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Airwaves

  • Highlights from this issue

    • Andrew Bush,
    • Ian Pavord
    Thorax 2012;67:5 i doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202004

Editorials

  • Genotyping in primary ciliary dyskinesia: ready for prime time, or a fringe benefit?

    • Claire Hogg,
    • Andrew Bush
    Thorax 2012;67:5 377-378 Published Online First: 9 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201320

  • Should we be pursuing the earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in symptomatic patients?

    • Michael D Peake
    Thorax 2012;67:5 379-380 Published Online First: 17 March 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201449

  • Airway disease and emphysema on CT: not just phenotypes of lung pathology

    • Peter D Paré,
    • Pat G Camp
    Thorax 2012;67:5 380-382 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201769

  • Hot off the breath: ‘I've a cost for’—the 64 million dollar question

    • Andrew Bush,
    • Nicholas J Simmonds
    Thorax 2012;67:5 382-384 Published Online First: 10 March 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201798

Original articles

Airway biology

  • Original article: A genome-wide analysis of open chromatin in human tracheal epithelial cells reveals novel candidate regulatory elements for lung function

    • Jared M Bischof,
    • Christopher J Ott,
    • Shih-Hsing Leir,
    • Nehal Gosalia,
    • Lingyun Song,
    • Darin London,
    • Terrence S Furey,
    • Calvin U Cotton,
    • Gregory E Crawford,
    • Ann Harris
    Thorax 2012;67:5 385-391 Published Online First: 14 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200880

Asthma

  • Original article: Glucocorticoid receptor β and histone deacetylase 1 and 2 expression in the airways of severe asthma

    • Claire A Butler,
    • Stephen McQuaid,
    • Cliff C Taggart,
    • Sinead Weldon,
    • Richard Carter,
    • Grzegorz Skibinski,
    • Timothy J Warke,
    • David F Choy,
    • Lorcan P McGarvey,
    • Peter Bradding,
    • Joe R Arron,
    • Liam G Heaney
    Thorax 2012;67:5 392-398 Published Online First: 8 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200760

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Original article: Relationship between quantitative CT metrics and health status and BODE in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Carlos H Martinez,
    • Ya-Hong Chen,
    • Phillip M Westgate,
    • Lyrica X Liu,
    • Susan Murray,
    • Jeffrey L Curtis,
    • Barry J Make,
    • Ella A Kazerooni,
    • David A Lynch,
    • Nathaniel Marchetti,
    • George R Washko,
    • Fernando J Martinez,
    • MeiLan K Han,
    • COPDGene Investigators
    Thorax 2012;67:5 399-406 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201185

Interstitial lung disease

  • Original article: Relative versus absolute change in forced vital capacity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    • Luca Richeldi,
    • Christopher J Ryerson,
    • Joyce S Lee,
    • Paul J Wolters,
    • Laura L Koth,
    • Brett Ley,
    • Brett M Elicker,
    • Kirk D Jones,
    • Talmadge E King, Jr,
    • Jay H Ryu,
    • Harold R Collard
    Thorax 2012;67:5 407-411 Published Online First: 17 March 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201184

Lung cancer

  • Original article: Early diagnosis of lung cancer: evaluation of a community-based social marketing intervention

    • Victoria L Athey,
    • Rupert J Suckling,
    • Angela M Tod,
    • Stephen J Walters,
    • Trevor K Rogers
    Thorax 2012;67:5 412-417 Published Online First: 2 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200714
    Editor's Choice

  • Original article: Attitudes to participation in a lung cancer screening trial: a qualitative study

    • Deesha Patel,
    • Ajiri Akporobaro,
    • Nyasha Chinyanganya,
    • Allan Hackshaw,
    • Clive Seale,
    • Stephen G Spiro,
    • Chris Griffiths
    Thorax 2012;67:5 418-425 Published Online First: 21 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200055

  • Original article: Knowledge of lung cancer symptoms and risk factors in the UK: development of a measure and results from a population-based survey

