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Editorials

  • The laws of attraction: chemokines, neutrophils and eosinophils in severe exacerbations of asthma

    • Graziella Turato,
    • Simonetta Baraldo,
    • Renzo Zuin,
    • Marina Saetta
    Thorax 2007;62:6 465-466 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070656

  • Dietary supplements and asthma: another one bites the dust

    • Johanna Feary,
    • John Britton
    Thorax 2007;62:6 466-468 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073866

  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux and tachykinins in asthma and chronic cough

    • Alyn H Morice
    Thorax 2007;62:6 468-469 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070607

  • Systemic inflammation and progression of COPD

    • Jørgen Vestbo
    Thorax 2007;62:6 469-470 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.077792

  • Unsuspected pulmonary embolism on CT scanning: yet another headache for clinicians?

    • Sujal R Desai
    Thorax 2007;62:6 470-472 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067884

  • Acute renal failure in people with cystic fibrosis

    • Kevin W Southern
    Thorax 2007;62:6 472-473 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.072355

  • Changes to letters in Thorax

    • J R Hurst,
    • J A Wedzicha
    Thorax 2007;62:6 474 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082685

Airwaves

Corrections

  • Corrections

    Thorax 2007;62:6 474 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.58313corr1

  • Corrections

    Thorax 2007;62:6 474 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.073080corr1

Asthma

  • Bronchial mucosal inflammation and upregulation of CXC chemoattractants and receptors in severe exacerbations of asthma

    • Yusheng Qiu,
    • Jie Zhu,
    • Venkata Bandi,
    • Kay K Guntupalli,
    • Peter K Jeffery
    Thorax 2007;62:6 475-482 Published Online First: 18 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066670

  • Randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of selenium supplementation in adult asthma

    • Seif O Shaheen,
    • Roger B Newson,
    • Margaret P Rayman,
    • Angela P-L Wong,
    • Michael K Tumilty,
    • Joanna M Phillips,
    • James F Potts,
    • Frank J Kelly,
    • Patrick T White,
    • Peter G J Burney
    Thorax 2007;62:6 483-490 Published Online First: 18 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071563

  • Increased tachykinin levels in induced sputum from asthmatic and cough patients with acid reflux

    • Robert N Patterson,
    • Brian T Johnston,
    • Joy E S Ardill,
    • Liam G Heaney,
    • Lorcan P A McGarvey
    Thorax 2007;62:6 491-495 Published Online First: 24 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.063982

  • Pharmacy Asthma Care Program (PACP) improves outcomes for patients in the community

    • Carol Armour,
    • Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich,
    • Martha Brillant,
    • Debbie Burton,
    • Lynne Emmerton,
    • Ines Krass,
    • Bandana Saini,
    • Lorraine Smith,
    • Kay Stewart
    Thorax 2007;62:6 496-592 Published Online First: 24 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.064709

  • Relationship of asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis with obesity, exercise and Mediterranean diet in Spanish schoolchildren

    • Luis Garcia-Marcos,
    • Izaskun Miner Canflanca,
    • Jose Batlles Garrido,
    • Angel Lopez-Silvarrey Varela,
    • Gloria Garcia-Hernandez,
    • Francisco Guillen Grima,
    • Carlos Gonzalez-Diaz,
    • Ignacio Carvajal-Urueña,
    • Alberto Arnedo-Pena,
    • Rosa M Busquets-Monge,
    • Maria Morales Suarez-Varela,
    • Alfredo Blanco-Quiros
    Thorax 2007;62:6 503-508 Published Online First: 24 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.060020

Sleep disordered breathing

  • Cardiovascular risk markers in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and correlation with obesity

    • Silke Ryan,
    • Geraldine M Nolan,
    • Evelyn Hannigan,
    • Sean Cunningham,
    • Cormac Taylor,
    • Walter T McNicholas
    Thorax 2007;62:6 509-514 Published Online First: 24 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066720

Epidemiology

  • Systemic inflammation and decline in lung function in a general population: a prospective study

    • Andrew W Fogarty,
    • Stuart Jones,
    • John R Britton,
    • Sarah A Lewis,
    • Tricia M McKeever
    Thorax 2007;62:6 515-520 Published Online First: 24 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.066969

