| Page | SUMMARIES AT A GLANCE |
| 309 | |
| FORTHCOMING MEETINGS |
| 310 | |
| JOURNAL STATISTICS |
| 311 | |
| EDITORIAL |
| 312 | |
| GUEST EDITORIAL |
| 313 | Deconstructing COPD using genomic tools
IA Yang & SMS Francis |
| INVITED REVIEW: A YEAR-IN-REVIEW |
| 318 | Respirology year-in-review 2008: Basic science
MRJ Kolb & I Yang |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
| 327 | Making sense of scoring systems in community acquired pneumonia
MS Niederman |
| INVITED REVIEW SERIES: AIR POLLUTION AND LUNG HEALTH |
| 336 | Pulmonary and systemic response to atmospheric pollution
JC Hogg & S van Eeden |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
| 347 | TGF-β effects on airway smooth muscle cell proliferation, VEGF release and signal transduction pathways
JH Shin, JW Shim, DS Kim & JY Shim |
| 354 | Oral N-acetylcysteine attenuates pulmonary emphysema and alveolar septal cell apoptosis in smoking-induced COPD in rats
S Cai, P Chen, C Zhang, J-B Chen & J Wu |
| 360 | Chronic intranasal administration of Aspergillus fumigatus spores leads to aggravation of airway inflammation and remodelling in asthmatic rats
F-S Gao, J-O Qiao, Y Zhang & X-Q Jin |
| 371 | Clinicopathological features and epidermal growth factor receptor mutations associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition in non-small cell lung cancer
Q-F Deng, C-C Zhou & C-X Su |
| 377 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung disease in patients with lung cancer
S Mizuno, Y Takiguchi, A Fujikawa, K Motoori, Y Tada, K Kurosu, Y Sekine, N Yanagawa, K Hiroshima, K Muraoka, T Mitsushima, N Niki, N Tanabe, K Tatsumi & T Kuriyama |
| 384 | Varenicline for smoking cessation: A placebo-controlled, randomized study
C Wang, D Xiao, KPW Chan, C Pothirat, D Garza & S Davies |
| 393 | Small airways obstruction syndrome in clinical practice
C-Z Chen, C-C Lin, C-H Lee, H-Y Chang & T-R Hsiue |
| 399 | High-pitched breath sounds indicate airfl ow limitation in asymptomatic asthmatic children
C Habukawa, Y Nagasaka, K Murakami & T Takemura |
| 404 | Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea in Samoa progressively reduces daytime blood pressure over 6 months
S Middleton, W Vermeulen, K Byth, CE Sullivan & PG Middleton |
| 411 | Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is the method of choice to assess body composition in COPD
A Miller, BJ Strauss, S Mol, A Kyoong, PH Holmes, P Finlay, PG Bardin & P Guy |
| SHORT COMMUNICATIONS |
| 419 | Reduced exhaled breath condensate pH in asthmatic smokers using inhaled corticosteroids
B Kane, Z Borrill, T Southworth, A Woodcock & D Singh |
| 424 | The effectiveness of a bronchial drainage technique (ELTGOL) in COPD exacerbations
M Kodric, G Garuti, M Colomban, B Russi, RD Porta, M Lusuardi & M Confalonieri |
| TECHNICAL REPORTS |
| 429 | Development of an activity of daily living scale for patients with COPD: The Activity of Daily Living Dyspnoea scale
Y Yoza, K Ariyoshi, S Honda, H Taniguchi & H Senjyu |
| 436 | Evaluation of transcutaneous CO2 responses following acute changes in PaCO2 in healthy subjects
S Fuke, K Miyamoto, H Ohira, M Ohira, N Odajima & M Nishimura |
| CASE REVIEW |
| 443 | Obstructive bronchiolar disease identified by CT in the non-transplant population: Analysis of 29 consecutive cases
JG Parambil, ES Yi & JH Ryu |
| CASE REPORTS |
| 449 | Inflammatory pseudotumour affecting the lung and orbit
K Kishi, T Fujii, T Kohno & K Yoshimura |
| 452 | Pulmonary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma mimicking central lung cancer
AD Shang & XF Wang |
| 456 | Langerhans' cell histiocytosis mimicking metastatic carcinoma of the lung
YO Niksarlioglu, B Gurel, GG Tezel, P Firat, R Dogan, A Kars & L Coplu |
| 459 | Posterior mediastinal paragangliomas: A report of three patients with peculiar tumours
A Ayadi-Kaddour, E Braham, O Ismail, B Smati, H Djilani & F El Mezni |
| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
| 462 | Lung transplantation from a deceased donor into an Asian cystic fibrosis patient
H-H Hsu, J-S Chen, S-C Huang, W-J Ko, S-W Kuo & Y-C Lee |
