EDITORIALS:

Tim S. Nawrot and Ian Adcock

The Detrimental Health Effects of Traffic-related Air Pollution: A Role for DNA Methylation?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 523-524 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bethany B. Moore

Fibrocytes as Potential Biomarkers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 524-525 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farrah Kheradmand, Amarbir Singh Mattewal, and David B. Corry

At Last, an Immune Organ We Can Call Our Own?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 525-527 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

Richard L. Horner and T. Douglas Bradley

Update in Sleep and Control of Ventilation 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 528-532 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John D Maclay, Roberto A Rabinovich, and William MacNee

Update in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 533-541 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

John A. Marwick, Gaetano Caramori, Christopher S. Stevenson, Paolo Casolari, Elen Jazrawi, Peter J. Barnes, Kazuhiro Ito, Ian M. Adcock, Paul A. Kirkham, and Alberto Papi

Inhibition of PI3K Restores Glucocorticoid Function in Smoking-induced Airway Inflammation in Mice

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 542-548. First published online January 22 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1570OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Sally E. Wenzel, Peter J. Barnes, Eugene R. Bleecker, Jean Bousquet, William Busse, Sven-Erik Dahlén, Stephen T. Holgate, Deborah A. Meyers, Klaus F. Rabe, Adam Antczak, James Baker, Ildiko Horvath, Zsuzsanna Mark, David Bernstein, Edward Kerwin, Rozsa Schlenker-Herceg, Kim Hung Lo, Rosemary Watt, Elliot S. Barnathan, and Pascal Chanez on behalf of the T03 Asthma Investigators

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of Tumor Necrosis Factor- Blockade in Severe Persistent Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 549-558. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1512OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Roxann Diez Gross, Charles W. Atwood, Jr., Sheryl B. Ross, Joan W. Olszewski, and Kimberly A. Eichhorn

The Coordination of Breathing and Swallowing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 559-565. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1139OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Savale, Ari Chaouat, Sylvie Bastuji-Garin, Elisabeth Marcos, Laurent Boyer, Bernard Maitre, Mourad Sarni, Bruno Housset, Emmanuel Weitzenblum, Mireille Matrat, Philippe Le Corvoisier, Dominique Rideau, Jorge Boczkowski, Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé, Christos Chouaid, and Serge Adnot

Shortened Telomeres in Circulating Leukocytes of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 566-571. First published online January 29 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1398OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Andrea Baccarelli, Robert O. Wright, Valentina Bollati, Letizia Tarantini, Augusto A. Litonjua, Helen H. Suh, Antonella Zanobetti, David Sparrow, Pantel S. Vokonas, and Joel Schwartz

Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 572-578. First published online January 8 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1097OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Christian Schindler, Dirk Keidel, Margaret W. Gerbase, Elisabeth Zemp, Robert Bettschart, Otto Brändli, Martin H. Brutsche, Luc Burdet, Werner Karrer, Bruno Knöpfli, Marco Pons, Regula Rapp, Lucy Bayer-Oglesby, Nino Künzli, Joel Schwartz, Lee-Jane S. Liu, Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich, Thierry Rochat, and the SAPALDIA Team

Improvements in PM₁₀ Exposure and Reduced Rates of Respiratory Symptoms in a Cohort of Swiss Adults (SAPALDIA)

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 579-587. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200803-388OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Antje Moeller, Sarah E. Gilpin, Kjetil Ask, Gerard Cox, Deborah Cook, Jack Gauldie, Peter J. Margetts, Laszlo Farkas, Julian Dobranowski, Colm Boylan, Paul M. O'Byrne, Robert M. Strieter, and Martin Kolb

Circulating Fibrocytes Are an Indicator of Poor Prognosis in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 588-594. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1534OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Lung Cancer and Oncologic Disorders:

Ellen M. Schultz, Adam A. Powell, Alex McMillan, Julie K. Olsson, Mark A. Enderle, Barry A. Graham, Diana L. Ordin, and Michael K. Gould

Hospital Characteristics Associated with Timeliness of Care in Veterans with Lung Cancer

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 595-600. First published online October 23 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200806-890OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Carrie V. Breton, Hita Vora, Muhammad T. Salam, Talat Islam, Made Wenten, W. James Gauderman, David Van Den Berg, Kiros Berhane, John M. Peters, and Frank D. Gilliland

Variation in the GST mu Locus and Tobacco Smoke Exposure as Determinants of Childhood Lung Function

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 601-607. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1384OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Myriam Kervern, Christophe Dubois, Mickael Naassila, Martine Daoust, and Olivier Pierrefiche

Perinatal Alcohol Exposure in Rat Induces Long-Term Depression of Respiration after Episodic Hypoxia

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 608-614. First published online December 23 2008 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200703-434OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

H. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Micah R. Fisher, Paul R. Forfia, Elzbieta Chamera, Traci Housten-Harris, Hunter C. Champion, Reda E. Girgis, Mary C. Corretti, and Paul M. Hassoun

Accuracy of Doppler Echocardiography in the Hemodynamic Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 615-621. First published online January 22 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1691OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Russell J. Hopp and Jefferey R. Stokes

The Natural History of Methacholine Responsivenesss in the CAMP Study: Who Becomes Unresponsive?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 622 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelan G. Tantisira, Ryan Colvin, James Tonascia, Robert C. Strunk, Scott T. Weiss, and Anne L. Fuhlbrigge For the Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group

The Natural History of Methacholine Responsivenesss in the CAMP Study: Who Becomes Unresponsive?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 622-623 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lewis Adams, Robert W. Lansing, Carl R. O'Donnell, David Paydarfar, and Robert B. Banzett

No Evidence for Reduction in Dyspnea Following Lesions of the Right Insula

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 623 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela Schön, Michael Rosenkranz, Jan Regelsberger, Bernhard Dahme, Christian Büchel, and Andreas von Leupoldt

No Evidence for Reduction in Dyspnea Following Lesions of the Right Insula

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 623-624 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deepti Malhotra

Erratum: Correction to Funding Acknowledgment

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 624 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward Abraham

Erratum: Mapping of a Novel Susceptibility Locus Suggests a Role for MC3R and CTSZ in Human Tuberculosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 624 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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