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EDITORIALS:

Ralph J. Delfino

Do Endotoxin and Air Pollution Have a Synergistic Relationship to Asthma Onset or Exacerbation?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1037-1038 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto F. Machado

Identifying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma by Exhaled Breath Analysis: Does the (e)Nose Know?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1038-1039 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven H. Abman and Michael A. Matthay

Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Delivering the Secretome

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1039-1041 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Airway Biology:

Mark A. Birrell, Maria G. Belvisi, Megan Grace, Laura Sadofsky, Shoaib Faruqi, David J. Hele, Sarah A. Maher, Véronique Freund-Michel, and Alyn H. Morice

TRPA1 Agonists Evoke Coughing in Guinea Pig and Human Volunteers

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1042-1047. First published online September 3 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200905-0665OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

B. Asthma and Allergy:

Michishige Harada, Kazuhiko Obara, Tomomitsu Hirota, Tomohiro Yoshimoto, Yuki Hitomi, Masafumi Sakashita, Satoru Doi, Akihiko Miyatake, Kimie Fujita, Tadao Enomoto, Masami Taniguchi, Noritaka Higashi, Yuma Fukutomi, Kenji Nakanishi, Yusuke Nakamura, and Mayumi Tamari

A Functional Polymorphism in IL-18 Is Associated with Severity of Bronchial Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1048-1055. First published online September 10 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200905-0652OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Hyun Sil Lee, Allen Myers, and Jean Kim

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Drives Autocrine Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Survival in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1056-1067. First published online September 17 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200905-0740OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick H. Ryan, David I. Bernstein, James Lockey, Tiina Reponen, Linda Levin, Sergey Grinshpun, Manuel Villareal, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Jeff Burkle, and Grace LeMasters

Exposure to Traffic-related Particles and Endotoxin during Infancy Is Associated with Wheezing at Age 3 Years

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1068-1075. First published online September 10 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200808-1307OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

C. Diagnostic Methodology:

Niki Fens, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Marc P. van der Schee, Selma B. de Nijs, Erica Dijkers, Albert C. Roldaan, David Cheung, Elisabeth H. Bel, and Peter J. Sterk

Exhaled Breath Profiling Enables Discrimination of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1076-1082. First published online August 27 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200906-0939OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Francisco Garcia-Rio, Ali Dorgham, José M. Pino, Carlos Villasante, Cristina Garcia-Quero, and Rodolfo Alvarez-Sala

Lung Volume Reference Values for Women and Men 65 to 85 Years of Age

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1083-1091. First published online September 10 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0127OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

D. Critical Care:

Margaret A. Pisani, So Yeon Joyce Kong, Stanislav V. Kasl, Terrence E. Murphy, Katy L. B. Araujo, and Peter H. Van Ness

Days of Delirium Are Associated with 1-Year Mortality in an Older Intensive Care Unit Population

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1092-1097. First published online September 10 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200904-0537OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marieke A. D. van Zoelen, Thomas Vogl, Dirk Foell, Suzanne Q. Van Veen, Jan W. O. van Till, Sandrine Florquin, Michael W. Tanck, Xavier Wittebole, Pierre-François Laterre, Marja A. Boermeester, Johannes Roth, and Tom van der Poll

Expression and Role of Myeloid-related Protein-14 in Clinical and Experimental Sepsis

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1098-1106. First published online September 17 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200810-1552OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease:

Molini M. Patel, Lori Hoepner, Robin Garfinkel, Steven Chillrud, Andria Reyes, James W. Quinn, Frederica Perera, and Rachel L. Miller

Ambient Metals, Elemental Carbon, and Wheeze and Cough in New York City Children through 24 Months of Age

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1107-1113. First published online September 10 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0122OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

F. Interstitial Lung Disease:

Farshid N. Rouhani, Mark L. Brantly, Thomas C. Markello, Amanda Helip-Wooley, Kevin O'Brien, Richard Hess, Marjan Huizing, William A. Gahl, and Bernadette R. Gochuico

Alveolar Macrophage Dysregulation in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Type 1

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1114-1121. First published online September 3 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200901-0023OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

G. Pediatrics and Lung Development:

Muhammad Aslam, Rajiv Baveja, Olin D. Liang, Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez, Changjin Lee, S. Alex Mitsialis, and Stella Kourembanas

Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Attenuate Lung Injury in a Murine Model of Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1122-1130. First published online August 27 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200902-0242OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Timothy van Haaften, Roisin Byrne, Sebastien Bonnet, Gael Y. Rochefort, John Akabutu, Manaf Bouchentouf, Gloria J. Rey-Parra, Jacques Galipeau, Alois Haromy, Farah Eaton, Ming Chen, Kyoko Hashimoto, Doris Abley, Greg Korbutt, Stephen L. Archer, and Bernard Thébaud

Airway Delivery of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Prevents Arrested Alveolar Growth in Neonatal Lung Injury in Rats

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1131-1142. First published online August 27 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200902-0179OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

H. Sleep and Control of Ventilation:

Kevin J. Reichmuth, John M. Dopp, Steven R. Barczi, James B. Skatrud, Piotr Wojdyla, Don Hayes, Jr., and Barbara J. Morgan

Impaired Vascular Regulation in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1143-1150. First published online September 10 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200903-0393OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]  

Tianyu Zhang, Ming Zhang, Ian M. Rosenthal, Jacques H. Grosset, and Eric L. Nuermberger

Short-Course Therapy with Daily Rifapentine in a Murine Model of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1151-1157. First published online September 3 2009 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200905-0795OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Thomas M. Frey

Incidence and Prevention of ARDS: A Measure of Progress

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1158 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimo Zambon and Jean-Louis Vincent

Are Outcomes Improving in Patients with ARDS?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1158-1159 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Phua, Joan R. Badia, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Robert A. Fowler, Damon C. Scales, and Niall D. Ferguson

Are Outcomes Improving in Patients with ARDS?

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2009; 180: 1159 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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