Airwaves:

Airwaves

Wisia Wedzicha

Thorax 2009; 64: i.

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Editorials:

The airway epithelium in health and disease: "calm on the surface, paddling furiously underneath"

Rosalind L Smyth

Thorax 2009; 64: 277-278. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099630

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Human lung mast cell heterogeneity

Peter Bradding

Thorax 2009; 64: 278-280. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.106427

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Respiratory disability: what is it, how can we measure it, what causes it and is it important?

Philip Harber

Thorax 2009; 64: 280-282. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.108811

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Images in Thorax:

An unusual presentation of pulmonary artery dissection

S L Hoye, C P Gale, D J M Tolan, and C B Pepper

Thorax 2009; 64: 368. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.101105

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Asthma:

In vivo uptake of inhaled particles by airway phagocytes is enhanced in patients with mild asthma compared with normal volunteers

J C Lay, N E Alexis, K L Zeman, D B Peden, and W D Bennett

Thorax 2009; 64: 313-320.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.096222

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Association of duration of television viewing in early childhood with the subsequent development of asthma

A Sherriff, A Maitra, A R Ness, C Mattocks, C Riddoch, J J Reilly, J Y Paton, and A J Henderson

Thorax 2009; 64: 321-325.
Published Online First: 13 March 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.104406

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Respiratory infection:

Healthy but not RSV-infected lung epithelial cells profoundly inhibit T cell activation

H Wang, Z Su, and J Schwarze

Thorax 2009; 64: 283-290.
Published Online First: 18 August 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.094870

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Mycobacterium xenopi pulmonary infections: a multicentric retrospective study of 136 cases in north-east France

C Andréjak, F-X Lescure, E Pukenyte, Y Douadi, Y Yazdanpanah, G Laurans, J-L Schmit, V Jounieaux, and and the Xenopi Group

Thorax 2009; 64: 291-296.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.096842

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Dietary counselling and food fortification in stable COPD: a randomised trial

C E Weekes, P W Emery, and M Elia

Thorax 2009; 64: 326-331.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.097352

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Relationship between improved airflow limitation and changes in airway calibre induced by inhaled anticholinergic agents in COPD

M Hasegawa, H Makita, Y Nasuhara, N Odajima, K Nagai, Y Ito, T Betsuyaku, and M Nishimura

Thorax 2009; 64: 332-338.
Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.103671

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Paediatric lung disease:

Genetic association study for RSV bronchiolitis in infancy at the 5q31 cytokine cluster

J T Forton, K Rowlands, K Rockett, N Hanchard, M Herbert, D P Kwiatkowski, and J Hull

Thorax 2009; 64: 345-352.
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102111

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Fungi and pollen exposure in the first months of life and risk of early childhood wheezing

K G Harley, J M Macher, M Lipsett, P Duramad, N T Holland, S S Prager, J Ferber, A Bradman, B Eskenazi, and I B Tager

Thorax 2009; 64: 353-358.
Published Online First: 24 February 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.090241

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Lung biology:

Novel site-specific mast cell subpopulations in the human lung

C K Andersson, M Mori, L Bjermer, C-G Löfdahl, and J S Erjefält

Thorax 2009; 64: 297-305.
Published Online First: 8 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.101683

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Genetics:

Oral steroids enhance epithelial repair in nasal polyposis via upregulation of the AP-1 gene network

C W Li, W Cheung, Z B Lin, T Y Li, J T Lim, and D Y Wang

Thorax 2009; 64: 306-312.
Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.106096

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Occupational lung disease:

An international prospective general population-based study of respiratory work disability

K Torén, J-P Zock, M Kogevinas, E Plana, J Sunyer, K Radon, D Jarvis, H Kromhout, A d’Errico, F Payo, J M Antó, and P D Blanc

Thorax 2009; 64: 339-344.
Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.105007

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Review:

What can naturally occurring mutations tell us about the pathogenesis of COPD?

S J Marciniak and D A Lomas

Thorax 2009; 64: 359-364. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.099408

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Case report:

A case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with an intragenetic deletion in SLC34A2 detected by a genome-wide SNP study

Y Ishihara, K Hagiwara, K Zen, Huqun, Y Hosokawa, and A Natsuhara

Thorax 2009; 64: 365-367. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102996

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Pulmonary puzzle:

ANSWER

Thorax 2009; 64: 364. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100503a

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Miscellanea:

Vitamin D insufficiency is common and associated with complications in cystic fibrosis

J E Ostberg

Thorax 2009; 64: 282.

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A previously healthy adolescent with evolving infiltrates and progressive respiratory distress

W A Gower, J M Collaco, C L Ellis, A C Halbower, and P J Mogayzel

Thorax 2009; 64: 290. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.100503

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Risk of asthma, passive smoking and genetics

T J Whitfield

Thorax 2009; 64: 296.

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ELISpot as a predictor for development of TB in children with TB contact

N Sharma

Thorax 2009; 64: 320.

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Increasing numbers of isoniazid-monoresistant TB in the USA

A Johnson

Thorax 2009; 64: 338.

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Gene expression: the key to treatment decisions in early-stage adenocarcinoma?

T Hillman

Thorax 2009; 64: 352.

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Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections

M Flatley

Thorax 2009; 64: 367.

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