EDITORIALS:

Edward Abraham

Performance and Continuing Evolution of the AJRCCM

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 563 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Calverley

Understanding Breathlessness in Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 564-565 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory R. Wagner

Thinking Longitudinally in a Cross-sectional World

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 565-566 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Rachel L. Miller and Shuk-mei Ho

Environmental Epigenetics and Asthma: Current Concepts and Call for Studies

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 567-573. First published online January 10 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1511PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

Marc Humbert

Update in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 2007

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 574-579 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Athol U. Wells and Cory M. Hogaboam

Update in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease 2007

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 580-584 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

Johsuke Hara, Masaki Fujimura, Akihito Ueda, Shigeharu Myou, Yoshitaka Oribe, Noriyuki Ohkura, Toshiyuki Kita, Masahide Yasui, and Kazuo Kasahara

Effect of Pressure Stress Applied to the Airway on Cough-Reflex Sensitivity in Guinea Pigs

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 585-592. First published online January 10 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200703-457OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Ramzi Fattouh, N. Gabriela Midence, Katherine Arias, Jill R. Johnson, Tina D. Walker, Susanna Goncharova, Kailene P. Souza, Richard C. Gregory, Jr., Scott Lonning, Jack Gauldie, and Manel Jordana

Transforming Growth Factor-β Regulates House Dust Mite–induced Allergic Airway Inflammation but Not Airway Remodeling

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 593-603. First published online January 3 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-958OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Simon C. Pitchford, Stefania Momi, Stefano Baglioni, Lucio Casali, Silvia Giannini, Roberta Rossi, Clive P. Page, and Paolo Gresele

Allergen Induces the Migration of Platelets to Lung Tissue in Allergic Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 604-612. First published online December 20 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200702-214OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Michaela Schedel, Leonardo A. Pinto, Bianca Schaub, Philip Rosenstiel, Dmitry Cherkasov, Lisa Cameron, Norman Klopp, Thomas Illig, Christian Vogelberg, Stephan K. Weiland, Erika von Mutius, Michael Lohoff, and Michael Kabesch

IRF-1 Gene Variations Influence IgE Regulation and Atopy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 613-621. First published online December 13 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200703-373OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Dror Ofir, Pierantonio Laveneziana, Katherine A. Webb, Yuk-Miu Lam, and Denis E. O'Donnell

Mechanisms of Dyspnea during Cycle Exercise in Symptomatic Patients with GOLD Stage I Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 622-629. First published online November 15 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200707-1064OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Amy M. Rohs, James E. Lockey, Kari K. Dunning, Rakesh Shukla, Huihao Fan, Tim Hilbert, Eric Borton, Jerome Wiot, Cristopher Meyer, Ralph T. Shipley, Grace K. LeMasters, and Vikas Kapil

Low-Level Fiber-induced Radiographic Changes Caused by Libby Vermiculite: A 25-Year Follow-up Study

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 630-637. First published online December 6 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200706-841OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Andrés F. Muro, Federico A. Moretti, Bethany B. Moore, Mei Yan, Rachelle G. Atrasz, Carol A. Wilke, Kevin R. Flaherty, Fernando J. Martinez, Jessica L. Tsui, Dean Sheppard, Francisco E. Baralle, Galen B. Toews, and Eric S. White

An Essential Role for Fibronectin Extra Type III Domain A in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 638-645. First published online December 20 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1291OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Armand Mekontso Dessap, Rusel Leon, Anoosha Habibi, Ruben Nzouakou, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Serge Adnot, Bertrand Godeau, Frederic Galacteros, Christian Brun-Buisson, Laurent Brochard, and Bernard Maitre

Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale during Severe Acute Chest Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 646-653. First published online January 3 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1606OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Raouf Amin, Leonard Anthony, Virend Somers, Matthew Fenchel, Keith McConnell, Jenny Jefferies, Paul Willging, Maninder Kalra, and Stephen Daniels

Growth Velocity Predicts Recurrence of Sleep-disordered Breathing 1 Year after Adenotonsillectomy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 654-659. First published online January 3 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1610OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Transplantation:

Joseph L. Bobadilla, Robert B. Love, Ewa Jankowska-Gan, Qingyong Xu, Lynn D. Haynes, Ruedi K. Braun, Mary S. Hayney, Alejandro Munoz del Rio, Keith Meyer, Daniel S. Greenspan, Jose Torrealba, Kathleen M. Heidler, Oscar W. Cummings, Takekazu Iwata, David Brand, Robert Presson, William J. Burlingham, and David S. Wilkes

Th-17, Monokines, Collagen Type V, and Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 660-668. First published online January 3 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200612-1901OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

S. Egbert Pravinkumar

Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated): Surviving Sepsis by Chance

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 669 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcel Levi, Mitchell Levy, and Mark D. Williams

Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated): Surviving Sepsis by Chance

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 669 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamad F. El-Khatib

Oxygenation Indexes and Degrees of Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 670 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. Kacmarek and Jesus Villar

Oxygenation Indexes and Degrees of Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 670 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nayer Khazeni, Ware G. Kuschner, and Michael K. Gould

Does Statin Use Attenuate Lung Function Decline?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 671 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stacey Alexeeff and Joel Schwartz

Does Statin Use Attenuate Lung Function Decline?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 177: 671 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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