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Acute lung injury

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Acute lung injury: Original article: Selective inhibition of intra-alveolar p55 TNF receptor attenuates ventilator-induced lung injury

Szabolcs Bertok,
Michael R Wilson,
Peter J Morley,
Ruud de Wildt,
Andrew Bayliffe,
Masao Takata

Thorax Published Online First: 9 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200590

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Acute lung injury: Original article: Mesenchymal stem cells enhance recovery and repair following ventilator-induced lung injury in the rat

Gerard F Curley,
Mairead Hayes,
Bilal Ansari,
Georgina Shaw,
Aideen Ryan,
Frank Barry,
Timothy O'Brien,
Daniel O'Toole,
John G Laffey

Thorax Published Online First: 21 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201059

Airway biology

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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 Published Online First: 14 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200880

Asthma

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Asthma: Original article: Allergic rhinitis is associated with poor asthma control in children with asthma

Eric P de Groot,
Anke Nijkamp,
Eric J Duiverman,
Paul L P Brand

Thorax Published Online First: 2 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201168

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Asthma: Original article: The composition of house dust mite is critical for mucosal barrier dysfunction and allergic sensitisation

S Post,
M C Nawijn,
T L Hackett,
M Baranowska,
R Gras,
A J M van Oosterhout,
I H Heijink

Thorax Published Online First: 13 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200606

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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 Published Online First: 8 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200760

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Asthma: Original article: uPAR regulates bronchial epithelial repair in vitro and is elevated in asthmatic epithelium

Ceri E Stewart,
Hala S Nijmeh,
Christopher E Brightling,
Ian Sayers

Thorax Published Online First: 3 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200508

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Asthma: Original article: Antibacterial antibody responses associated with the development of asthma in house dust mite-sensitised and non-sensitised children

Belinda J Hales,
Lee Ying Chai,
Claire E Elliot,
Leigh J Pearce,
Guicheng Zhang,
Tatjana K Heinrich,
Wendy-Anne Smith,
Merci M Kusel,
Patrick G Holt,
Peter D Sly,
Wayne R Thomas

Thorax Published Online First: 21 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200650

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Asthma: Original article: Impaired type I and III interferon response to rhinovirus infection during pregnancy and asthma

Rebecca Louise Forbes,
Peter G Gibson,
Vanessa E Murphy,
Peter A B Wark

Thorax Published Online First: 13 September 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200708

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Asthma: Use of sputum eosinophil counts to guide management in children with severe asthma

Louise Fleming,
Nicola Wilson,
Nicolas Regamey,
Andrew Bush

Thorax Published Online First: 8 August 2011 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.156836

Asthma and the environment

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Asthma and the environment: Original article: Nocturnal temperature controlled laminar airflow for treating atopic asthma: a randomised controlled trial

Robert J Boyle,
Christophe Pedroletti,
Magnus Wickman,
Leif Bjermer,
Erkka Valovirta,
Ronald Dahl,
Andrea Von Berg,
Olof Zetterström,
John O Warner,
for the 4A Study Group

Thorax Published Online First: 30 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200665

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Original article: Direct visualisation of collateral ventilation in COPD with hyperpolarised gas MRI

Helen Marshall,
Martin H Deppe,
Juan Parra-Robles,
Susan Hillis,
Catherine G Billings,
Smitha Rajaram,
Andrew Swift,
Sam R Miller,
Joanna H Watson,
Jan Wolber,
David A Lipson,
Rod Lawson,
Jim M Wild

Thorax Published Online First: 27 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200864

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Original article: Clinical validity of plasma and urinary desmosine as biomarkers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Jeffrey T-J Huang,
Rekha Chaudhuri,
Osama Albarbarawi,
Alun Barton,
Christal Grierson,
Petra Rauchhaus,
Christopher J Weir,
Martina Messow,
Nicola Stevens,
Charles McSharry,
Giora Feuerstein,
Somnath Mukhopadhyay,
Jeffrey Brady,
Colin N A Palmer,
Douglas Miller,
Neil C Thomson

