| Page | FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
| 1 | |
| EDITORIAL |
| 3 | Editor-in-Chief
Phil Thompson |
| GUEST EDITORIAL |
| 5 | The winds of change
Philip Eng |
| INVITED REVIEW |
| 6 | Respirology year-in-review 2006: Clinical science
YCG Lee, R Beasley |
| INVITED REVIEW: PRESIDENT'S SERIES |
| 16 | Follow up and surveillance of the patient with lung cancer: What do you do after surgery?
WM Alberts |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: LUNG CANCER |
| 22 | Proteomics analysis in lung cancer: Challenges and opportunities
T Kikuchi, DP Carbone |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| 29 | Genetic analysis of CC16, OGG1 and GCLC polymorphisms and susceptibility to COPD
S Liu, B Li, Y Zhou, N Zhong, P Ran |
| 34 | Intronic single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Bcl-2 are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity
M Sata, N Takabatake, S Inoue, Y Shibata, S Abe, J-I Machiya, T Wada, G Ji, T Kido, T Matsuura, M-A Muramatsu, I Kubota |
| 42 | Association between the IL-4 promoter polymorphisms and asthma or severity of hyperresponsiveness in Taiwanese
C-H Chiang, Y-C Tang, M-W Lin, M-Y Chung |
| 49 | Lack of association between the microsatellite polymorphism in intron 2 of human Toll-like receptor 2 gene and bronchiectasis among Koreans
HJ Kim, HW Lee, JE Lee, JS Joh, SK Han, Y-S Shim, J-J Yim |
| 54 | Monoclonal antibody 7F9 recognizes rat protein homologous to human carboxypeptidase-M in developing and adult rat lung
N Fujiwara, M Ikeda, S Hirabayashi, H Mori, M Shirasawa, A Kansaku, M Sunamori, Y Hata |
| 63 | Oxidative stress and lipid-derived inflammatory mediators during acute exacerbations of cystic fibrosis
DW Reid, N Misso, S Aggarwal, PJ Thompson, EH Walters |
| 70 | Efficacy of azithromycin administration in prevention of respiratory tract infection after bronchoscopic biopsy: A randomized, controlled trial
H Kanazawa |
| 76 | Effect of inhaled budesonide on oropharyngeal, Gram-negative bacilli colonization in asthma patients
F Talay, O Karabay, F Yilmaz, E Kocoglu |
| 81 | Sputum bacteriology in hospitalized patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Taiwan with an emphasis on Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
S-H Lin, P-H Kuo, P-R Hsueh, P-C Yang, S-H Kuo |
| 88 | Use of QuantiFERONR-TB Gold to investigate tuberculosis contacts in a high school
K Higuchi, N Harada, T Mori, Y Sekiya |
| 93 | Effects of bronchodilators on dynamic hyperinflation following hyperventilation in patients with COPD
K Fujimoto, F Yoshiike, M Yasuo, Y Kitaguchi, K Urushihata, K Kubo, T Honda |
| 100 | Influenza and rhinovirus infections among health-care workers
N Bellei, E Carraro, AHS Perosa, D Benfica, C Fransisco, H Granato |
| 104 | Clinical differentiation of atypical pneumonia using Japanese guidelines
T Ishida, N Miyashita, C Nakahama |
| 111 | Early switch to oral antibiotics and early discharge guidelines in the management of community-acquired pneumonia
RWW Lee, ST Lindstrom |
| 117 | Open-label, randomized comparison trial of long-term outcomes of levofloxacin versus standard antibiotic therapy in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A Ruiz-Gonzalez, A Gimenez, X Gomez-Arbones, J Soler-Gonzalez, V Sanchez, M Falgueral, JM Porcel |
| 122 | Prevalence of symptomatic large pleural effusions first diagnosed more than 30 days after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
M-C Peng, C J-Y Hou, J-Y Li, P-Y Hu, C-Y Chen |
| 127 | Using discrete choice experiments to investigate subject preferences for preventive asthma medication
EJ Lancsar, JP Hall, M King, P Kenny, JJ Louviere, DG Fiebig, I Hossain, FCK Thien, HK Reddel, CR Jenkins |
| CASE REPORTS |
| 137 | Serum progastrin-releasing peptide levels followed by whole-body positron emission tomography detects early recurrence of small-cell lung cancer
H Yamaguchi, H Soda, T Kitazaki, H Nakano, S Fujino, Y Nakamura, S Kohno |
| 140 | Increase in soluble CD138 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of multicentric Castleman's disease
M Hasegawa, T Betsuyaku, N Yoshida, Y Nasuhara, I Kinoshita, S Ohta, T Itoh, PW Park, M Nishimura |
| 144 | Thymic and pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome and literature review
K Sunada, Y Hasegawa, T Kodama, Y Anami, H Satoh, M Ohtsuka, K Sekizawa |
| 148 | Delayed presentation of amniotic fluid embolism: Lessons from a case diagnosed at autopsy
P Malhotra, R Agarwal, A Awasthi, A Das, D Behera |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
| 151 | Value of recommended spirometer accuracy checks on office spirometers in primary care unknown
PJP Poels, TR Schermer |
| 152 | Response to the letter: Value of recommended spirometer accuracy checks on office spirometers in primary care unknown
DP Johns, D Burton, JAE Walters, R Wood-Baker |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| 154 | |
| CORRIGENDUM |
| 157 | |
