EDITORIALS:

Vito Brusasco, Emanuele Crimi, and Riccardo Pellegrino

Airway Inflammation in COPD: Friend or Foe?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 425-426 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark D. Eisner

Indoor Air, Passive Smoking, and COPD

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 426-427 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen Kreiss

Occupational Bronchiolitis Obliterans Masquerading as COPD

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 427-429 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth G. Nabel and Susan B. Shurin

Notes from the NHLBI Director: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Core Values and Shaping the 2007 Budget

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 430 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Zhang Bao, Shuhui Lim, Wupeng Liao, Yuzhi Lin, Christoph Thiemermann, Bernard P. Leung, and W. S. Fred Wong

Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Inhibition Attenuates Asthma in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 431-438. First published online June 7 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200609-1292OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yanbing Ma, Kent T. HayGlass, Allan B. Becker, Yijun Fan, Xi Yang, Sujata Basu, Ganesh Srinivasan, F. Estelle R. Simons, Andrew J. Halayko, and Zhikang Peng

Novel Recombinant Interleukin-13 Peptide-based Vaccine Reduces Airway Allergic Inflammatory Responses in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 439-445. First published online June 7 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200610-1405OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matias Torrent, Jordi Sunyer, Raquel Garcia, Jessica Harris, Maria V. Iturriaga, Carme Puig, Oriol Vall, Josep M. Anto, Anthony J. Newman Taylor, and Paul Cullinan

Early-Life Allergen Exposure and Atopy, Asthma, and Wheeze up to 6 Years of Age

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 446-453. First published online June 15 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200607-916OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

James C. Hogg, Fanny S. F. Chu, Wan C. Tan, Don D. Sin, Sanjay A. Patel, Peter D. Pare, Fernando J. Martinez, Robert M. Rogers, Barry J. Make, Gerard J. Criner, Reuben M. Cherniack, Amir Sharafkhaneh, James D. Luketich, Harvey O. Coxson, W. Mark Elliott, and Frank C. Sciurba

Survival after Lung Volume Reduction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from Small Airway Pathology

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 454-459. First published online June 7 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200612-1772OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernd Lamprecht, Lea Schirnhofer, Falko Tiefenbacher, Bernhard Kaiser, Sonia A. Buist, Michael Studnicka, and Paul Enright

Six-Second Spirometry for Detection of Airway Obstruction: A Population-based Study in Austria

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 460-464. First published online June 7 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200702-337OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liesl M. Osman, J. Graham Douglas, Carole Garden, Karen Reglitz, Janice Lyon, Sue Gordon, and Jon G. Ayres

Indoor Air Quality in Homes of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 465-472. First published online May 16 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-589OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Critical Care:

Lee Faulkner, Daniel M. Altmann, Stephan Ellmerich, Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Gordon Stamp, and Shiranee Sriskandan

Sexual Dimorphism in Superantigen Shock Involves Elevated TNF- and TNF-–induced Hepatic Apoptosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 473-482. First published online June 15 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200611-1712OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [HTML Page - index.htslp]  

Marcel Levi, Mitchell Levy, Mark D. Williams, Ivor Douglas, Antonio Artigas, Massimo Antonelli, Duncan Wyncoll, Jonathan Janes, Frank V. Booth, Dazhe Wang, David P. Sundin, William L. Macias, and for the Xigris and Prophylactic HepaRin Evaluation in Severe Sepsis (XPRESS) Study Group

Prophylactic Heparin in Patients with Severe Sepsis Treated with Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated)

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 483-490. First published online June 7 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200612-1803OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Lindell K. Weaver, Karen J. Valentine, and Ramona O. Hopkins

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Risk Factors for Cognitive Sequelae and the Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 491-497. First published online May 11 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200701-026OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Frits G. B. G. J. van Rooy, Jos M. Rooyackers, Mathias Prokop, Remko Houba, Lidwien A. M. Smit, and Dick J. J. Heederik

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Chemical Workers Producing Diacetyl for Food Flavorings

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 498-504. First published online May 31 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200611-1620OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Marileila Varella-Garcia, Lin Chen, Roger L. Powell, Fred R. Hirsch, Timothy C. Kennedy, Robert Keith, York E. Miller, John D. Mitchell, and Wilbur A. Franklin

Spectral Karyotyping Detects Chromosome Damage in Bronchial Cells of Smokers and Patients with Cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 505-512. First published online June 28 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200609-1329OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Heidrun Kiwull-Schöne, Peter Kiwull, Stilla Frede, and Martin Wiemann

Role of Brainstem Sodium/Proton Exchanger 3 for Breathing Control during Chronic Acid–Base Imbalance

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 513-519. First published online June 28 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200703-347OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Eftichia Galiatsou, Eleonora Kostanti, Vasilios Koulouras, and George Nakos

Lung Hyperinflation despite Lung-protective Ventilation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 520 [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Marco Ranieri, Luciano Gattinoni, and Arthur S. Slutsky

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 520 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Tai and Sarath Ranganathan

Optimizing Medications for Poorly Controlled Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 520-521 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles G. Irvin, David A. Kaminsky, Nicholas R. Anthonisen, Mario Castro, Nicola A. Hanania, Janet T. Holbrook, John J. Lima, Robert A. Wise, and for the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 521-522 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samy Suissa

On the Correct Statistical Analysis of Exacerbation Rates in Clinical Trials

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 522 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kardos, Marion Wencker, Thomas Glaab, and Claus Vogelmeier

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2007; 176: 522 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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