EDITORIALS:

William N. Rom, Kent E. Pinkerton, William J. Martin, and Francesco Forastiere

Global Warming: A Challenge to All American Thoracic Society Members

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1053-1054 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan Murray and Steven Kawut

Defining Transplantation and Listing Benefit in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1054-1055 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason E. Stout and Dick Menzies

Predicting Tuberculosis: Does the IGRA Tell the Tale?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1055-1057 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

Frank J. Accurso

Update in Cystic Fibrosis 2007

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1058-1061 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul A. Corris and Jason D. Christie

Update in Transplantation 2007

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1062-1067 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wendy C. Moore

Update in Asthma 2007

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1068-1073 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Harsha H. Kariyawasam, Georgina Xanthou, Julia Barkans, Maxine Aizen, A. Barry Kay, and Douglas S. Robinson

Basal Expression of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Is Reduced in Mild Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1074-1081. First published online February 21 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200709-1376OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monika Wos, Marek Sanak, Jerzy Soja, Henryk Olechnowicz, William W. Busse, and Andrew Szczeklik

The Presence of Rhinovirus in Lower Airways of Patients with Bronchial Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1082-1089. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200607-973OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Lori D. Calvert, Rhea Shelley, Sally J. Singh, Paul L. Greenhaff, John Bankart, Mike D. Morgan, and Michael C. Steiner

Dichloroacetate Enhances Performance and Reduces Blood Lactate during Maximal Cycle Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1090-1094. First published online February 8 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1032OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Yoshiharu Ohno, Tae Iwasawa, Joom Beom Seo, Hisanobu Koyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yeon-Mok Oh, Yoshihiro Nishimura, and Kazuro Sugimura

Oxygen-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging versus Computed Tomography: Multicenter Study for Clinical Stage Classification of Smoking-related Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1095-1102. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200709-1322OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Michael A. O'Reilly, Shauna H. Marr, Min Yee, Sharon A. McGrath-Morrow, and B. Paige Lawrence

Neonatal Hyperoxia Enhances the Inflammatory Response in Adult Mice Infected with Influenza A Virus

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1103-1110. First published online February 21 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1839OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Pulmonary Infections:

Dawn C. Newcomb, Umadevi S. Sajjan, Deepti R. Nagarkar, Qiong Wang, Suparna Nanua, Ying Zhou, Christina L. McHenry, Kenneth T. Hennrick, Wan C. Tsai, J. Kelley Bentley, Nicholas W. Lukacs, Sebastian L. Johnston, and Marc B. Hershenson

Human Rhinovirus 1B Exposure Induces Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase–dependent Airway Inflammation in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1111-1121. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1243OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Robin Condliffe, David G. Kiely, J. Simon R. Gibbs, Paul A. Corris, Andrew J. Peacock, David P. Jenkins, Denise Hodgkins, Kim Goldsmith, Rodney J. Hughes, Karen Sheares, Steven S. L. Tsui, Iain J. Armstrong, Chantal Torpy, Rachel Crackett, Christopher M. Carlin, Clare Das, J. Gerry Coghlan, and Joanna Pepke-Zaba

Improved Outcomes in Medically and Surgically Treated Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1122-1127. First published online February 21 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1841OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin Terrier, Mathieu C. Tamby, Luc Camoin, Philippe Guilpain, Cédric Broussard, Guillaume Bussone, Azzedine Yaïci, Françoise Hotellier, Gérald Simonneau, Loïc Guillevin, Marc Humbert, and Luc Mouthon

Identification of Target Antigens of Antifibroblast Antibodies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1128-1134. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1015OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Isabel C. Burckhardt, David Gozal, Ehab Dayyat, Yu Cheng, Richard C. Li, Aviv D. Goldbart, and Barry W. Row

Green Tea Catechin Polyphenols Attenuate Behavioral and Oxidative Responses to Intermittent Hypoxia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1135-1141. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200701-110OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

David Gozal, Oscar Sans Capdevila, and Leila Kheirandish-Gozal

Metabolic Alterations and Systemic Inflammation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Nonobese and Obese Prepubertal Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1142-1149. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1670OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naresh M. Punjabi, Anne B. Newman, Terry B. Young, Helaine E. Resnick, and Mark H. Sanders

Sleep-disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Disease: An Outcome-based Definition of Hypopneas

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1150-1155. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1884OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Transplantation:

Gabriel Thabut, Philippe Ravaud, Jason D. Christie, Yves Castier, Michel Fournier, Hervé Mal, Guy Lesèche, and Raphaël Porcher

Determinants of the Survival Benefit of Lung Transplantation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1156-1163. First published online February 28 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1283OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

H. Tuberculosis:

Roland Diel, Robert Loddenkemper, Karen Meywald-Walter, Stefan Niemann, and Albert Nienhaus

Predictive Value of a Whole Blood IFN- Assay for the Development of Active Tuberculosis Disease after Recent Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1164-1170. First published online February 14 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1613OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Anurag Agrawal

Mucous Obstruction and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1171 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lennart K. A. Lundblad, John Thompson-Figueroa, Gilman B. Allen, Lisa Rinaldi, Ryan J. Norton, Charles G. Irvin, and Jason H. T. Bates

Mucous Obstruction and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1171-1172 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward Whitney

Effects of Misclassification of Fume Exposure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1172 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Harber, Donald Tashkin, and Eva Hnizdo

Effects of Misclassification of Fume Exposure

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 1172 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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