EDITORIALS:

Graham Devereux, Helen Macdonald, and Catherine Hawrylowicz

Vitamin D and Asthma: Time for Intervention?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 739-740 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert John Wilkinson and Christoph Lange

Vitamin D and Tuberculosis: New Light on a Potent Biologic Therapy?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 740-742 [Full Text] [PDF]  

PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE UPDATES:

Robert A. Fowler, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Damon C. Scales, Warren L. Lee, and Gordon D. Rubenfeld

Update in Critical Care 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 743-758 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vibha N. Lama

Update in Lung Transplantation 2008

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 759-764 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Asthma and Allergy:

John M. Brehm, Juan C. Celedón, Manuel E. Soto-Quiros, Lydiana Avila, Gary M. Hunninghake, Erick Forno, Daniel Laskey, Jody S. Sylvia, Bruce W. Hollis, Scott T. Weiss, and Augusto A. Litonjua

Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 765-771. First published online January 29 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1361OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Jennifer Kearley, Karen F. Buckland, Sara A. Mathie, and Clare M. Lloyd

Resolution of Allergic Inflammation and Airway Hyperreactivity Is Dependent upon Disruption of the T1/ST2–IL-33 Pathway

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 772-781. First published online January 29 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200805-666OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Jinming Zhao, Ben Maskrey, Silvana Balzar, Kazuyuki Chibana, Anthony Mustovich, Haizhen Hu, John B. Trudeau, Valerie O'Donnell, and Sally E. Wenzel

Interleukin-13–induced MUC5AC Is Regulated by 15-Lipoxygenase 1 Pathway in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 782-790. First published online February 12 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200811-1744OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:

Gerard J. Criner, Victor Pinto-Plata, Charlie Strange, Mark Dransfield, Mark Gotfried, William Leeds, Geoffrey McLennan, Yael Refaely, Sanjiv Tewari, Mark Krasna, and Bartolome Celli

Biologic Lung Volume Reduction in Advanced Upper Lobe Emphysema: Phase 2 Results

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 791-798. First published online January 29 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1639OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven G. Kelsen, Mark O. Aksoy, Mary Georgy, Richard Hershman, Rong Ji, XiuXia Li, Matthew Hurford, Charalambos Solomides, Wissam Chatila, and Victor Kim

Lymphoid Follicle Cells in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overexpress the Chemokine Receptor CXCR3

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 799-805. First published online February 12 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1089OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Critical Care:

Naoyuki Matsuda, Seiji Yamamoto, Ken-ichi Takano, Shun-ichiro Kageyama, Yusuke Kurobe, Yasunori Yoshihara, Yasuo Takano, and Yuichi Hattori

Silencing of Fas-associated Death Domain Protects Mice from Septic Lung Inflammation and Apoptosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 806-815. First published online February 6 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200804-534OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Cystic Fibrosis:

Shama Ahmad, Aftab Ahmad, Elena S. Dremina, Victor S. Sharov, Xiaoling Guo, Tara N. Jones, Joan E. Loader, Jason R. Tatreau, Anne-Laure Perraud, Christian Schöneich, Scott H. Randell, and Carl W. White

Bcl-2 Suppresses Sarcoplasmic/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase Expression in Cystic Fibrosis Airways: Role in Oxidant-mediated Cell Death

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 816-826. First published online February 6 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200807-1104OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

E. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Victor C. Van Hee, Sara D. Adar, Adam A. Szpiro, R. Graham Barr, David A. Bluemke, Ana V. Diez Roux, Edward A. Gill, Lianne Sheppard, and Joel D. Kaufman

Exposure to Traffic and Left Ventricular Mass and Function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 827-834. First published online January 22 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1344OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Pulmonary Vascular Disease:

Kari E. Roberts, Michael B. Fallon, Michael J. Krowka, Robert S. Brown, James F. Trotter, Inga Peter, Hocine Tighiouart, James A. Knowles, Daniel Rabinowitz, Raymond L. Benza, David B. Badesch, Darren B. Taichman, Evelyn M. Horn, Steven Zacks, Neil Kaplowitz, and Steven M. Kawut for the Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease Study Group

Genetic Risk Factors for Portopulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 835-842. First published online February 12 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200809-1472OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Tuberculosis:

Christian Wejse, Victor F. Gomes, Paulo Rabna, Per Gustafson, Peter Aaby, Ida M. Lisse, Paul L. Andersen, Henning Glerup, and Morten Sodemann

Vitamin D as Supplementary Treatment for Tuberculosis: A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 843-850. First published online January 29 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200804-567OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Bogdan Grigoriu and Arnaud Scherpereel

Screening for Malignant Mesothelioma—Looking for the Holy Grail

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 851 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah H. Yates, Eun-Kee Park, Paul S. Thomas, Jenette Creaney, Bruce W. Robinson, and Anthony R. Johnson

Screening for Malignant Mesothelioma—Looking for the Holy Grail

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 851-852 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianmin Xue and Steven R. Duncan

Are Telomere Lengths of Leukocytes from Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis Really Genetically Determined?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 852 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Kim Garcia, Chao Xing, Randall Rosenblatt, Jennifer Cronkhite, and Ganesh Raghu

Are Telomere Lengths of Leukocytes from Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis Really Genetically Determined?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 852-853 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel K. Ng and Chung-hong Chan

Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Contributes to a Leading Health Burden

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 853 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian J. Lipworth

Long-Acting β₂ Agonists and Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 179: 853-854 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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