EDITORIALS:

Mario Cazzola and Maria Gabriella Matera

β-Blockers Are Safe in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, But Only with Caution

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 661-662 [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Schwartz

Translating the Genome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 662-663 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor J. Thannickal and James E. Loyd

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Disorder of Lung Regeneration?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 663-665 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven M. Dubinett, Denise R. Aberle, Donald P. Tashkin, and Jenny T. Mao

The Partners—Airflow Obstruction, Emphysema, and Lung Cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 665-666 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Daniel J. Jackson, Ronald E. Gangnon, Michael D. Evans, Kathy A. Roberg, Elizabeth L. Anderson, Tressa E. Pappas, Magnolia C. Printz, Wai-Ming Lee, Peter A. Shult, Erik Reisdorf, Kirsten T. Carlson-Dakes, Lisa P. Salazar, Douglas F. DaSilva, Christopher J. Tisler, James E. Gern, and Robert F. Lemanske, Jr.

Wheezing Rhinovirus Illnesses in Early Life Predict Asthma Development in High-Risk Children

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 667-672. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200802-309OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Abigail Lara, Sumita B. Khatri, Zeneng Wang, Suzy A. A. Comhair, Weiling Xu, Raed A. Dweik, Melanie Bodine, Bruce S. Levison, Jeffrey Hammel, Eugene Bleecker, William Busse, William J. Calhoun, Mario Castro, Kian Fan Chung, Douglas Curran-Everett, Benjamin Gaston, Elliot Israel, Nizar Jarjour, Wendy Moore, Stephen P. Peters, W. Gerald Teague, Sally Wenzel, Stanley L. Hazen, and Serpil C. Erzurum for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Severe Asthma Research Program

Alterations of the Arginine Metabolome in Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 673-681. First published online July 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200710-1542OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Rand Sutherland, Elena Goleva, Matthew Strand, David A. Beuther, and Donald Y. M. Leung

Body Mass and Glucocorticoid Response in Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 682-687. First published online July 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-076OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Augusto A. Litonjua, Jessica Lasky-Su, Kady Schneiter, Kelan G. Tantisira, Ross Lazarus, Barbara Klanderman, John J. Lima, Charles G. Irvin, Stephen P. Peters, John P. Hanrahan, Stephen B. Liggett, Gregory A. Hawkins, Deborah A. Meyers, Eugene R. Bleecker, Christoph Lange, and Scott T. Weiss

ARG1 Is a Novel Bronchodilator Response Gene: Screening and Replication in Four Asthma Cohorts

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 688-694. First published online July 10 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200709-1363OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Yvette R. B. M. van Gestel, Sanne E. Hoeks, Don D. Sin, Gijs M. J. M. Welten, Olaf Schouten, Han J. Witteveen, Cihan Simsek, Henk Stam, Frans W. Mertens, Jeroen J. Bax, Ron T. van Domburg, and Don Poldermans

Impact of Cardioselective β-Blockers on Mortality in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Atherosclerosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 695-700. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-384OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Critical Care:

Dong W. Chang, Shinichi Hayashi, Sina A. Gharib, Tomas Vaisar, S. Trevor King, Mitsuhiro Tsuchiya, John T. Ruzinski, David R. Park, Gustavo Matute-Bello, Mark M. Wurfel, Roger Bumgarner, Jay W. Heinecke, and Thomas R. Martin

Proteomic and Computational Analysis of Bronchoalveolar Proteins during the Course of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 701-709. First published online July 24 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200712-1895OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Mark M. Wurfel, Anthony C. Gordon, Tarah D. Holden, Frank Radella, Jeanna Strout, Osamu Kajikawa, John T. Ruzinski, Gail Rona, R. Anthony Black, Seth Stratton, Gail P. Jarvik, Adeline M. Hajjar, Deborah A. Nickerson, Mark Rieder, Jonathan Sevransky, James P. Maloney, Marc Moss, Greg Martin, Carl Shanholtz, Joe G. N. Garcia, Li Gao, Roy Brower, Kathleen C. Barnes, Keith R. Walley, James A. Russell, and Thomas R. Martin

Toll-like Receptor 1 Polymorphisms Affect Innate Immune Responses and Outcomes in Sepsis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 710-720. First published online July 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-462OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Thais Mauad, Dolores Helena Rodriguez Ferreira Rivero, Regiani Carvalho de Oliveira, Ana Julia de Faria Coimbra Lichtenfels, Eliane Tigre Guimarães, Paulo Afonso de Andre, David Itiro Kasahara, Heloisa Maria de Siqueira Bueno, and Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva

Chronic Exposure to Ambient Levels of Urban Particles Affects Mouse Lung Development

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 721-728. First published online July 2 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-436OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Jennifer T. Cronkhite, Chao Xing, Ganesh Raghu, Kelly M. Chin, Fernando Torres, Randall L. Rosenblatt, and Christine Kim Garcia

Telomere Shortening in Familial and Sporadic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 729-737. First published online July 17 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200804-550OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

David O. Wilson, Joel L. Weissfeld, Arzu Balkan, Jeffrey G. Schragin, Carl R. Fuhrman, Stephen N. Fisher, Jonathan Wilson, Joseph K. Leader, Jill M. Siegfried, Steven D. Shapiro, and Frank C. Sciurba

Association of Radiographic Emphysema and Airflow Obstruction with Lung Cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 738-744. First published online June 19 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-435OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Antony George Joyee, Hongyu Qiu, Yijun Fan, Shuhe Wang, and Xi Yang

Natural Killer T Cells Are Critical for Dendritic Cells to Induce Immunity in Chlamydial Pneumonia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 745-756. First published online July 2 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200804-517OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Jingtao Huang, Carole L. Marcus, Preetam Bandla, Michael S. Schwartz, Michelle E. Pepe, John M. Samuel, Howard B. Panitch, Ruth M. Bradford, Yael P. Mosse, John M. Maris, and Ian M. Colrain

Cortical Processing of Respiratory Occlusion Stimuli in Children with Central Hypoventilation Syndrome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 757-764. First published online July 24 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200804-606OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

I. Transplantation:

Sean M. Studer, M. Patricia George, Xuehai Zhu, Yifang Song, Vincent G. Valentine, Michael W. Stoner, Jigme Sethi, Chad Steele, and Steven R. Duncan

CD28 Down-Regulation on CD4 T Cells Is a Marker for Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplant Recipients

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 765-773. First published online July 10 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200701-013OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Colin R. Cooke, Danielle Frank, and Reanne Frank

The Relative Importance of Unmeasured Covariates in Racial/Ethnic Disparities Research

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 774 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derek C. Angus, Walter T. Linde-Zwirble, Amber E. Barnato, and Sherri L. Alexander

The Relative Importance of Unmeasured Covariates in Racial/Ethnic Disparities Research

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 774-775 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed Y. Rady, Joseph L. Verheijde, and Joan L. McGregor

Palliation or Euthanasia and End-of-Life Care: Is It in the Eye of the Beholder?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 775 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter B. Terry and Paul N. Lanken

Palliation or Euthanasia and End-of-Life Care: Is It in the Eye of the Beholder?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2008; 178: 775-776 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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