EDITORIALS:

Yvonne M. W. Janssen-Heininger and Albert van der Vliet

Oxidants Are Not All Created Equal: Could Hydrogen Peroxide Actually Be Good for Our Lungs?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 627-628 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hazel M. Dockrell and Ying Zhang

A Courageous Step Down the Road toward a New Tuberculosis Vaccine

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 628-629 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE:

Wim Janssens, An Lehouck, Claudia Carremans, Roger Bouillon, Chantal Mathieu, and Marc Decramer

Vitamin D Beyond Bones in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Time to Act

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 630-636. First published online January 22 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1576PP [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

Andrew Bush

Update in Pediatric Lung Disease 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 637-649 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Humbert

Update in Pulmonary Hypertension 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 650-656 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

Zhang Bao, Shouping Guan, Chang Cheng, Songlian Wu, Siew Heng Wong, D. Michael Kemeny, Bernard P. Leung, and W. S. Fred Wong

A Novel Antiinflammatory Role for Andrographolide in Asthma via Inhibition of the Nuclear Factor-B Pathway

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 657-665. First published online February 6 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1516OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Gordon J. Gaschler, Marko Skrtic, Caleb C. J. Zavitz, Maria Lindahl, Per-Ola Onnervik, Timothy F. Murphy, Sanjay Sethi, and Martin R. Stämpfli

Bacteria Challenge in Smoke-exposed Mice Exacerbates Inflammation and Skews the Inflammatory Profile

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 666-675. First published online January 29 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1306OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Critical Care:

Jason P. Lott, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Jason D. Christie, David A. Asch, Andrew A. Kramer, and Jeremy M. Kahn

Critical Illness Outcomes in Specialty versus General Intensive Care Units

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 676-683. First published online February 6 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1281OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter M. Spieth, Alysson R. Carvalho, Paolo Pelosi, Catharina Hoehn, Christoph Meissner, Michael Kasper, Matthias Hübler, Matthias von Neindorff, Constanze Dassow, Martina Barrenschee, Stefan Uhlig, Thea Koch, and Marcelo Gama de Abreu

Variable Tidal Volumes Improve Lung Protective Ventilation Strategies in Experimental Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 684-693. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200806-975OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski, Emmanuel Lorne, Xia Zhao, Yuko Tsuruta, Yonggang Sha, Gang Liu, and Edward Abraham

Antiinflammatory Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide in Neutrophil Activation and Acute Lung Injury

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 694-704. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200806-851OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Amrita D. Joshi, Daniel J. Fong, Sameer R. Oak, Glenda Trujillo, Kevin R. Flaherty, Fernando J. Martinez, and Cory M. Hogaboam

Interleukin-17–mediated Immunopathogenesis in Experimental Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 705-716. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1700OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Antje Prasse, Corinna Probst, Elena Bargagli, Gernot Zissel, Galen B. Toews, Kevin R. Flaherty, Manfred Olschewski, Paola Rottoli, and Joachim Müller-Quernheim

Serum CC-Chemokine Ligand 18 Concentration Predicts Outcome in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 717-723. First published online January 29 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1201OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Tuberculosis:

Clare R. Sander, Ansar A. Pathan, Natalie E. R. Beveridge, Ian Poulton, Angela Minassian, Nicola Alder, Johan Van Wijgerden, Adrian V. S. Hill, Fergus V. Gleeson, Robert J. O. Davies, Geoffrey Pasvol, and Helen McShane

Safety and Immunogenicity of a New Tuberculosis Vaccine, MVA85A, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis–infected Individuals

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 724-733. First published online January 16 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1486OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Niall Keaney, Andrea Kay, and Ian Taylor

Guidelines and the Diagnosis of COPD

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 734 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory S. Sawicki, Lawrence Rasouliyan, and Clement L. Ren

The Impact of MRSA on Lung Function in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 734-735 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elliott C. Dasenbrook, Christian A. Merlo, Noah Lechtzin, and Michael P. Boyle

The Impact of MRSA on Lung Function in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 735 [Full Text] [PDF]  

En-Ting Chang

Ethnic Effect and the Study of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 735-736 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malcolm Kohler and John R. Stradling

Ethnic Effect and the Study of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 736 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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