Thorax Published Online First: 16 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200279

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Original article: Association between obstructive lung disease and markers of HIV infection in a high-risk cohort

M Bradley Drummond,
Gregory D Kirk,
Jacquie Astemborski,
Mariah M Marshall,
Shruti H Mehta,
John F McDyer,
Robert H Brown,
Robert A Wise,
Christian A Merlo

Thorax Published Online First: 16 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200702

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Original article: Time course and pattern of COPD exacerbation onset

Shawn D Aaron,
Gavin C Donaldson,
George A Whitmore,
John R Hurst,
Tim Ramsay,
Jadwiga A Wedzicha

Thorax Published Online First: 18 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200768

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Original article: Aclidinium inhibits human lung fibroblast to myofibroblast transition

Javier Milara,
Adela Serrano,
Teresa Peiró,
Amadeu Gavaldà,
Montserrat Miralpeix,
Esteban Jesús Morcillo,
Julio Cortijo

Thorax Published Online First: 28 September 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200376

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Cystic fibrosis

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Cystic fibrosis: Original article: Novel strategies in newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: a prospective controlled study

Annette M M Vernooij-van Langen,
J Gerard Loeber,
Bert Elvers,
Ralf H Triepels,
Johan J P Gille,
Catharina P B Van der Ploeg,
Sandra Reijntjens,
Edward Dompeling,
Jeannette E Dankert-Roelse

Thorax Published Online First: 23 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200730

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Cystic fibrosis: Original article: Impaired type I and type III interferon induction and rhinovirus control in human cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells

Marjolaine Vareille,
Elisabeth Kieninger,
Marco P Alves,
Brigitte S Kopf,
Alexander Möller,
Thomas Geiser,
Sebastian L Johnston,
Michael R Edwards,
Nicolas Regamey

Thorax Published Online First: 2 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200405

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Cystic fibrosis: Original article: Progression of early structural lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis assessed using CT

Lauren S Mott,
Judy Park,
Conor P Murray,
Catherine L Gangell,
Nicholas H de Klerk,
Philip J Robinson,
Colin F Robertson,
Sarath C Ranganathan,
Peter D Sly,
Stephen M Stick,
on behalf of AREST CF

Thorax Published Online First: 26 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200912

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Cystic fibrosis: Original article: NMR spectroscopy metabolomic profiling of exhaled breath condensate in patients with stable and unstable cystic fibrosis

Paolo Montuschi,
Debora Paris,
Dominique Melck,
Vincenzina Lucidi,
Giovanni Ciabattoni,
Valeria Raia,
Cecilia Calabrese,
Andrew Bush,
Peter J Barnes,
Andrea Motta

Thorax Published Online First: 21 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200072

Editorial

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Editorial: Determining the optimal newborn screening protocol for cystic fibrosis

Kevin W Southern

Thorax Published Online First: 8 February 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201589

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

Claire Hogg,
Andrew Bush

Thorax Published Online First: 9 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201320

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Editorial: Asthma and pregnancy: do they give clues to abnormal antiviral activity?

William W Busse,
James E Gern

Thorax Published Online First: 8 October 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201007

Environmental exposure

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Environmental exposure: Original article: Unflued gas heaters and respiratory symptoms in older people with asthma

PJ Franklin,
J Loveday,
A Cook

Thorax Published Online First: 16 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200236

Images in Thorax

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Images in Thorax: Wegener granulomatosis with a large area of consolidation

Takayuki Takimoto,
Osamu Morimura,
Takako Inoue,
Haruko Terada,
Kinya Abe

Thorax Published Online First: 29 July 2010 doi:10.1136/thx.2009.133496

Lung cancer

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Lung cancer: Original article: CT screening for lung cancer brings forward early disease. The randomised Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial: status after five annual screening rounds with low-dose CT

