Thorax: 68 (8)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (9 July, 2013) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Airway clearance research in CF: the ‘perfect storm’ of strong preference and effortful participation in long-term, non-blinded studies (29 March, 2013)
Eleanor Main
Wingless: developmentally important genes that respond adversely to smoking (23 April, 2013)
Denise Al Alam, David Warburton
P38 inhibition in COPD; cautious optimism (23 April, 2013)
Dave Singh
Coming now to a chest clinic near you (9 July, 2013)
Charlotte E Bolton, Andrew Bush

Airway pathology

Original article: Role of aberrant WNT signalling in the airway epithelial response to cigarette smoke in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (31 January, 2013)
Irene H Heijink, Harold G de Bruin, Maarten van den Berge, Lisa J C Bennink, Simone M Brandenburg, Reinoud Gosens, Antoon J van Oosterhout, Dirkje S Postma

Asthma

Original article: IL-17A inhibits airway reactivity induced by respiratory syncytial virus infection during allergic airway inflammation (19 February, 2013)
Dawn Catherine Newcomb, Madison G Boswell, Sara Reiss, Weisong Zhou, Kasia Goleniewska, Shinji Toki, Melissa T Harintho, Nicholas W Lukacs, Jay K Kolls, R Stokes Peebles
Original article: Impact of maternal use of asthma-controller therapy on perinatal outcomes (13 April, 2013)
Benoit Cossette, Amélie Forget, Marie-France Beauchesne, Évelyne Rey, Catherine Lemière, Pierre Larivée, Marie-Claude Battista, Lucie Blais

Bronchiectasis

Original article: Clinical measures of disease in adult non-CF bronchiectasis correlate with airway microbiota composition (6 April, 2013)
Geraint B Rogers, Christopher J van der Gast, Leah Cuthbertson, Serena K Thomson, Kenneth D Bruce, Megan L Martin, David J Serisier

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Efficacy and safety of the oral p38 inhibitor PH-797804 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised clinical trial (28 March, 2013)
William MacNee, Richard J Allan, Ieuan Jones, Maria Cristina De Salvo, Lisa F Tan

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: Long-term multicentre randomised controlled study of high frequency chest wall oscillation versus positive expiratory pressure mask in cystic fibrosis (13 February, 2013) Free
Maggie Patricia McIlwaine, Nancy Alarie, George F Davidson, Larry C Lands, Felix Ratjen, Ruth Milner, Blythe Owen, Jennifer L Agnew

Respiratory research

Original article:
On the role of abnormal DL_CO in ex-smokers without airflow limitation: symptoms, exercise capacity and hyperpolarised helium-3 MRI
(19 April, 2013)
Miranda Kirby, Amir Owrangi, Sarah Svenningsen, Andrew Wheatley, Harvey O Coxson, Nigel A M Paterson, David G McCormack, Grace Parraga

Paediatric lung disease

Original article:
Effect of preterm birth on later FEV₁: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(20 April, 2013)
Sarah J Kotecha, Martin O Edwards, W John Watkins, A John Henderson, Shantini Paranjothy, Frank D Dunstan, Sailesh Kotecha
Original article: Lung function after preterm birth: development from mid-childhood to adulthood (7 June, 2013)
Maria Vollsæter, Ola Drange Røksund, Geir Egil Eide, Trond Markestad, Thomas Halvorsen

Review

The double macchiato years; awards for the best basic science and epidemiology papers in 2012 (9 July, 2013)
Paul Cullinan, Clare Lloyd

Research Letter

Novel use of rituximab in hypersensitivity pneumonitis refractory to conventional treatment (20 March, 2013)
Harpreet K Lota, Gregory J Keir, David M Hansell, Andrew G Nicholson, Toby M Maher, Athol U Wells, Elisabetta A Renzoni

PostScript

Correspondence:
Thorax editorial by Jenkins and Beasley related to tiotropium respimat
(12 February, 2013)
Norbert Metzdorf, Christoph Hallmann, Bernd Disse
Correspondence:
Authors’ response to Metzdorf et al
(5 March, 2013)
Christine R Jenkins, Richard Beasley
Correspondence: Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in small airways of COPD patients (14 March, 2013)
Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, Eugene Haydn Walters
Correspondence: Authors’ response to: Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in small airways of COPD patient (26 March, 2013)
Javier Milara, Teresa Peiró, Adela Serrano, Julio Cortijo

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Summary of the British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults (9 July, 2013)
I A Du Rand, J Blaikley, R Booton, N Chaudhuri, V Gupta, S Khalid, S Mandal, J Martin, J Mills, N Navani, N M Rahman, J M Wrightson, M Munavvar, on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Bronchoscopy Guideline Group

Basic science for the chest physician

Basic science for the chest physician: IL-17 in lung disease: friend or foe? (19 April, 2013)
Hui-Leng Tan, Mark Rosenthal

Case based discussion

Case based discussion: Dyspnoea, rhinorrhoea and pulmonary infiltrates in a healthy young woman (5 April, 2013)
Mark G Jones, Kevin O Leslie, Neeta Singh, Stephen P Harden, Katherine M A O'Reilly

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: Pulmonary puzzle: a precordial crunch (22 January, 2013)
Edward B G Barnard, Joanna Rimmer, Andrew McD Johnston

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: An unusual case of haemoptysis (24 January, 2013)
Jovin John Mathew, Nicholas Paul Hollings, Jonathan Daniel Myers

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (9 July, 2013)
Simon Rolin

Miscellanea

Journal club: Delaminid for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (24 August, 2012)
Richard J Lessells
Journal club: Relationship between serum glucose and mortality post pneumonia (22 September, 2012)
D Komrower
Journal club: Mechanism of action of EGFR mutations (2 October, 2012)
Raja Reddy
Journal club:
Intergrin α₉β₁ potentially plays a role in reducing airway smooth muscle contraction
(1 November, 2012)
Mark Spears
Journal club: A comprehensive case management programme to prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalisations (30 August, 2012)
Thomas R G Simpson

Correction

Correction (9 July, 2013) Free

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August 2013 - Volume 68 - 8

Airwaves

Editorials

Airway pathology

Asthma

Bronchiectasis

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Respiratory research

Paediatric lung disease

Review

Research Letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Case based discussion

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Correction

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Table of contents

August 2013 - Volume 68 - 8

Airwaves

Editorials

Airway pathology

Asthma

Bronchiectasis

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Respiratory research

Paediatric lung disease

Review

Research Letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Case based discussion

Pulmonary puzzles

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Correction

Issue Information