FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
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JOURNAL STATISTICS |
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EDITORIAL |
785 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
INVITED REVIEW: PRESIDENTS' SERIES |
787 | Nosocomial Acinetobacter pneumonia
Carlos M LUNA, Patricia K ARUJ |
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
792 | Role of Rel A and IkappaB of nuclear factor κB in the release of interleukin-8 by cyclic mechanical strain in human alveolar type II epithelial cells A549
Qiaoming NING, Xiangrui WANG |
799 | Beneficial effects of hydrocortisone and papaverine on a model of pulmonary embolism induced by autologous blood clots in isolated and perfused rabbit lungs
Humberto E TREJO, Daniela URICH, Alejandro A PEZZULO, Juan C CARABALLO, Jeydith GUTIÉRREZ, Ignacio J CASTRO, Greenmy R CENTENO, Roberto SÁNCHEZ DE LEÓN |
807 | Calcitonin gene-related peptide mediates acid-induced lung injury in mice
Tomoko AOKI-NAGASE, Takahide NAGASE, Yoshio OH-HASHI, Yukiko KURIHARA, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Taiji NAGATA, Hiroki KURIHARA, Yasuyoshi OUCHI |
814 | Preventive effect of hochu-ekki-to, a Japanese herbal medicine, on bleomycin-induced lung injury in mice
Shunji TAJIMA, Masashi BANDO, Hideaki YAMASAWA, Shoji OHNO, Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Masaki TERADA, Toshinori TAKADA, Eiichi UZUKI, Fumitake GEJYO, Yukihiko SUGIYAMA |
823 | Do mitochondrial DNA haplogroups play a role in susceptibility to tuberculosis?
Massoud HOUSHMAND, Mohammad Mehdi BANOEI, Payam TABARSI, Mehdi Shafa Shariat PANAHI, Baharak Hooshiar KASHANI, Golnaz EBRAHIMI, Laleh ZARGAR, Parissa FARNIA, Matthew W MORRIS, Davood MANSOURI, Ali Akbar VELAYATI, Mehdi S MIRSAEIDI |
828 | Surfactant degradation activity in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from guinea pigs challenged with antigen
Miki ABO, Kazuyoshi KURASHIMA, Masaki FUJIMURA, Shigeharu MYOU, Shinji NAKAO, Katsumi TASHIRO, Tsutomu KOBAYASHI |
834 | Pollen proteolytic enzymes degrade tight junctions
Sarah RUNSWICK ,Thomas MITCHELL, Paul DAVIES, Clive ROBINSON, David R GARROD |
843 | Positron emission tomography in interstitial lung disease
Samir NUSAIR, Rina RUBINSTEIN, Nanette M FREEDMAN, Gail AMIR, Naama R BOGOT, Uzi IZHAR, Raphael BREUER |
848 | Transbronchial needle aspiration accurately diagnoses subcentimetre mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes detected by integrated positron emission tomography and computed tomography
Li-Han HSU, Jen-Sheng KO, Dong-Ling YOU, Chia-Chuan LIU, Nei-Min CHU |
856 | Development and validation of diagnostic prediction model for solitary pulmonary nodules
Kan YONEMORI, Ukihide TATEISHI, Hajime UNO, Yoko YONEMORI, Koji TSUTA, Masahiro TAKEUCHI, Yoshihiro MATSUNO, Yasuhiro FUJIWARA, Hisao ASAMURA, Masahiko KUSUMOTO |
863 | Real-time endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration is useful for diagnosing sarcoidosis
Masahide OKI, Hideo SAKA, Chiyoe KITAGAWA, Shigeru TANAKA, Tomoya SHIMOKATA, Yoshihiro KAWATA, Kouki MORI, Shigehisa KAJIKAWA, Shu ICHIHARA, Suzuko MORITANI |
869 | High CD95 expression of BAL lymphocytes predicts chronic course in patients with sarcoidosis
Ozlem Kumbasar OZDEMIR, Gokhan CELIK, Klara DALVA, Fusun ULGER, Atilla ELHAN, Meral BEKSAC |
874 | Variations in hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural and urban Victoria, Australia
Zahid ANSARI, David DUNT, Shyamali C DHARMAGE |
881 | Prospective evaluation of flex-rigid pleuroscopy for indeterminate pleural effusion: Accuracy, safety and outcome
Pyng LEE, Anne HSU, Constance LO, Henri G COLT |
887 | Prevalence of pleural effusions post orthotopic heart transplantation
Heather MISRA, Oner DIKENSOY, R Michael RODRIGUEZ, Semra BILACEROGLU, Mark WIGGER, Mark AARON, Richard LIGHT |
891 | Better understanding the influence of cigarette smoking and indoor air pollution on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A case-control study in Mainland China
Fei XU, Xiao-Mei YIN, Hong-Bing SHEN, Yao-Chu XU, Robert S WARE, Neville OWEN |
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
898 | Latent tuberculosis infection in a military setting diagnosed by whole-blood interferon-ϒ assay
Chang-Min CHOI, Seung Sik HWANG, Chang-Hoon LEE, Hye Won LEE, Cheol-In KANG, Chang-Hoon KIM, Sung Koo HAN, YoungSoo SHIM, Jae-Joon YIM |
902 | +61A>G polymorphism in the EGF gene does not increase the risk of lung cancer
Hyo-Gyoung KANG, Jin Eun CHOI, Won Kee LEE, Sin KAM, Sung Ick CHA, Chang Ho KIM, Tae Hoon JUNG, Jae Yong PARK |
906 | Polymorphisms of interferon-ϒ and interferon-ϒ receptor 1 genes and pulmonary tuberculosis in Koreans
Jung Hye HWANG, Eun Joo KIM, Su Yeon KIM, Shin-Hye LEE, Gee Young SUH, O Jung KWON, Yongick JI, Miyeon KANG, Duk-Hwan KIM, Won-Jung KOH |
911 | Five-year outcomes for a smoking cessation clinic
Funda ÖZTUNA, Gamze ÇAN, Tevfik ÖZLÜ |
TECHNICAL REPORT |
916 | Design and validation of an interpretative strategy for cardiopulmonary exercise tests
Andreas SCHMID, Daniel SCHILTER, Ingo FENGELS, Prashant N CHHAJED, Werner STROBEL, Michael TAMM, Martin H BRUTSCHE |
CASE REPORTS |
924 | Mediastinal thymolipoma: An analysis of 10 cases
Ebru DAMADOGLU, Cuneyt SALTURK, Huriye Berk TAKIR, Muyesser ERTUGRUL, Aynur YILMAZ, Ali ATASALIHI, Adnan YILMAZ |
928 | Detection of primary and metastatic lesions by [18Ffluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET in a patient with thymic carcinoid
Takashi FUJISHITA, Mika KISHIDA, Hirofumi TAKI, Chie SHINODA, Koutarou MIYABAYASHI, Masayo FUJISHITA, Muneharu MARUYAMA, Yutaka MIZUSHIMA, Masashi KOBAYASHI |
931 | A case of dermoid cyst ruptured into the lung
Chih-Jen YANG, Yu-Jen CHENG, Wang-Yi KANG, Ming-Shyan HUANG, Jhi-Jhu HWANG |
934 | Middle mediastinal thymoma
Tsai-Wang HUANG, Yeung-Leung CHENG, Ching TZAO, Hung CHANG, Wen-Chiuan TSAI, Shih-Chun LEE |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
937 | Inspiratory muscle training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Where are we?
Guilherme A DE FREITAS FREGONEZI, Vanessa R RESQUETI |
939 | Usefulness of inspiratory muscle training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Maria E FERRERO, Elvia BATTAGLIA |