Thorax: 64 (4)

Airwaves

Airwaves (27 March, 2009) Free

Editorials

The airway epithelium in health and disease: “calm on the surface, paddling furiously underneath” (27 March, 2009)
Rosalind L Smyth
Human lung mast cell heterogeneity (27 March, 2009)
Peter Bradding
Respiratory disability: what is it, how can we measure it, what causes it and is it important? (27 March, 2009)
Philip Harber

Miscellanea

Vitamin D insufficiency is common and associated with complications in cystic fibrosis (27 March, 2009)
J E Ostberg
A previously healthy adolescent with evolving infiltrates and progressive respiratory distress (27 March, 2009)
W A Gower, J M Collaco, C L Ellis, A C Halbower, P J Mogayzel
Risk of asthma, passive smoking and genetics (27 March, 2009)
T J Whitfield
ELISpot as a predictor for development of TB in children with TB contact (27 March, 2009)
N Sharma
Increasing numbers of isoniazid-monoresistant TB in the USA (27 March, 2009)
A Johnson
Gene expression: the key to treatment decisions in early-stage adenocarcinoma? (27 March, 2009)
T Hillman
Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections (27 March, 2009)
M Flatley

Respiratory infection

Healthy but not RSV-infected lung epithelial cells profoundly inhibit T cell activation (18 August, 2008)
H Wang, Z Su, J Schwarze
Mycobacterium xenopi pulmonary infections: a multicentric retrospective study of 136 cases in north-east France
(3 December, 2008)
C Andréjak, F-X Lescure, E Pukenyte, Y Douadi, Y Yazdanpanah, G Laurans, J-L Schmit, V Jounieaux

Lung biology

Novel site-specific mast cell subpopulations in the human lung (8 January, 2009)
C K Andersson, M Mori, L Bjermer, C-G Löfdahl, J S Erjefält

Genetics

Oral steroids enhance epithelial repair in nasal polyposis via upregulation of the AP-1 gene network (21 January, 2009)
C W Li, W Cheung, Z B Lin, T Y Li, J T Lim, D Y Wang

Asthma

In vivo uptake of inhaled particles by airway phagocytes is enhanced in patients with mild asthma compared with normal volunteers (3 December, 2008)
J C Lay, N E Alexis, K L Zeman, D B Peden, W D Bennett
Association of duration of television viewing in early childhood with the subsequent development of asthma (13 March, 2009)
A Sherriff, A Maitra, A R Ness, C Mattocks, C Riddoch, J J Reilly, J Y Paton, A J Henderson

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Dietary counselling and food fortification in stable COPD: a randomised trial (15 December, 2008)
C E Weekes, P W Emery, M Elia
Relationship between improved airflow limitation and changes in airway calibre induced by inhaled anticholinergic agents in COPD (15 December, 2008)
M Hasegawa, H Makita, Y Nasuhara, N Odajima, K Nagai, Y Ito, T Betsuyaku, M Nishimura

Occupational lung disease

An international prospective general population-based study of respiratory work disability (21 January, 2009)
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, P D Blanc

Paediatric lung disease

Genetic association study for RSV bronchiolitis in infancy at the 5q31 cytokine cluster (8 January, 2009)
J T Forton, K Rowlands, K Rockett, N Hanchard, M Herbert, D P Kwiatkowski, J Hull
Fungi and pollen exposure in the first months of life and risk of early childhood wheezing (24 February, 2009)
K G Harley, J M Macher, M Lipsett, P Duramad, N T Holland, S S Prager, J Ferber, A Bradman, B Eskenazi, I B Tager

Review

What can naturally occurring mutations tell us about the pathogenesis of COPD? (27 March, 2009)
S J Marciniak, D A Lomas

Pulmonary puzzle

ANSWER (27 March, 2009)

Case Report

A case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis with an intragenetic deletion in SLC34A2 detected by a genome-wide SNP study (27 March, 2009)
Y Ishihara, K Hagiwara, K Zen, Huqun, Y Hosokawa, A Natsuhara

Images in Thorax

An unusual presentation of pulmonary artery dissection (27 March, 2009)
S L Hoye, C P Gale, D J M Tolan, C B Pepper

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April 2009 - Volume 64 - 4

Airwaves

Editorials

Miscellanea

Respiratory infection

Lung biology

Genetics

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Occupational lung disease

Paediatric lung disease

Review

Pulmonary puzzle

Case Report

Images in Thorax

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Table of contents

April 2009 - Volume 64 - 4

Airwaves

Editorials

Miscellanea

Respiratory infection

Lung biology

Genetics

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Occupational lung disease

Paediatric lung disease

Review

Pulmonary puzzle

Case Report

Images in Thorax

Issue Information