Miscellanea

  • Respiratory disease in the ophthalmology department

    • J K Quint,
    • A Elsheikh,
    • B Yung,
    • J Samuel,
    • D K Mukherjee
    Thorax 2007;62:6 520 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082578

  • Answer

    Thorax 2007;62:6 526 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.082578a

  • Using molecular markers as a means of predicting prognosis and outcomes in the treatment of lung cancer

    • Jenny Cosgrove
    Thorax 2007;62:6 535

  • Bronchial thermoplasty may improve asthma control up to 12 months after treatment

    • Neil Ward
    Thorax 2007;62:6 556

Paediatric lung disease

  • Respiratory function in healthy young children using forced oscillations

    • Graham L Hall,
    • Peter D Sly,
    • Takayoshi Fukushima,
    • Merci M Kusel,
    • Peter J Franklin,
    • Friedrich Horak, Jr,
    • Hilary Patterson,
    • Catherine Gangell,
    • Stephen M Stick
    Thorax 2007;62:6 521-526 Published Online First: 24 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067835

Mechanical ventilation

  • Role of the renin-angiotensin system in ventilator-induced lung injury: an in vivo study in a rat model

    • Jih-Shuin Jerng,
    • Yu-Chiao Hsu,
    • Huey-Dong Wu,
    • Hong-Zhen Pan,
    • Hao-Chien Wang,
    • Chia-Tung Shun,
    • Chong-Jen Yu,
    • Pan-Chyr Yang
    Thorax 2007;62:6 527-535 Published Online First: 18 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.061945

Pulmonary embolism

  • Prospective evaluation of unsuspected pulmonary embolism on contrast enhanced multidetector CT (MDCT) scanning

    • Gillian Ritchie,
    • Simon McGurk,
    • Catriona McCreath,
    • Catriona Graham,
    • John T Murchison
    Thorax 2007;62:6 536-540 Published Online First: 8 December 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.062299

Cystic fibrosis

  • Survey of acute renal failure in patients with cystic fibrosis in the UK

    • Carol Bertenshaw,
    • Alan R Watson,
    • Sarah Lewis,
    • Alan Smyth
    Thorax 2007;62:6 541-545 Published Online First: 18 January 2007 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067595

Review series

  • Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis · 1: Use of high resolution CT scanning of the lung for the evaluation of patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

    • Michael B Gotway,
    • Michelle M Freemer,
    • Talmadge E King, Jr
    Thorax 2007;62:6 546-553 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.040022

Case Report

  • Pseudomembranous colitis in four patients with cystic fibrosis following lung transplantation

    • B Yates,
    • D M Murphy,
    • A J Fisher,
    • F K Gould,
    • J L Lordan,
    • J H Dark,
    • P A Corris
    Thorax 2007;62:6 554-556 Published Online First: 6 April 2006 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.048652

Letters

  • Lung cancer in HIV infected patients

    • Jacques Cadranel,
    • Charles Mayaud
    Thorax 2007;62:6 557

  • Safety and tolerability of three consecutive bronchoscopies after allergen challenge in volunteers with mild asthma

    • H H Kariyawasam,
    • M Aizen,
    • A Barry Kay,
    • D S Robinson
    Thorax 2007;62:6 557-558 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073775

  • Macrophage enrichment from induced sputum

    • Liv I B Sikkeland,
    • Johny Kongerud,
    • Astrid M Stangeland,
    • Terje Haug,
    • Neil E Alexis
    Thorax 2007;62:6 558-559 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.073544

  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis—presence of receptor tyrosine kinases and the angiogenesis factor VEGF-A as potential therapeutic targets

    • Henrik Watz,
    • Knut Engels,
    • Siegfried Loeschke,
    • Michael Amthor,
    • Detlef Kirsten,
    • Helgo Magnussen
    Thorax 2007;62:6 559 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071811

Images in Thorax

  • 18F-FDG PET scan as follow-up tool for sarcoidosis with symptomatic cardiac conduction disturbances requiring a pacemaker

    • S Györik,
    • L Ceriani,
    • A Menafoglio,
    • A Gallino,
    • R Wyttenbach
    Thorax 2007;62:6 560 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.070805

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