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Airwaves

  • Highlights from this issue

    • Andrew Bush,
    • Ian Pavord
    Thorax 2012;67:2 i doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201572

Editorials

  • Hot off the breath: triple therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis—hear the PANTHER roar

    • Emmet E McGrath,
    • Ann B Millar
    Thorax 2012;67:2 97-98 Published Online First: 8 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201398

  • The asbestos disease epidemic: here today, here tomorrow

    • Paul Cullinan,
    • Neil Pearce
    Thorax 2012;67:2 98-99 Published Online First: 28 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201180

  • Continuous versus intermittent inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide) for mild persistent asthma in children—not too much, not too little

    • Markku Turpeinen,
    • Anna S Pelkonen,
    • Olof Selroos,
    • Kurt Nikander,
    • Tari Haahtela
    Thorax 2012;67:2 100-102 Published Online First: 28 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200246

  • Continuous versus intermittent inhaled corticosteroids for mild persistent asthma in children: not too much, not too little

    • Francine M Ducharme
    Thorax 2012;67:2 102-105 Published Online First: 13 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200961

Original articles

Occupational lung disease

  • Original article: A 37-year observation of mortality in Chinese chrysotile asbestos workers

    • Xiaorong Wang,
    • Eiji Yano,
    • Hong Qiu,
    • Ignatius Yu,
    • Midori N Courtice,
    • L A Tse,
    • Sihao Lin,
    • Mianzhen Wang
    Thorax 2012;67:2 106-110 Published Online First: 21 September 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200169

  • Original article: Occupational exposure to organic dust increases lung cancer risk in the general population

    • Susan Peters,
    • Hans Kromhout,
    • Ann C Olsson,
    • Heinz-Erich Wichmann,
    • Irene Brüske,
    • Dario Consonni,
    • Maria Teresa Landi,
    • Neil Caporaso,
    • Jack Siemiatycki,
    • Lorenzo Richiardi,
    • Dario Mirabelli,
    • Lorenzo Simonato,
    • Per Gustavsson,
    • Nils Plato,
    • Karl-Heinz Jöckel,
    • Wolfgang Ahrens,
    • Hermann Pohlabeln,
    • Paolo Boffetta,
    • Paul Brennan,
    • David Zaridze,
    • Adrian Cassidy,
    • Jolanta Lissowska,
    • Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska,
    • Peter Rudnai,
    • Eleonora Fabianova,
    • Francesco Forastiere,
    • Vladimir Bencko,
    • Lenka Foretova,
    • Vladimir Janout,
    • Isabelle Stücker,
    • Rodica Stanescu Dumitru,
    • Simone Benhamou,
    • Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita,
    • Benjamin Kendzia,
    • Beate Pesch,
    • Kurt Straif,
    • Thomas Brüning,
    • Roel Vermeulen
    Thorax 2012;67:2 111-116 Published Online First: 19 August 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200716

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Original article: Dyspnoea severity and pneumonia as predictors of in-hospital mortality and early readmission in acute exacerbations of COPD

    • J Steer,
    • E M Norman,
    • O A Afolabi,
    • G J Gibson,
    • S C Bourke
    Thorax 2012;67:2 117-121 Published Online First: 6 September 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200332

  • Original article: Gene expression networks in COPD: microRNA and mRNA regulation

    • Michael E Ezzie,
    • Melissa Crawford,
    • Ji-Hoon Cho,
    • Robert Orellana,
    • Shile Zhang,
    • Richard Gelinas,
    • Kara Batte,
    • Lianbo Yu,
    • Gerard Nuovo,
    • David Galas,
    • Philip Diaz,
    • Kai Wang,
    • S Patrick Nana-Sinkam
    Thorax 2012;67:2 122-131 Published Online First: 22 September 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200089

Respiratory infection

  • Original article: Nursing-home-acquired pneumonia in Germany: an 8-year prospective multicentre study

    • Santiago Ewig,
    • Benjamin Klapdor,
    • Mathias W Pletz,
    • Gernot Rohde,
    • Hartwig Schütte,
    • Tom Schaberg,
    • Torsten T Bauer,
    • Tobias Welte,
    • for the CAPNETZ study group
    Thorax 2012;67:2 132-138 Published Online First: 5 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200630
    Editor's Choice

Interstitial lung disease

  • Original article: Proteasomal inhibition after injury prevents fibrosis by modulating TGF-β1 signalling

    • Gökhan M Mutlu,
    • G R Scott Budinger,
    • Minghua Wu,
    • Anna P Lam,
    • Aaron Zirk,
    • Stephanie Rivera,
    • Daniela Urich,
    • Sergio E Chiarella,
    • Leonard H T Go,
    • Asish K Ghosh,
    • Moises Selman,
    • Annie Pardo,
    • John Varga,
    • David W Kamp,
    • Navdeep S Chandel,
    • Jacob Iasha Sznajder,
    • Manu Jain
    Thorax 2012;67:2 139-146 Published Online First: 15 September 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200717

  • Original article: Sphingosine-1-phosphate is increased in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and mediates epithelial to mesenchymal transition