Zaigham Saghir,
Asger Dirksen,
Haseem Ashraf,
Karen Skjøldstrup Bach,
John Brodersen,
Paul Frost Clementsen,
Martin Døssing,
Hanne Hansen,
Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed,
Klaus Richter Larsen,
Jann Mortensen,
Jakob Fraes Rasmussen,
Niels Seersholm,
Birgit Guldhammer Skov,
Hanne Thorsen,
Philip Tønnesen,
Jesper Holst Pedersen

Thorax Published Online First: 27 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200736

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Lung cancer: Original article: Positive pre-resection pleural lavage cytology is associated with increased risk of lung cancer recurrence in patients undergoing surgical resection: a meta-analysis of 4450 patients

Srdjan Saso,
Christopher Rao,
Hutan Ashrafian,
Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami,
Ara Darzi,
Thanos Athanasiou

Thorax Published Online First: 27 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200424

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Lung cancer: 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
, on behalf of the Lung-SEARCH Investigators

Thorax Published Online First: 21 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200055

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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 Published Online First: 2 November 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200714

Occupational lung disease

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Occupational lung disease: Original article: Standards of care for occupational asthma: an update

David Fishwick,
Christopher Michael Barber,
Lisa M Bradshaw,
Jon G Ayres,
Richard Barraclough,
Sherwood Burge,
Jonathan M Corne,
Paul Cullinan,
Timothy Laszlo Frank,
David Hendrick,
Jennifer Hoyle,
Andrew D Curran,
Robert Niven,
Tony Pickering,
Peter Reid,
Alastair Robertson,
Chris Stenton,
Christopher J Warburton,
Paul J Nicholson

Thorax Published Online First: 9 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200755

Orphan lung disease

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Orphan lung disease: Original article: Low serum iron levels are associated with elevated plasma levels of coagulation factor VIII and pulmonary emboli/deep venous thromboses in replicate cohorts of patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia

John A Livesey,
Richard A Manning,
John H Meek,
James E Jackson,
Elena Kulinskaya,
Michael A Laffan,
Claire L Shovlin

Thorax Published Online First: 14 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201076

Paediatrics

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Paediatrics: Original article: Coarse and fine particles but not ultrafine particles in urban air trigger hospital admission for asthma in children

Amne Iskandar,
Zorana Jovanovic Andersen,
Klaus Bønnelykke,
Thomas Ellermann,
Klaus Kaae Andersen,
Hans Bisgaard

Thorax Published Online First: 9 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200324

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Pulmonary vasculature

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Pulmonary vasculature: Original article: Lung irradiation induces pulmonary vascular remodelling resembling pulmonary arterial hypertension

G Ghobadi,
B Bartelds,
S J van der Veen,
M G Dickinson,
S Brandenburg,
R M F Berger,
J A Langendijk,
R P Coppes,
P van Luijk

Thorax Published Online First: 26 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200346

Respiratory infection

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Respiratory infection: Original article: Mesenchymal stem cells enhance survival and bacterial clearance in murine Escherichia coli pneumonia

Naveen Gupta,
Anna Krasnodembskaya,
Maria Kapetanaki,
Majd Mouded,
Xinping Tan,
Vladimir Serikov,
Michael A Matthay

Thorax Published Online First: 16 January 2012 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201176

Respiratory research

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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 Published Online First: 18 December 2011 doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200301

Review series

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Review series: Proposal for a systematic analysis of polygraphy or polysomnography for identifying and scoring abnormal events occurring during non-invasive ventilation

J Gonzalez-Bermejo,
C Perrin,
J P Janssens,
J L Pepin,
G Mroue,
P Léger,
B Langevin,
S Rouault,
C Rabec,
D Rodenstein,
on behalf of the SomnoNIV Group

Thorax Published Online First: 22 October 2010 doi:10.1136/thx.2010.142653

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Online First

Acute lung injury

Airway biology

Asthma

Asthma and the environment

Chest clinic

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Editorial

Environmental exposure

Images in Thorax

Lung cancer

Miscellaneous

Occupational lung disease

Orphan lung disease

Paediatrics

PostScript

Pulmonary vasculature

Respiratory infection

Respiratory research

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