Thorax: 70 (12)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (13 November, 2015) Free
Gisli Jenkins, Nicholas Hart, Alan Smyth

Editorials

Pneumococcal vaccination and childhood pneumonia in South Africa (22 September, 2015)
Kim Mulholland, Cattram Nguyen
Sphingosine-1-phosphate metabolism: can its enigmatic lyase promote the autophagy of fibrosis? (3 November, 2015)
Amanda L Tatler, Gisli Jenkins
Hospital admission and readmission for acute exacerbation of COPD. A tough nut to crack (13 November, 2015)
Michael Steiner
DNA methylation profiling of non-small cell lung cancer reveals a COPD-driven immune-related signature (13 November, 2015)
Tariq Sethi
Embracing social media (26 October, 2015) Free
Nicholas S Hopkinson, Nicholas Hart, Gisli Jenkins, Alan Smyth

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: DNA methylation profiling of non-small cell lung cancer reveals a COPD-driven immune-related signature (8 September, 2015)
Els Wauters, Wim Janssens, Johan Vansteenkiste, Herbert Decaluwé, Nele Heulens, Bernard Thienpont, Hui Zhao, Dominiek Smeets, Xavier Sagaert, Johan Coolen, Marc Decramer, Adrian Liston, Paul De Leyn, Matthieu Moisse, Diether Lambrechts
Original article: Neural respiratory drive predicts clinical deterioration and safe discharge in exacerbations of COPD (20 July, 2015)
Eui-Sik Suh, Swapna Mandal, Rachel Harding, Michelle Ramsay, Meera Kamalanathan, Katherine Henderson, Kevin O'Kane, Abdel Douiri, Nicholas S Hopkinson, Michael I Polkey, Gerrard Rafferty, Patrick B Murphy, John Moxham, Nicholas Hart
Original article: Gait speed and readmission following hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of COPD: a prospective study (17 August, 2015)
Samantha S C Kon, Sarah E Jones, Susie J Schofield, Winston Banya, Mandy J Dickson, Jane L Canavan, Claire M Nolan, Brigitte M Haselden, Michael I Polkey, Paul Cullinan, William D-C Man

Interstitial lung disease

Original article: Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase is an endogenous suppressor of pulmonary fibrosis: role of S1P signalling and autophagy (18 August, 2015)
Long Shuang Huang, Evgeny V Berdyshev, John T Tran, Lishi Xie, Jiwang Chen, David L Ebenezer, Biji Mathew, Irina Gorshkova, Wei Zhang, Sekhar P Reddy, Anantha Harijith, Gang Wang, Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Imre Noth, Shwu-Fan Ma, Tong Zhou, Wenli Ma, Joe G N Garcia, Viswanathan Natarajan

Paediatric lung disease

Original article: Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against presumed bacterial pneumonia hospitalisation in HIV-uninfected South African children: a case–control study (19 June, 2015)
Shabir A Madhi, Michelle J Groome, Heather J Zar, Constant N Kapongo, Christine Mulligan, Susan Nzenze, David P Moore, Elizabeth R Zell, Cynthia G Whitney, Jennifer R Verani

Respiratory epidemiology

Original article: Pulmonary cysts identified on chest CT: are they part of aging change or of clinical significance? (29 October, 2015)
Tetsuro Araki, Mizuki Nishino, Wei Gao, Josée Dupuis, Rachel K Putman, George R Washko, Gary M Hunninghake, George T O'Connor, Hiroto Hatabu

Respiratory physiology

Original article: Greater parallel heterogeneity of airway narrowing and airway closure in asthma measured by high-resolution CT (9 September, 2015)
J R Dame Carroll, J S Magnussen, N Berend, C M Salome, G G King

Tuberculosis

Original article: Vitamin D deficiency and TB disease phenotype (23 September, 2015)
Manish Pareek, John Innes, Saranya Sridhar, Lisa Grass, David Connell, Gerrit Woltmann, Martin Wiselka, Adrian R Martineau, Onn Min Kon, Martin Dedicoat, Ajit Lalvani
Original article: Achieving high treatment success for multidrug-resistant TB in Africa: initiation and scale-up of MDR TB care in Ethiopia—an observational cohort study (27 October, 2015)
Daniel Meressa, Rocío M Hurtado, Jason R Andrews, Ermias Diro, Kassim Abato, Tewodros Daniel, Paritosh Prasad, Rebekah Prasad, Bekele Fekade, Yared Tedla, Hanan Yusuf, Melaku Tadesse, Dawit Tefera, Abraham Ashenafi, Girma Desta, Getachew Aderaye, Kristian Olson, Sok Thim, Anne E Goldfeld

Review

Pulmonary macrophages: key players in the innate defence of the airways (18 August, 2015)
Adam J Byrne, Sara A Mathie, Lisa G Gregory, Clare M Lloyd

Research letter

Correlating 3D morphology with molecular pathology: fibrotic remodelling in human lung biopsies (24 June, 2015)
Manuela Kellner, Judith Wehling, Gregor Warnecke, Marko Heidrich, Nicole Izykowski, Jens Vogel-Claussen, Raoul-Amadeus Lorbeer, Georgios Antonopoulos, Sabina Janciauskiene, Roman Grothausmann, Lars Knudsen, Tammo Ripken, Heiko Meyer, Hans Kreipe, Matthias Ochs, Danny Jonigk, Mark Philipp Kühnel

Chest clinic

Basic science for the chest physician

Basic science for the chest physician: Inflammasomes in COPD and neutrophilic asthma (22 October, 2015)
Richard Y Kim, James W Pinkerton, Peter G Gibson, Matthew A Cooper, Jay C Horvat, Philip M Hansbro

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: A 4-year prospective evaluation of protocols to improve clinical outcomes for patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a national clinical centre (29 June, 2015)
Janet Bee, Rupesh Bhatt, Ian McCafferty, Simon R Johnson

Case based discussion

Case based discussion: Uncovering the diagnosis (9 October, 2015)
Justin B Seashore, Jeffrey J Silbiger, Oleg Epelbaum

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Middle lobe pulmonary torsion after recurrent pleural effusions in a cirrhotic patient (15 July, 2015)
Gilberto Szarf, Caroline Fontes R Dario, Rodrigo Caruso Chate, Elaine Yanata, Eduardo Werebe, Marcelo Buarque Gusmao Funari

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What’s hot that the other lot got (13 November, 2015)
Ben Soar

Correction

Correction (13 November, 2015) Free

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December 2015 - Volume 70 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Interstitial lung disease

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory physiology

Tuberculosis

Review

Research letter

Chest clinic

Basic science for the chest physician

Audit, research and guideline update

Case based discussion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Correction

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Table of contents

December 2015 - Volume 70 - 12

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Interstitial lung disease

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory physiology

Tuberculosis

Review

Research letter

Chest clinic

Basic science for the chest physician

Audit, research and guideline update

Case based discussion

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

Correction

Issue Information