EDITORIALS:

Elisabeth H. Bel

"Hot Stuff": Bronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 941-942 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neil W. Schluger

Assessing Tuberculosis Transmission and Virulence: The Vanishing Tuberculin Skin Test

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 942-943 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Bruce G. Bender

Risk Taking, Depression, Adherence, and Symptom Control in Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 953-957. First published online January 19 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200511-1706PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

Frank J. Accurso

Update in Cystic Fibrosis 2005

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 944-947 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tim Nawrot, Abderrahim Nemmar, and Benoit Nemery

Update in Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2005

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 948-952 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Yoshihiko Chiba, Reiko Kurotani, Takashi Kusakabe, Tomiko Miura, Benjamin W. Link, Miwa Misawa, and Shioko Kimura

Uteroglobin-related Protein 1 Expression Suppresses Allergic Airway Inflammation in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 958-964. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200503-456OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Gerard Cox, John D. Miller, Annette McWilliams, J. Mark FitzGerald, and Stephen Lam

Bronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 965-969. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200507-1162OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yu-Fen Li, W. James Gauderman, Ed Avol, Louis Dubeau, and Frank D. Gilliland

Associations of Tumor Necrosis Factor G-308A with Childhood Asthma and Wheezing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 970-976. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1256OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Craig P. Hersh, Dawn L. DeMeo, Ross Lazarus, Juan C. Celedón, Benjamin A. Raby, Joshua O. Benditt, Gerard Criner, Barry Make, Fernando J. Martinez, Paul D. Scanlon, Frank C. Sciurba, James P. Utz, John J. Reilly, and Edwin K. Silverman

Genetic Association Analysis of Functional Impairment in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 977-984. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1452OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

David M. Mannino, Matthew M. Reichert, and Kourtney J. Davis

Lung Function Decline and Outcomes in an Adult Population

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 985-990. First published online January 26 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200508-1344OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Sanjay Sethi, Jane Maloney, Lori Grove, Catherine Wrona, and Charles S. Berenson

Airway Inflammation and Bronchial Bacterial Colonization in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 991-998. First published online February 10 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1525OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Critical Care:

Mandar S. Joshi, Mark W. Julian, Jennifer E. Huff, John A. Bauer, Yong Xia, and Elliott D. Crouser

Calcineurin Regulates Myocardial Function during Acute Endotoxemia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 999-1007. First published online January 19 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1507OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Tokujiro Uchida, Madoka Shirasawa, Lorraine B. Ware, Katsuo Kojima, Yutaka Hata, Koshi Makita, Gabe Mednick, Zachary A. Matthay, and Michael A. Matthay

Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products Is a Marker of Type I Cell Injury in Acute Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1008-1015. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1477OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Mami Inayama, Yasuhiko Nishioka, Momoyo Azuma, Susumu Muto, Yoshinori Aono, Hideki Makino, Kenji Tani, Hisanori Uehara, Keisuke Izumi, Akiko Itai, and Saburo Sone

A Novel IB Kinase- Inhibitor Ameliorates Bleomycin-induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1016-1022. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-947OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Marc Humbert, Olivier Sitbon, Ari Chaouat, Michèle Bertocchi, Gilbert Habib, Virginie Gressin, Azzedine Yaici, Emmanuel Weitzenblum, Jean-François Cordier, François Chabot, Claire Dromer, Christophe Pison, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Alain Haloun, Marcel Laurent, Eric Hachulla, and Gérald Simonneau

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in France: Results from a National Registry

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1023-1030. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1668OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Michael J. Brennick, Stephen Pickup, Jacqueline R. Cater, and Samuel T. Kuna

Phasic Respiratory Pharyngeal Mechanics by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Lean and Obese Zucker Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1031-1037. First published online January 26 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200505-705OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Tuberculosis:

Suzanne T. Anderson, Amanda J. Williams, Jillian R. Brown, Sandra M. Newton, Marcela Simsova, Mark P. Nicol, Peter Sebo, Michael Levin, Robert J. Wilkinson, and Katalin A. Wilkinson

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Undetected by Tuberculin Skin Testing

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1038-1042. First published online February 2 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1526OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS:

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1043-1045 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Wolfgang M. Roemer, Stephan Gentzsch, and Harald Andel

Pressure Increase Due to Hydrostatic Pressure of Perfluorocarbon

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1046 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. Kacmarek and Arthur S. Slutsky

Pressure Increase Due to Hydrostatic Pressure of Perfluorocarbon

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1046a-1047 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frauke Stanke, Manfred Ballmann, and Burkhard Tümmler

Cystic Fibrosis Disease–specific Centiles in 2000 and 2005

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1047 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michal Kulich, Margaret Rosenfeld, and Bonnie Ramsey

Cystic Fibrosis Disease–specific Centiles in 2000 and 2005

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1047a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard M. Effros

Exhaled Breath Condensate pH

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 173: 1047b-1048 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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