EDITORIALS:

Andrea Baccarelli

Breathe Deeply into Your Genes!: Genetic Variants and Air Pollution Effects

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 431-432 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Enright

Overindulgence Overweight Reduced Vital Capacity Reduced Longevity

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 432-433 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE:

Kevin L. Lawrence and Marin H. Kollef

Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Intensive Care Unit: Advances and Obstacles

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 434-438. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1394CP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

Juergen Behr and Victor J. Thannickal

Update in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 439-444 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felix Ratjen

Update in Cystic Fibrosis 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 445-448 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Myung Hyun Sohn, Ji Hyun Lee, Kyung Won Kim, So Won Kim, Sung Hee Lee, Kyu-Earn Kim, Kyung Hwan Kim, Chun Geun Lee, Jack A. Elias, and Min Goo Lee

Genetic Variation in the Promoter Region of Chitinase 3-Like 1 Is Associated with Atopy

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 449-456. First published online December 23 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1422OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Ann E. Tilley, Ben-Gary Harvey, Adriana Heguy, Neil R. Hackett, Rui Wang, Timothy P. O'Connor, and Ronald G. Crystal

Down-regulation of the Notch Pathway in Human Airway Epithelium in Association with Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 457-466. First published online December 23 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200705-795OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Critical Care:

Robert J. Freishtat, JoAnne Natale, Angela S. Benton, Joanna Cohen, Matthew Sharron, Andrew A. Wiles, Wai-Man Ngor, Bahar Mojgani, Margaret Bradbury, Andrew Degnan, Reecha Sachdeva, Lindsay M. DeBiase, Svetlana Ghimbovschi, Matthew Chow, Clarice Bunag, Ervand Kristosturyan, and Eric P. Hoffman

Sepsis Alters the Megakaryocyte–Platelet Transcriptional Axis Resulting in Granzyme B–mediated Lymphotoxicity

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 467-473. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1085OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Konstantin Mayer, Almuth Kiessling, Juliane Ott, Martina Barbara Schaefer, Matthias Hecker, Ingrid Henneke, Richard Schulz, Andreas Günther, Jingdong Wang, Lijun Wu, Joachim Roth, Werner Seeger, and Jing X. Kang

Acute Lung Injury Is Reduced in fat-1 Mice Endogenously Synthesizing n-3 Fatty Acids

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 474-483. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1064OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Annette Peters, Sonja Greven, Iris M. Heid, Fiammetta Baldari, Susanne Breitner, Tom Bellander, Christina Chrysohoou, Thomas Illig, Bénédicte Jacquemin, Wolfgang Koenig, Timo Lanki, Fredrik Nyberg, Juha Pekkanen, Riccardo Pistelli, Regina Rückerl, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Alexandra Schneider, Jordi Sunyer, and H. Erich Wichmann for the AIRGENE Study Group

Fibrinogen Genes Modify the Fibrinogen Response to Ambient Particulate Matter

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 484-491. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200805-751OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Donald C. McCurnin, Richard A. Pierce, Brigham C. Willis, Ling Yi Chang, Bradley A. Yoder, Ivan S. Yuhanna, Philip L. Ballard, Ronald I. Clyman, Nahid Waleh, William Maniscalco, James D. Crapo, Peter H. Grubb, and Philip W. Shaul

Postnatal Estradiol Up-regulates Lung Nitric Oxide Synthases and Improves Lung Function in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 492-500. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200805-794OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Nick A. Antic, Catherine Buchan, Adrian Esterman, Michael Hensley, Matthew T. Naughton, Sharn Rowland, Bernadette Williamson, Samantha Windler, Simon Eckermann, and R. Doug McEvoy

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nurse-led Care for Symptomatic Moderate–Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 501-508. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1558OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Nathalie Leone, Dominique Courbon, Frédérique Thomas, Kathy Bean, Bertrand Jégo, Bénédicte Leynaert, Louis Guize, and Mahmoud Zureik

Lung Function Impairment and Metabolic Syndrome: The Critical Role of Abdominal Obesity

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 509-516. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1195OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Daniel C. Chambers

Lung Function in Ex-preterm Adults

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 517 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Bush, Mark Rosenthal, and Indra Narang

Lung Function in Ex-preterm Adults

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 517 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kwok Chiu Chang

Standardized Regimens and the Emergence of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 517-518 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anton Mak and Dick Menzies

Standardized Regimens and the Emergence of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 518-519 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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