    • Javier Milara,
    • Rafael Navarro,
    • Gustavo Juan,
    • Teresa Peiró,
    • Adela Serrano,
    • Mercedes Ramón,
    • Esteban Morcillo,
    • Julio Cortijo
    Thorax 2012;67:2 147-156 Published Online First: 21 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200026

Exhaled markers

  • Original article: Alveolar concentration of nitric oxide predicts pulmonary function deterioration in scleroderma

    • Kiet Phong Tiev,
    • Thong Hua-Huy,
    • Adrien Kettaneh,
    • Yannick Allanore,
    • Nhat-Nam Le-Dong,
    • Sy Duong-Quy,
    • Jean Cabane,
    • Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan
    Thorax 2012;67:2 157-163 Published Online First: 24 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200499

Cystic fibrosis

  • Original article: Distinct patterns of inflammation in the airway lumen and bronchial mucosa of children with cystic fibrosis

    • Nicolas Regamey,
    • Lemonia Tsartsali,
    • Tom N Hilliard,
    • Oliver Fuchs,
    • Hui-Leng Tan,
    • Jie Zhu,
    • Yu-Sheng Qiu,
    • Eric W F W Alton,
    • Peter K Jeffery,
    • Andrew Bush,
    • Jane C Davies
    Thorax 2012;67:2 164-170 Published Online First: 18 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200585

Review

  • Thorax in focus: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • David B Hodgson,
    • Gauri Saini,
    • Charlotte E Bolton,
    • Michael C Steiner
    Thorax 2012;67:2 171-176 Published Online First: 8 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201231

PostScript

  • Correspondence: Should bronchoscopy be advocated to study airway remodelling and inflammation in adults with cystic fibrosis?

    • Pierre-Régis Burgel,
    • Clémence Martin,
    • Isabelle Fajac,
    • Daniel J Dusser
    Thorax 2012;67:2 177 Published Online First: 11 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200824

  • Correspondence: Authors' response

    • Nicolas Regamey,
    • Peter K Jeffery,
    • Eric W F W Alton,
    • Andrew Bush,
    • Jane C Davies
    Thorax 2012;67:2 177 Published Online First: 11 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200913

  • Correspondence: The cloud of pulmonary embolism during COPD exacerbation

    • Laurent Bertoletti,
    • Patrick Mismetti,
    • Hervé Decousus
    Thorax 2012;67:2 177-178 Published Online First: 18 June 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200416

  • Correspondence: Authors' response

    • C L Chang,
    • R J Hancox
    Thorax 2012;67:2 178 Published Online First: 18 June 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200512

  • Correction: Correction

    Thorax 2012;67:2 178 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201054c.151corr1

  • Correction: Correction

    Thorax 2012;67:2 178 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201054c.163corr1

  • Correction: Correction

    Thorax 2012;67:2 178 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201054c.233corr1

  • Correction: Correction

    Thorax 2012;67:2 178 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201054c.179corr1

Chest clinic

Opinion

  • Opinion: In search of the fibrotic epithelial cell: opportunities for a collaborative network

    • Gisli Jenkins,
    • Andrew Blanchard,
    • Zea Borok,
    • Peter Bradding,
    • Carsten Ehrhardt,
    • Andrew Fisher,
    • Nik Hirani,
    • Simon Johnson,
    • Melanie Königshoff,
    • Toby M Maher,
    • Ann Millar,
    • Helen Parfrey,
    • Chris Scotton,
    • Terry Tetley,
    • David Thickett,
    • Paul Wolters
    Thorax 2012;67:2 179-182 Published Online First: 15 June 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200195

Basic science for the chest physician

  • Basic science for the chest physician: MicroRNAs in lung diseases

    • Tom Pagdin,
    • Paul Lavender
    Thorax 2012;67:2 183-184 Published Online First: 11 August 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200532

Research update

  • Research update: Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal cancer: the PulMiCC trial

    • Tom Treasure,
    • Lesley Fallowfield,
    • Belinda Lees,
    • Vern Farewell
    Thorax 2012;67:2 185-187 Published Online First: 10 May 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200015

Images in Thorax

  • Images in Thorax: Pulmonary hamartoma mimicking primary bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma

    • Chun-Chao Huang,
    • Chin-Yin Sheu,
    • Chi-Yuan Tzen,
    • Wen-Chien Huang
    Thorax 2012;67:2 187-188 Published Online First: 23 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200914

Miscellanea

  • Journal club: Call for reviewers for journal club in Thorax

    • Jennifer Quint
    Thorax 2012;67:2 116 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201619

  • Journal club: Improved survival in cystic fibrosis patients with severely impaired lung function

    • Vishal Narwani
    Thorax 2012;67:2 138 Published Online First: 4 May 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200357

  • Journal club: Environmental micro-organisms and childhood asthma: the more the merrier?

    • K Srikanthan
    Thorax 2012;67:2 156 Published Online First: 23 May 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200404

  • Journal club: Lectin-mediated innate defences are important in limiting disease in influenza

    • Neelam Kumar
    Thorax 2012;67:2 163 Published Online First: 6 May 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200358

  • Journal club: Role of kinase suppressor of Ras-1 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

    • Syed Huq
    Thorax 2012;67:2 170 Published Online First: 14 May 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200360

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