| EDITORIALS |
| 851 | To eliminate tuberculosis, we must universally encourage treatment of its latent form
Dean E Schraufnagel |
| 855 | In the end it's a replication problem: What measuring telomere length can tell us about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Daniel C Chambers |
| 857 | Functional capacity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Looking beyond the lungs
Anne E Holland |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES |
| Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia |
| 859 | HRCT of fibrosing lung disease
Joseph Jacob & David M Hansell |
| 873 | Histopathology of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP): A review
Gabriela C Tabaj, Cristina F Fernandez, Eduardo Sabbagh & Kevin O Leslie |
| Lung Cancer Practice, Implementing Evidence From Around the World |
| 884 | The effectiveness of lung cancer MDT and the role of respiratory physicians
Charles N Prabhakar, Kwun M Fong, Michael D Peake, David C Lam & David J Barnes |
| REVIEWS |
| 889 | Effect of CPAP therapy on endothelial function in obstructive sleep apnoea: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Esther I Schwarz, Milo A Puhan, Christian Schlatzer, John R Stradling & Malcolm Kohler |
| 896 | Use of non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce the transmission of influenza in adults: A systematic review
Sheree M S Smith, Sandra Sonego, Gwenyth R Wallen, Grant Waterer, Allen C Cheng & Philip Thompson |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| Asthma & Allergy |
| 904 | Deficiency of decorin induces expression of Foxp3 in CD4+CD25+ T cells in a murine model of allergic asthma
Marcos C Borges, Venkatesan Narayanan, Renato V Iozzo & Mara S Ludwig |
| 912 | Validation of a questionnaire for asthma case identification in pre-schools in Latin America
Luciano E Busi, Peter D Sly & Lidia Llancaman |
| Bronchiectasis |
| 917 | Aetiology and clinical characteristics of patients with bronchiectasis in a Chinese Han population: A prospective study
Qian Qi, Wen Wang, Tao Li, Yan Zhang & Yu Li |
| COPD |
| 925 | Using dynamics of forced expiration to identify COPD where conventional criteria for the FEV1/FVC ratio do not match
Marko Topalovic, Vasileios Exadaktylos, Marc Decramer, Daniel Berckmans, Thierry Troosters & Wim Janssens |
| 932 |
Efficacy of walking aids on self-paced outdoor walking in individuals with COPD: A randomized cross-over trial
Anouk W Vaes, Kenneth Meijer, Jeannet M Delbressine, Jozé Wiechert, Paul Willems, Emiel F M Wouters, Frits M E Franssen & Martijn A Spruit |
| 940 | Comparison of in-hospital mortality in patients with COPD, asthma and asthma–COPD overlap exacerbations
Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroki Matsui, Wakae Hasegawa, Taisuke Jo, Kazutaka Takami, Kiyohide Fushimi & Takahide Nagase |
| Interstitial Lung Disease |
| 947 | Association between telomere length and survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Jinghong Dai, Hourong Cai, Hui Li, Yi Zhuang, Haiyan Min, Yanting Wen, Jie Yang, Qian Gao, Yi Shi & Long Yi |
| 953 |
Skeletal muscle atrophy in advanced interstitial lung disease
Polyana Mendes, Lisa Wickerson, Denise Helm, Tania Janaudis-Ferreira, Dina Brooks, Lianne G Singer & Sunita Mathur |
| Interventional Pulmonology |
| 960 | Grey scale texture analysis of endobronchial ultrasound mini probe images for prediction of benign or malignant aetiology
Phan Nguyen, Farzad Bashirzadeh, Justin Hundloe, Olivier Salvado, Nicholas Dowson, Robert Ware, Ian Brent Masters, Aravind Ravi Kumar & David Fielding |
| 967 | Comparison of in vivo probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy with histopathology in lung cancer: A move toward optical biopsy
Adam S Wellikoff, Robert C Holladay, Gordon H Downie, Catherine S Chaudoir, Luis Brandi & Elba A Turbat-Herrera |
| Lung Function |
| 975 | Association between peripheral airway function and neutrophilic inflammation in asthma
Claude S Farah, Laurien A B Keulers, Kate M Hardaker, Matthew J Peters, Norbert Berend, Dirkje S Postma, Cheryl M Salome & Gregory G King |
| Paediatric Lung Disease |
| 982 | Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans and mannose-binding lectin insufficiency in Argentinean children
Verónica Giubergia, Maximiliano Salim, Jesica Fraga, Nicolás Castiglioni, Luisa Sen, Claudio Castaños & Andrea Mangano |
| Respiratory Infections |
| 987 | Impact of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial treatment on pulmonary function tests in patients with and without established obstructive lung disease
Mauli Mehta, Kenneth R Chapman, Matthew Heffer & Theodore K Marras |
| SCIENTIFIC LETTERS |
| 994 | Race/ethnicity and asthma management among adults presenting to the emergency department
Arvind Venkat, Kohei Hasegawa, Jeanne M Basior, Cameron Crandall, Megan Healy, P Charles Inboriboon, Ashley F Sullivan & Carlos A Camargo Jr |
| 998 | RAGE-ligands axis: A new 'driving force' for cigarette smoke-induced airway inflammation in COPD?
Min Li, Lingli Guo, Hao Wang, Tao Wang, Yongchun Shen, Zenglin Liao, Fuqiang Wen & Lei Chen |
| EDITOR'S CHOICE |
| 1000 | The Editor recommends this issue's articles to the reader
See page 932: Efficacy of walking aids on self-paced outdoor walking in individuals with COPD: A randomized cross-over trial
A W Vaes, K Meijer, J M Delbressine, J Wiechert, P Willems, E F M Wouters, F M E Franssen & M A Spruit
See page 953: Skeletal muscle atrophy in advanced interstitial lung disease
Mendes, L Wickerson, D Helm, T Janaudis-Ferreira, D Brooks, L G Singer & S Mathur |
