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Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (14 May, 2014) Free
Andrew Bush, Ian Pavord

Editorials

Effects of near-road and regional air pollution: the challenge of separation (3 January, 2014)
Nino Künzli
Year in review 2013: basic science and epidemiology (28 March, 2014)
Paul Cullinan, Clare M Lloyd

Asthma

Original article: Defective IL-10 expression and in vitro steroid-induced IL-17A in paediatric severe therapy-resistant asthma (17 December, 2013)
Atul Gupta, Sarah Dimeloe, David F Richards, Emma S Chambers, Cheryl Black, Zoe Urry, Kimuli Ryanna, Emmanuel Xystrakis, Andrew Bush, Sejal Saglani, Catherine M Hawrylowicz

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Innate immunity but not NLRP3 inflammasome activation correlates with severity of stable COPD (15 January, 2014)
Antonino Di Stefano, Gaetano Caramori, Adam Barczyk, Chiara Vicari, Paola Brun, Andrea Zanini, Francesco Cappello, Elvira Garofano, Anna Padovani, Marco Contoli, Paolo Casolari, Andrew L Durham, Kian Fan Chung, Peter J Barnes, Alberto Papi, Ian Adcock, Bruno Balbi
Original article: Efficacy of lower-limb muscle training modalities in severely dyspnoeic individuals with COPD and quadriceps muscle weakness: results from the DICES trial (7 January, 2014)
Maurice J H Sillen, Frits M E Franssen, Jeannet M L Delbressine, Anouk W Vaes, Emiel F M Wouters, Martijn A Spruit

Environmental exposure

Original article: Occupational and non-occupational attributable risk of asbestos exposure for malignant pleural mesothelioma (7 February, 2014) Free
A Lacourt, C Gramond, P Rolland, S Ducamp, S Audignon, P Astoul, S Chamming's, A Gilg Soit Ilg, M Rinaldo, C Raherison, F Galateau-Salle, E Imbernon, J C Pairon, M Goldberg, P Brochard

Epidemiology

Original article: Associations of children's lung function with ambient air pollution: joint effects of regional and near-roadway pollutants (19 November, 2013)
Robert Urman, Rob McConnell, Talat Islam, Edward L Avol, Frederick W Lurmann, Hita Vora, William S Linn, Edward B Rappaport, Frank D Gilliland, W James Gauderman

Lung cancer

Original article: Cell migration leads to spatially distinct but clonally related airway cancer precursors (18 February, 2014)
Christodoulos P Pipinikas, Theodoros S Kiropoulos, Vitor H Teixeira, James M Brown, Aikaterini Varanou, Mary Falzon, Arrigo Capitanio, Steven E Bottoms, Bernadette Carroll, Neal Navani, Frank McCaughan, Jeremy P George, Adam Giangreco, Nicholas A Wright, Stuart A C McDonald, Trevor A Graham, Sam M Janes

Respiratory epidemiology

Original article:
Interaction between gas cooking and GSTM1 null genotype in bronchial responsiveness: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
(10 March, 2014)
André F S Amaral, Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Francesc Castro-Giner, Cosetta Minelli, Simone Accordini, Inga-Cecilie Sørheim, Isabelle Pin, Manolis Kogevinas, Rain Jõgi, David J Balding, Dan Norbäck, Giuseppe Verlato, Mario Olivieri, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Christer Janson, Jan-Paul Zock, Joachim Heinrich, Deborah L Jarvis

Respiratory research

Original article: A limited CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotide therapy regimen induces sustained suppression of allergic airway inflammation in mice (24 January, 2014)
John D Campbell, Sariah A Kell, Heather M Kozy, Jeremy A Lum, Rosemary Sweetwood, Mabel Chu, Cameron R Cunningham, Hugh Salamon, Clare M Lloyd, Robert L Coffman, Edith M Hessel

Smoking

Original article: Smoking habits in the randomised Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial with low-dose CT: final results after a 5-year screening programme (17 January, 2014)
Haseem Ashraf, Zaigham Saghir, Asger Dirksen, Jesper Holst Pedersen, Laura Hohwü Thomsen, Martin Døssing, Philip Tønnesen

Paediatric lung disease

Original article: Reduced forced expiratory flow but not increased exhaled nitric oxide or airway responsiveness to methacholine characterises paediatric sickle cell airway disease (12 February, 2014)
Rifat A Chaudry, Mark Rosenthal, Andrew Bush, Suzanne Crowley

Research letter

Sweat chloride is not a useful marker of clinical response to Ivacaftor (20 November, 2013)
Peter J Barry, Andrew M Jones, Anthony K Webb, Alexander R Horsley

PostScript

Correspondence: Subacute bronchial toxicity induced by an electronic cigarette: take home message (12 April, 2014)
Riccardo Polosa, Davide Campagna, Donald Tashkin
Correspondence: Primary healthcare factors and hospital admission rates for COPD: no association (22 November, 2013)
Patrick White, Ana Lucia Jamieson
Correspondence: Primary healthcare factors and hospital admission rates for COPD (28 November, 2013)
Rupert Jones
Correspondence: Authors’ response to: primary healthcare factors and hospital admission rates for COPD: no association (28 January, 2014)
Michael Soljak, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Derek Bell, Azeem Majeed

Chest clinic

Obituary

Obituary: Memories of David Denison (26 March, 2014)
Andrew Bush

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria: a retrospective review of Scottish isolates from 2000 to 2010 (28 August, 2013)
Clark D Russell, Pauline Claxton, Christine Doig, Amie-Louise Seagar, Alan Rayner, Ian F Laurenson

Case based discussion

Case based discussion: A case report of subacute bronchial toxicity induced by an electronic cigarette (16 January, 2014)
José Hureaux, Martine Drouet, Thierry Urban

Opinion

Opinion: Safety of tiotropium through the Handihaler: why did meta-analyses and database studies appear to give a false alarm? (18 February, 2014)
Neil C Barnes, Paul W Jones, Kourtney J Davis

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: A case of pulmonary amyloidosis (4 July, 2013)
P D Mitchell, L M Burke, M P Kennedy, M T Henry

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (14 May, 2014)
Simon Rolin

Miscellanea

Journal club: Prone positioning in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (18 September, 2013)
Amy H C Wong
Journal club: MUC5B and interstitial lung disease (12 September, 2013)
Yasmin Bakerally

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June 2014 - Volume 69 - 6

Airwaves

Editorials

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Environmental exposure

Epidemiology

Lung cancer

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory research

Smoking

Paediatric lung disease

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Obituary

Audit, research and guideline update

Case based discussion

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

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Table of contents

June 2014 - Volume 69 - 6

Airwaves

Editorials

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Environmental exposure

Epidemiology

Lung cancer

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory research

Smoking

Paediatric lung disease

Research letter

PostScript

Chest clinic

Obituary

Audit, research and guideline update

Case based discussion

Opinion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Miscellanea

Issue Information