Thorax: 69 (1)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (12 December, 2013) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Community-acquired respiratory viruses after lung transplantation: common, sometimes silent, potentially lethal (11 November, 2013)
Allan R Glanville
Thorax: the prostate years (12 December, 2013) Free
Ian D Pavord, Andrew Bush

Airway biology

Original article: Oxidant-induced corticosteroid unresponsiveness in human bronchial epithelial cells (26 August, 2013) Free
Irene Heijink, Antoon van Oosterhout, Nathalie Kliphuis, Marnix Jonker, Roland Hoffmann, Eef Telenga, Karin Klooster, Dirk-Jan Slebos, Nick ten Hacken, Dirkje Postma, Maarten van den Berge

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Airway gene expression in COPD is dynamic with inhaled corticosteroid treatment and reflects biological pathways associated with disease activity (7 August, 2013)
Maarten van den Berge, Katrina Steiling, Wim Timens, Pieter S Hiemstra, Peter J Sterk, Irene H Heijink, Gang Liu, Yuriy O Alekseyev, Marc E Lenburg, Avrum Spira, Dirkje S Postma
Original article: Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D, lung function and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 August, 2013) Free
Shoaib Afzal, Peter Lange, Stig E Bojesen, Jacob J Freiberg, Børge G Nordestgaard

Lung transplantation

Original article: Incidence and outcomes of respiratory viral infections in lung transplant recipients: a prospective study (11 September, 2013) Free
Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux, J-D Aubert, P M Soccal, J Mazza-Stalder, C Berutto, T Rochat, L Turin, S Van Belle, L Nicod, P Meylan, G Wagner, Laurent Kaiser

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: Lung clearance index predicts pulmonary exacerbations in young patients with cystic fibrosis (10 September, 2013) Free
François Vermeulen, Marijke Proesmans, Mieke Boon, Trudy Havermans, Kris De Boeck

Cough

Original article: Rhinovirus upregulates transient receptor potential channels in a human neuronal cell line: implications for respiratory virus-induced cough reflex sensitivity (3 September, 2013) Free
H Abdullah, L G Heaney, S L Cosby, L P A McGarvey

Respiratory epidemiology

Original article: Ethnic differences in respiratory impairment (12 August, 2013) Free
Carlos A Vaz Fragoso, Gail McAvay, Thomas M Gill, John Concato, Philip H Quanjer, Peter H Van Ness

Respiratory research

Original article: What are ventilation defects in asthma? (16 August, 2013) Free
Sarah Svenningsen, Miranda Kirby, Danielle Starr, Harvey O Coxson, Nigel A M Paterson, David G McCormack, Grace Parraga

Review

Moving from the Oslerian paradigm to the post-genomic era: are asthma and COPD outdated terms? (22 June, 2013) Free
Lowie E G W Vanfleteren, Janwillem W H Kocks, Ian S Stone, Robab Breyer-Kohansal, Timm Greulich, Donato Lacedonia, Roland Buhl, Leonardo M Fabbri, Ian D Pavord, Neil Barnes, Emiel F M Wouters, Alvar Agusti

Research letter

Research letter: On-treatment platelet reactivity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (22 July, 2013) Free
Gianluca Campo, Rita Pavasini, Alberto Pollina, Matteo Tebaldi, Roberto Ferrari

PostScript

Correspondence: Correspondence on the paper by Bridevaux et al (19 November, 2013) Free
Carl M Preiksaitis, Ajit P Limaye
Correspondence: Response to Preiksaitis and Limaye (12 December, 2013) Free
Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux, J-D Aubert, T Rochat, L Nicod, Laurent Kaiser
Correspondence: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: does the current definition need revisiting? (28 August, 2013) Free
Nicholas Hart, Swapna Mandal, Ari Manuel, Babak Mokhlesi, Jean-Louis Pépin, Amanda Piper, John R Stradling
Correspondence: Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma? A revised diagnosis after 23 years (29 August, 2013) Free
Erik H F M van der Heijden, Suzanne E J Kaal, Henk H M Hassing, Ad F T M Verhagen, Monica Looijen-Salamon
Correspondence: Trainee concerns regarding the Specialty Certificate Examination: results of a British Thoracic Society national survey (23 August, 2013) Free
Caroline Marie Patterson, Richard Ian Carter, James William Dodd, Andrea Collins

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Uptake of neonatal BCG vaccination in England: performance of the current policy recommendations (13 July, 2013) Free
Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo, Punam Mangtani, Debora Pedrazzoli, Laura C Rodrigues, Ibrahim Abubakar

Basic science for the chest physician

Basic science for the chest physician: The circadian clock and asthma (23 May, 2013) Free
Hannah J Durrington, Stuart N Farrow, Andrew S Loudon, David W Ray

Pulmonary puzzles

Pulmonary puzzles: An unusual cause of haemoptysis in a smoker (24 May, 2013) Free
M J McDonnell, J Garvey, D G Lohan, G J O'Sullivan, K Redmond, J E Jackson, R M Rutherford

Opinion

Opinion: Against all odds: anti-IgE for intrinsic asthma? (24 May, 2013)
Marek Lommatzsch, Stephanie Korn, Roland Buhl, Johann Christian Virchow

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Dendriform pulmonary ossification: unusual cause of spontaneous pneumothorax (15 February, 2013)
Jiro Abe, Hiroyuki Oura, Hiromichi Niikawa, Hiroshi Yaegashi, Takashi Kondo

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot the other lot got (12 December, 2013) Free

Miscellanea

Journal club: The hazards of smoking in women: results from the Million Women Study (8 March, 2013) Free
Laurence Si Chong Lok
Journal club: Genomic landscape of non-small-cell lung cancer in smokers and never-smokers (2 March, 2013) Free
Niruthika Sritharan
Journal club: Volume doubling time for lung cancer screening (12 March, 2013) Free
James M Colclough
Journal club: Gabapentin for refractory chronic cough (13 March, 2013) Free
Alison M MacKenzie

Correction

Correction (12 December, 2013) Free

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January 2014 - Volume 69 - 1

Airwaves

Editorials

Airway biology

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung transplantation

Cystic fibrosis

Cough

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory research

Review

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Pulmonary puzzles

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Correction

Issue Information

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Table of contents

January 2014 - Volume 69 - 1

Airwaves

Editorials

Airway biology

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung transplantation

Cystic fibrosis

Cough

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory research

Review

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Basic science for the chest physician

Pulmonary puzzles

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Correction

Issue Information