    • Alice E Simon,
    • Dorota Juszczyk,
    • Nina Smyth,
    • Emily Power,
    • Sara Hiom,
    • Michael D Peake,
    • Jane Wardle
    Thorax 2012;67:5 426-432 Published Online First: 16 March 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200898

Respiratory research

  • Original article: Mutations of DNAH11 in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia with normal ciliary ultrastructure

    • Michael R Knowles,
    • Margaret W Leigh,
    • Johnny L Carson,
    • Stephanie D Davis,
    • Sharon D Dell,
    • Thomas W Ferkol,
    • Kenneth N Olivier,
    • Scott D Sagel,
    • Margaret Rosenfeld,
    • Kimberlie A Burns,
    • Susan L Minnix,
    • Michael C Armstrong,
    • Adriana Lori,
    • Milan J Hazucha,
    • Niki T Loges,
    • Heike Olbrich,
    • Anita Becker-Heck,
    • Miriam Schmidts,
    • Claudius Werner,
    • Heymut Omran,
    • Maimoona A Zariwala,
    • for the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium
    Thorax 2012;67:5 433-441 Published Online First: 18 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200301

Reviews

  • Metabolic surgery and obstructive sleep apnoea: the protective effects of bariatric procedures

    • Hutan Ashrafian,
    • Carel W le Roux,
    • Simon P Rowland,
    • Mariam Ali,
    • Andrew R Cummin,
    • Ara Darzi,
    • Thanos Athanasiou
    Thorax 2012;67:5 442-449 Published Online First: 27 June 2011 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.151225

  • Key observations from the NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Network

    • Stanley J Szefler,
    • Vernon M Chinchilli,
    • Elliot Israel,
    • Loren Clark Denlinger,
    • Robert F Lemanske, Jr,
    • William Calhoun,
    • Stephen P Peters,
    • for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Asthma Clinical Research Network
    Thorax 2012;67:5 450-455 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201876

  • Significance of the microbiome in obstructive lung disease

    • MeiLan K Han,
    • Yvonne J Huang,
    • John J LiPuma,
    • Homer A Boushey,
    • Richard C Boucher,
    • William O Cookson,
    • Jeffrey L Curtis,
    • John Erb-Downward,
    • Susan V Lynch,
    • Sanjay Sethi,
    • Galen B Toews,
    • Vincent B Young,
    • Matthew C Wolfgang,
    • Gary B Huffnagle,
    • Fernando J Martinez
    Thorax 2012;67:5 456-463 Published Online First: 8 February 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201183

PostScript

  • Correspondence: Cutting edge genetic studies in primary ciliary dyskinesia

    • Michael R Knowles,
    • Margaret W Leigh,
    • Maimoona A Zariwala
    Thorax 2012;67:5 464 Published Online First: 10 February 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201609

  • Correspondence: Authors' response

    • Andrew Bush,
    • Claire Hogg
    Thorax 2012;67:5 464 Published Online First: 10 February 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201620

Chest clinic

Basic science for the chest physician

  • Basic science for the chest physician: Basic science for the chest physician: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the cystic fibrosis airway

    • Huw D Williams,
    • Jane C Davies
    Thorax 2012;67:5 465-467 Published Online First: 1 March 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201498

Pulmonary puzzles

  • Pulmonary puzzle: Pulmonary mass in a 19-year-old male

    • Laura-Jane E Smith,
    • David R Lawrence,
    • Irfan Kayani,
    • Arrigo Capitanio,
    • Mary Falzon,
    • Sam M Janes,
    • Neal Navani
    Thorax 2012;67:5 468 Published Online First: 21 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200732

Miscellanea

  • Journal club: Azithromycin 250 mg daily reduces exacerbation frequency and improves quality of life in selected COPD patients

    • K D S Pannu
    Thorax 2012;67:5 391 Published Online First: 13 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201189

  • Journal club: Service targeting hard to reach tuberculosis patients in London is cost effective

    • Sinan R Eccles
    Thorax 2012;67:5 406 Published Online First: 20 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201188

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