Table of contents

Original articles

Respiratory infection

• Original article: Paracetamol reduces influenza-induced immunopathology in a mouse model of infection without compromising virus clearance or the generation of protective immunity (10 February, 2011)

  Sarah N Lauder, Philip R Taylor, Stephen R Clark, Rhys L Evans, James P Hindley, Kathryn Smart, Heather Leach, Emma J Kidd, Kenneth J Broadley, Simon A Jones, Matt P Wise, Andrew J Godkin, Valerie O'Donnell, Awen M Gallimore
• Original article:

  Bronchoalveolar CD4⁺ T cell responses to respiratory antigens are impaired in HIV-infected adults

  (25 February, 2011)

  Kondwani C Jambo, Enoch Sepako, Duncan G Fullerton, David Mzinza, Sarah Glennie, Adam K Wright, Robert S Heyderman, Stephen B Gordon
• Original article: Long-term use of thiazolidinediones and the associated risk of pneumonia or lower respiratory tract infection: systematic review and meta-analysis (15 February, 2011)

  Sonal Singh, Yoon K Loke, Curt D Furberg
• Original article: Empirical treatment of influenza-associated pneumonia in primary care: a descriptive study of the antimicrobial susceptibility of lower respiratory tract bacteria (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, January 2007–March 2010) (25 February, 2011)

  Ruth M Blackburn, Katherine L Henderson, Mark Lillie, Elizabeth Sheridan, Robert C George, Adrian H B Deas, Alan P Johnson

Environmental exposure

• Original article: Lung function decline in relation to mould and dampness in the home: the longitudinal European Community Respiratory Health Survey ECRHS II (16 February, 2011)

  Dan Norbäck, Jan-Paul Zock, Estel Plana, Joachim Heinrich, Cecilie Svanes, Jordi Sunyer, Nino Künzli, Simona Villani, Mario Olivieri, Argo Soon, Deborah Jarvis

Sleep disordered breathing

• Original article: Complex sleep apnoea in congestive heart failure (10 March, 2011)

  Thomas Bitter, Nina Westerheide, Mohammed Sajid Hossain, Roman Lehmann, Christian Prinz, Astrid Kleemeyer, Dieter Horstkotte, Olaf Oldenburg

Cystic fibrosis

• Original article: Evolution of pulmonary inflammation and nutritional status in infants and young children with cystic fibrosis (12 March, 2011)

  Sarath C Ranganathan, Faith Parsons, Catherine Gangell, Siobhan Brennan, Stephen M Stick, Peter D Sly, on behalf of the Australian Respiratory Early Surveillance Team for Cystic Fibrosis (AREST CF)

Lung cancer

• The importance of ultrasound in staging and gaining a pathological diagnosis in patients with lung cancer—a two year single centre experience (25 February, 2011)

  M M Hoosein, D Barnes, A N Khan, M D Peake, J Bennett, D Purnell, C Free, J J Entwisle

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Original article:

  SERPINA1 11478G→A variant, serum α₁-antitrypsin, exacerbation frequency and FEV₁ decline in COPD

  (18 February, 2011)

  Jennifer K Quint, Gavin C Donaldson, Meena Kumari, Philippa J Talmud, John R Hurst
• Original article: The COPD assessment test (CAT): response to pulmonary rehabilitation. A multicentre, prospective study (12 March, 2011)

  James W Dodd, Lauren Hogg, Jane Nolan, Helen Jefford, Amy Grant, Victoria M Lord, Christine Falzon, Rachel Garrod, Cassandra Lee, Michael I Polkey, Paul W Jones, William D-C Man, Nicholas S Hopkinson
• Original article: Identification and prospective validation of clinically relevant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) subtypes (21 December, 2010)

  Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Federico P Gómez, Marta Benet, Eva Farrero, Xavier Basagaña, Àngel Gayete, Carles Paré, Xavier Freixa, Jaume Ferrer, Antoni Ferrer, Josep Roca, Juan B Gáldiz, Jaume Sauleda, Eduard Monsó, Joaquim Gea, Joan A Barberà, Àlvar Agustí, Josep M Antó