: Favorable or Not?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 815a-816 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karina A. Keogh, Fernando C. Fervenza, and Ulrich Specks

Rituximab in Refractory Wegener's Granulomatosis: Favorable or Not?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 816 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon J. Clark

Understanding Cardiac Troponin T in the Newborn Period

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 816a-817 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maximo Vento, Juan Sastre, Miguel A. Asensi, and Jose Viña

Understanding Cardiac Troponin T in the Newborn Period

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 817 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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