| Page | EDITORIAL |
| 1 | Phil Thompson
Editor-in-Chief |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: PLEURAL DISEASES |
| 2 | Pathogenesis of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Marie-Claude JAURAND, Jocelyne FLEURY-FEITH |
| REVIEW ARTICLE |
| 9 | Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An Asia-Pacific perspective
The Asia Pacific COPD Roundtable Group |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| 18 | Different roles of interleukin-10 in onset and resolution of asthmatic responses in allergen-challenged mice
Koichiro MATSUMOTO, Hiromasa INOUE, Miyuki TSUDA, Yasuko HONDA, Atsuko KIBE, Kentaro MACHIDA, Yuki YOSHIURA, Yoichi NAKANISHI |
| 27 | Promoter activity of human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 gene with novel single nucleotide polymorphisms
Ahmed E HEGAB, Tohru SAKAMOTO, Yoshiyuki UCHIDA, Akihiro NOMURA, Yukio ISHII, Yuko MORISHIMA, Mie MOCHIZUKI, Toru KIMURA, Wataru SAITOH, Takashi IIZUKA, Takumi KIWAMOTO, Kiyohisa SEKIZAWA |
| 31 | Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in pN2 non-small cell lung cancer: Lack of prognostic value
Masaki TOMITA, Yasunori MATSUZAKI, Tetsuya SHIMIZU, Masaki HARA, Takanori AYABE, Toshio ONITSUKA |
| 36 | Tumor necrosis factor-α gene promoter polymorphism is not associated with smoking-related COPD in Thailand
Nitipatana CHIERAKUL, Praphat WONGWISUTIKUL, Sasijit VEJBAESYA, Kannikar CHOTVILAIWAN |
| 40 | Relationship between exhaled nitric oxide and atopy in Asian young adults
Seo Yi CHNG, Hugo P VAN BEVER, Derrick LIAN, Shan Xian LEE, Xin Ni XU, Xiao Shan WANG, Daniel Yam Thiam GOH |
| 46 | Inhaled mannitol for the treatment of mucociliary dysfunction in patients with bronchiectasis: Effect on lung function, health status and sputum
Evangelia DAVISKAS, Sandra D ANDERSON, Kerry GOMES, Peter BRIFFA, Belinda COCHRANE, H-Kim CHAN, Iven H YOUNG, Bruce K RUBIN |
| 57 | Comparison of sputum induction using inhaled methacholine or hypertonic saline
Alan L JAMES, Peta S MAXWELL, John G ELLIOT |
| 63 | Predictors of success in smoking cessation among hospitalized patients
KC ONG, GN CHEONG, L PRABHAKARAN, A EARNEST |
| 70 | Diffuse panbronchiolitis in China
Yu CHEN, Jian KANG, Shengqi LI |
| 76 | Clinicopathological differences between acute and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Hiroshi MOCHIMARU, Masashi KAWAMOTO, Yuh FUKUDA, Shoji KUDOH |
| 86 | Potential involvement of subclinical Sjogren's syndrome in various lung diseases
Toshikazu KURUMAGAWA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Kazuo MOTOYOSHI |
| 92 | Prediction of patient discomfort during fibreoptic bronchoscopy
Tadahiko MITSUMUNE, Etsuo SENOH, Michifumi ADACHI |
| SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
| 97 | Overview of observational studies of low-dose helical computed tomography screening for lung cancer
Renee L MANSER, Louis B IRVING, Margaret P DE CAMPO, Michael J ABRAMSON, Christine A STONE, Karen E PEDERSEN, Mark ELWOOD, Donald A CAMPBELL |
| 105 | Metered dose inhalers: A need for dose counters
Shaun HOLT, Avrille HOLT, Mark WEATHERALL, Matthew MASOLI, Richard BEASLEY |
| 107 | The changing face of healthcare worker perceptions on powered air-purifying respirators during the SARS outbreak
Kay-Leong KHOO, Poh-Hock LENG, Irwani Bte IBRAHIM, TK LIM |
| 111 | Visible male nipple shadows in chest radiographs
Akihiko OHWADA, Katsuhiko SATO, Yoshiki TAMORI, Takaharu YAMADA |
| CASE REPORTS |
| 116 | Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis associated with influenza B
Nobuchika HASEJIMA, Kunio YAMATO, Shinji TAKEZAWA, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Chikabumi KADOYAMA |
| 120 | Gas exchange and exercise tolerance following bullectomy
Rajeev SONI, Zoe J MCKEOUGH, Catherine J DOBBIN, Iven H YOUNG |
| 124 | Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinaemia accompanied by pleural effusion
Toshiyuki YAMAGATA, Yukiharu OKAMOTO, Yuko YAMAGATA, Masanori NAKANISHI, Kazuto MATSUNAGA, Yoshiaki MINAKATA, Masakazu ICHINOSE |
| 128 | Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as multiple pleural tumours
Hiroshi OHNISHI, Masahiro ABE, Hironobu HAMADA, Akihito YOKOYAMA, Takeru HIRAYAMA, Ryoji ITO, Kazutaka NISHIMURA, Jitsuo HIGAKI |
