AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (June 1 2009, 179 [11])

EDITORIALS:

Mark D. Eisner: Secondhand Smoke and Obstructive Lung Disease: A Causal Effect?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 973-974 [Full Text] [PDF]

Brent W. Kinder and Athol U. Wells: The Art and Science of Diagnosing Interstitial Lung Diseases; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 974-975 [Full Text] [PDF]

D. Robin Taylor: The β-Agonist Saga and Its Clinical Relevance: On and On It Goes; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 976-978. First published online March 12 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0055CC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Thomas Roeder, Kerstin Isermann, and Michael Kabesch: Drosophila in Asthma Research; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 979-983. First published online April 2 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1777PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Francesca Alessandrini, Ingrid Beck-Speier, Daniel Krappmann, Ingrid Weichenmeier, Shinji Takenaka, Erwin Karg, Bernhard Kloo, Holger Schulz, Thilo Jakob, Martin Mempel, and Heidrun Behrendt: Role of Oxidative Stress in Ultrafine Particle–induced Exacerbation of Allergic Lung Inflammation; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 984-991. First published online March 5 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1061OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Satoru Fukuyama, Takako Nakano, Takafumi Matsumoto, Brian G. G. Oliver, Janette K. Burgess, Atsushi Moriwaki, Kentaro Tanaka, Masato Kubo, Tomoaki Hoshino, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Andrew N. J. McKenzie, Koichiro Matsumoto, Hisamichi Aizawa, Yoichi Nakanishi, Akihiko Yoshimura, Judith L. Black, and Hiromasa Inoue: Pulmonary Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-1 Induced by IL-13 Regulates Allergic Asthma Phenotype; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 992-998. First published online March 19 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200806-992OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Raphaëlle Varraso, Josep M. Antó, and Carlos A. Camargo, Jr.: Prospective Study of Physical Activity and Risk of Asthma Exacerbations in Older Women; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 999-1003. First published online February 26 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200812-1929OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Gaspar R. Chiappa, Fernando Queiroga, Jr., Ethiane Meda, Leonardo F. Ferreira, Fernando Diefenthaeler, Marcos Nunes, Marco A. Vaz, Maria Christina L. Machado, Luis Eduardo Nery, and J. Alberto Neder: Heliox Improves Oxygen Delivery and Utilization during Dynamic Exercise in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1004-1010. First published online March 19 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1793OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Tiffany R. Richens, Derek J. Linderman, Sarah A. Horstmann, Cherie Lambert, Yi-Qun Xiao, Robert L. Keith, Darren M. Boé, Konosuke Morimoto, Russell P. Bowler, Brian J. Day, William J. Janssen, Peter M. Henson, and R. William Vandivier: Cigarette Smoke Impairs Clearance of Apoptotic Cells through Oxidant-dependent Activation of RhoA; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1011-1021. First published online March 5 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1148OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Bob Lubamba, Jean Lebacq, Patrick Lebecque, Rita Vanbever, Anissa Leonard, Pierre Wallemacq, and Teresinha Leal: Airway Delivery of Low-Dose Miglustat Normalizes Nasal Potential Difference in F508del Cystic Fibrosis Mice; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1022-1028. First published online March 19 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0049OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andreas D. Flouris, Giorgos S. Metsios, Andres E. Carrillo, Athanasios Z. Jamurtas, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, Theodoros Kiropoulos, Manolis N. Tzatzarakis, Aristidis M. Tsatsakis, and Yiannis Koutedakis: Acute and Short-term Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Lung Function and Cytokine Production; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1029-1033. First published online March 5 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200812-1920OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

James M. Samet, Ana Rappold, Donald Graff, Wayne E. Cascio, Jon H. Berntsen, Yuh-Chin T. Huang, Margaret Herbst, Maryann Bassett, Tracey Montilla, Milan J. Hazucha, Philip A. Bromberg, and Robert B. Devlin: Concentrated Ambient Ultrafine Particle Exposure Induces Cardiac Changes in Young Healthy Volunteers; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1034-1042. First published online February 20 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1043OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Shinichiro Ohshimo, Francesco Bonella, Ai Cui, Martin Beume, Nobuoki Kohno, Josune Guzman, and Ulrich Costabel: Significance of Bronchoalveolar Lavage for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1043-1047. First published online February 26 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1313OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anderson J. Ferreira, Vinayak Shenoy, Yoriko Yamazato, Srinivas Sriramula, Joseph Francis, Lihui Yuan, Ronald K. Castellano, David A. Ostrov, Suk Paul Oh, Michael J. Katovich, and Mohan K. Raizada: Evidence for Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 as a Therapeutic Target for the Prevention of Pulmonary Hypertension; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1048-1054. First published online February 26 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1678OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David P. Holland, Gillian D. Sanders, Carol D. Hamilton, and Jason E. Stout: Costs and Cost-effectiveness of Four Treatment Regimens for Latent Tuberculosis Infection; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1055-1060. First published online March 19 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0153OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Prabhat K. Sharma, Pradip K. Saha, Amar Singh, Surendra K. Sharma, Balaram Ghosh, and Dipendra K. Mitra: FoxP3⁺ Regulatory T Cells Suppress Effector T-Cell Function at Pathologic Site in Miliary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1061-1070. First published online February 26 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200804-529OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Micaela Romagnoli, Carlo Gurioli, Gianluca Casoni, and Venerino Poletti: Surgical Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Idiopathic NSIP: Do We Always Need It in the Initial Approach?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1071 [Full Text] [PDF]

William D. Travis, Thomas V. Colby, Jeffery R. Galvin, Gary Hunninghake, Talmadge E. King, Jr., and David A. Lynch The Writing Committee, on Behalf of the ATS Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia Project Committee: Surgical Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Idiopathic NSIP: Do We Always Need It in the Initial Approach?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1071-1072 [Full Text] [PDF]

William B. Grant: The Roles of Vitamin D, Temperature, and Viral Infections in Seasonal Risk of Acquiring Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1072 [Full Text] [PDF]

Pingsheng Wu, William D. Dupont, Marie R. Griffin, and Tina V. Hartert: The Roles of Vitamin D, Temperature, and Viral Infections in Seasonal Risk of Acquiring Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1072-1073 [Full Text] [PDF]

Raphael Borie, Bruno Crestani, and Hôpital Bichat: Prevalence of Telomere Shortening in Familial and Sporadic Pulmonary Fibrosis Is Increased in Men; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 1073 [Full Text] [PDF]