AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (July 1 2007, 176 [1])

EDITORIALS:

Gerard A. Silvestri: Boys (and Girls) and Their Toys: A Look at New Technologies in the Bronchoscopy Suite; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 1-2 [Full Text] [PDF]

Benoit Nemery and Jerrold L. Abraham: Hard Metal Lung Disease: Still Hard to Understand; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 2-3 [Full Text] [PDF]

Francis X. McCormack and Joel Moss: S-LAM in a Man?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 3-5 [Full Text] [PDF]

Josep M. Montserrat, Francisco Garcia-Rio, and Ferran Barbe: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Nonsleepy Apnea; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 6-9. First published online April 12 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200606-795PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeanette P. Brown, Christian Taube, Nobuaki Miyahara, Toshiyuki Koya, Roberta Pelanda, Erwin W. Gelfand, and Raul M. Torres: Arhgef1 Is Required by T Cells for the Development of Airway Hyperreactivity and Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 10-19. First published online April 26 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200702-270OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Susan Chinn, Joachim Heinrich, Josep M. Antó, Christer Janson, Dan Norbäck, Mario Olivieri, Cecilie Svanes, Jordi Sunyer, Giuseppe Verlato, Matthias Wjst, Jan-Paul Zock, Peter G. Burney, and Deborah L. Jarvis: Bronchial Responsiveness in Atopic Adults Increases with Exposure to Cat Allergen; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 20-26. First published online April 19 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200612-1840OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Shigeki Katoh, Naoki Ishii, Atsuya Nobumoto, Keisuke Takeshita, Shu-Yan Dai, Rika Shinonaga, Toshiro Niki, Nozomu Nishi, Akira Tominaga, Akira Yamauchi, and Mitsuomi Hirashima: Galectin-9 Inhibits CD44–Hyaluronan Interaction and Suppresses a Murine Model of Allergic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 27-35. First published online April 19 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200608-1243OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Ralf Eberhardt, Devanand Anantham, Armin Ernst, David Feller-Kopman, and Felix Herth: Multimodality Bronchoscopic Diagnosis of Peripheral Lung Lesions: A Randomized Controlled Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 36-41. First published online March 22 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200612-1866OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dawn L. DeMeo, Craig P. Hersh, Eric A. Hoffman, Augusto A. Litonjua, Ross Lazarus, David Sparrow, 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 Determinants of Emphysema Distribution in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 42-48. First published online March 15 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200612-1797OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Tomoaki Hoshino, Seiya Kato, Naoki Oka, Haruki Imaoka, Takashi Kinoshita, Satoko Takei, Yasuhiko Kitasato, Tomotaka Kawayama, Tsutomu Imaizumi, Kentaro Yamada, Howard A. Young, and Hisamichi Aizawa: Pulmonary Inflammation and Emphysema: Role of the Cytokines IL-18 and IL-13; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 49-62. First published online March 30 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-316OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

J. Jane Pillow, Noah Hillman, Timothy J. M. Moss, Graeme Polglase, Geoff Bold, Chris Beaumont, Machiko Ikegami, and Alan H. Jobe: Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Enhances Lung Volume and Gas Exchange in Preterm Lambs; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 63-69. First published online April 12 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200609-1368OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Hiroshi Moriyama, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshinori Takada, Takashi Shimizu, Masaki Terada, Jun-Ichi Narita, Michio Maruyama, Kouichi Watanabe, Eiichi Suzuki, and Fumitake Gejyo: Two-dimensional Analysis of Elements and Mononuclear Cells in Hard Metal Lung Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 70-77. First published online March 15 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-134OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher P. Baran, Judy M. Opalek, Sara McMaken, Christie A. Newland, James M. O'Brien, Jr., Melissa G. Hunter, Benjamin D. Bringardner, Martha M. Monick, David R. Brigstock, Paul C. Stromberg, Gary W. Hunninghake, and Clay B. Marsh: Important Roles for Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor, CC Chemokine Ligand 2, and Mononuclear Phagocytes in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 78-89. First published online April 12 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200609-1279OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Martha L. Bustos, Sara Frías, Sandra Ramos, Andrea Estrada, José Luis Arreola, Felipe Mendoza, Miguel Gaxiola, Mauricio Salcedo, Annie Pardo, and Moisés Selman: Local and Circulating Microchimerism Is Associated with Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 90-95. First published online April 12 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200608-1129OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Mario Schiavina, Valerio Di Scioscio, Paola Contini, Alberto Cavazza, Andrea Fabiani, Marco Barberis, Alessandro Bini, Annalisa Altimari, Robin M. T. Cooke, Walter F. Grigioni, and Antonia D'Errico-Grigioni: Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a Karyotypically Normal Man without Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 96-98. First published online April 12 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200610-1408CR [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jouke T. Annema and Klaus F. Rabe: Why Respiratory Physicians Should Learn and Implement EUS-FNA; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 99 [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen G. Spiro and Sam Janes: Why Respiratory Physicians Should Learn and Implement EUS-FNA; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 99a [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen H. Loring and J. Woodrow Weiss: Plateau Pressures in the ARDSnet Protocol: Cause of Injury or Indication of Disease?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 99b-100 [Full Text] [PDF]

V. Marco Ranieri, Luciano Gattinoni, and Arthur S. Slutsky: Plateau Pressures in the ARDSnet Protocol: Cause of Injury or Indication of Disease?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 100-101 [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin R. Miller, Irene Steenbruggen, Philip H. Quanjer, Gregg Ruppel, Robert O. Crapo, and Ole F. Pedersen: Defining the Lower Limit of Normal for FEV₁/ FVC; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 101 [Full Text] [PDF]

Ane Johannessen, Sverre Lehmann, Ernst Omenaas, Geir Egil Eide, Per Bakke, and Amund Gulsvik: Defining the Lower Limit of Normal for FEV₁/ FVC; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 101a-102 [Full Text] [PDF]