| | Reviews Invasive and noninvasive methods for studying pulmonary function in mice Thomas Glaab, Christian Taube, Armin Braun, and Wayne Mitzner PMCID: PMC2039738 In vitro metabolism of beclomethasone dipropionate, budesonide, ciclesonide, and fluticasone propionate in human lung precision-cut tissue slices Ruediger Nave, Robyn Fisher, and Nigel McCracken PMCID: PMC2071910 Controversy surrounding the increased expression of TGFβ1 in asthma Ynuk Bossé and Marek Rola-Pleszczynski PMCID: PMC2078588 COPD diagnosis related to different guidelines and spirometry techniques Lennart Nathell, Madelene Nathell, Per Malmberg, and Kjell Larsson PMCID: PMC2217523 Research Detection of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in airways of a bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis model derived from an α-smooth muscle actin-Cre transgenic mouse Zhuang Wu, Leilei Yang, Lin Cai, Min Zhang, Xuan Cheng, Xiao Yang, and Jun Xu PMCID: PMC1781437 Glutathione S-transferase genotypes modify lung function decline in the general population: SAPALDIA cohort study Medea Imboden, Sara H Downs, Oliver Senn, Gabor Matyas, Otto Brändli, Erich W Russi, Christian Schindler, Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich, Wolfgang Berger, Nicole M Probst-Hensch, and the SAPALDIA Team PMCID: PMC1781067 The role of pneumolysin in mediating lung damage in a lethal pneumococcal pneumonia murine model María del Mar García-Suárez, Noelia Flórez, Aurora Astudillo, Fernando Vázquez, Roberto Villaverde, Kevin Fabrizio, Liise-Anne Pirofski, and Francisco J Méndez PMCID: PMC1790890 Iloprost-induced desensitization of the prostacyclin receptor in isolated rabbit lungs Ralph T Schermuly, Soni S Pullamsetti, Susanne C Breitenbach, Norbert Weissmann, Hossein A Ghofrani, Friedrich Grimminger, Sigrid M Nilius, Karsten Schrör, Jutta Meger-Kirchrath, Werner Seeger, and Frank Rose PMCID: PMC1802745 Isoniazid prophylaxis differently modulates T-cell responses to RD1-epitopes in contacts recently exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a pilot study Delia Goletti, M Pasquale Parracino, Ornella Butera, Federica Bizzoni, Rita Casetti, Duilio Dainotto, Gianfranco Anzidei, Carla Nisii, Giuseppe Ippolito, Fabrizio Poccia, and Enrico Girardi PMCID: PMC1794408 Human metapneumovirus induces more severe disease and stronger innate immune response in BALB/c mice as compared with respiratory syncytial virus Barbara Huck, Dieter Neumann-Haefelin, Annette Schmitt-Graeff, Markus Weckmann, Jörg Mattes, Stephan Ehl, and Valeria Falcone PMCID: PMC1794227 Body composition and functional limitation in COPD Mark D Eisner, Paul D Blanc, Steve Sidney, Edward H Yelin, Phenius V Lathon, Patricia P Katz, Irina Tolstykh, Lynn Ackerson, and Carlos Iribarren PMCID: PMC1797017 Effects of bone marrow-derived cells on monocrotaline- and hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in mice William Raoul, Orianne Wagner-Ballon, Guitanouch Saber, Anne Hulin, Elisabeth Marcos, Stéphane Giraudier, William Vainchenker, Serge Adnot, Saadia Eddahibi, and Bernard Maitre PMCID: PMC1797016 Reduced influenza viral neutralizing activity of natural human trimers of surfactant protein D Kevan L Hartshorn, Mitchell R White, Tesfaldet Tecle, Ida Tornoe, Grith L Sorensen, Erika C Crouch, and Uffe Holmskov PMCID: PMC1797806 Upregulation of pirin expression by chronic cigarette smoking is associated with bronchial epithelial cell apoptosis Brian D Gelbman, Adriana Heguy, Timothy P O'Connor, Joseph Zabner, and Ronald G Crystal PMCID: PMC1805431 An integrated approach to diagnosis and management of severe haemoptysis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a case series from a referral centre Muriel Fartoukh, Antoine Khalil, Laurence Louis, Marie-France Carette, Bernard Bazelly, Jacques Cadranel, Charles Mayaud, and Antoine Parrot PMCID: PMC1802746 Impact on respiratory tract infections of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine administered at 3, 5 and 11 months of age Susanna Esposito, Alessandro Lizioli, Annalisa Lastrico, Enrica Begliatti, Alessandro Rognoni, Claudia Tagliabue, Laura Cesati, Vittorio Carreri, and Nicola Principi PMCID: PMC1804265 Surfactant disaturated-phosphatidylcholine kinetics in acute respiratory distress syndrome by stable isotopes and a two compartment model Paola E Cogo, Gianna Maria Toffolo, Carlo Ori, Andrea Vianello, Marco Chierici, Antonina Gucciardi, Claudio Cobelli, Aldo Baritussio, and Virgilio P Carnielli PMCID: PMC1819376 Reference values of Forced Expiratory Volumes and pulmonary flows in 3–6 year children: a cross-sectional study Pavilio Piccioni, Alberto Borraccino, Maria Pia Forneris, Enrica Migliore, Carlo Carena, Elisabetta Bignamini, Stefania Fassio, Giorgio Cordola, Walter Arossa, and Massimiliano Bugiani PMCID: PMC1810252 Rapamycin attenuates hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling and right ventricular hypertrophy in mice Renate Paddenberg, Philipp Stieger, Anna-Laura von Lilien, Petra Faulhammer, Anna Goldenberg, Harald H Tillmanns, Wolfgang Kummer, and Ruediger C Braun-Dullaeus PMCID: PMC1821322 Antagonism of the prostaglandin D2 receptor CRTH2 attenuates asthma pathology in mouse eosinophilic airway inflammation Lena Uller, Jesper Mosolff Mathiesen, Lisa Alenmyr, Magnus Korsgren, Trond Ulven, Thomas Högberg, Gunnar Andersson, Carl GA Persson, and Evi Kostenis PMCID: PMC1810525 Expression of Toll-like Receptor 9 in nose, peripheral blood and bone marrow during symptomatic allergic rhinitis Mattias Fransson, Mikael Benson, Jonas S Erjefält, Lennart Jansson, Rolf Uddman, Sven Björnsson, Lars-Olaf Cardell, and Mikael Adner PMCID: PMC1810251 Gender and respiratory factors associated with dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Juan P de Torres, Ciro Casanova, Angela Montejo de Garcini, Armando Aguirre-Jaime, and Bartolome R Celli PMCID: PMC1821020 Overcoming beta-agonist tolerance: high dose salbutamol and ipratropium bromide. Two randomised controlled trials Sarah Haney and Robert J Hancox PMCID: PMC1821019 Does respiratory health contribute to the effects of long-term air pollution exposure on cardiovascular mortality? Tamara Schikowski, Dorothea Sugiri, Ulrich Ranft, Ulrike Gehring, Joachim Heinrich, H-Erich Wichmann, and Ursula Krämer PMCID: PMC1821323 The role of γδ T cells in airway epithelial injury and bronchial responsiveness after chlorine gas exposure in mice Hossein Koohsari, Meiyo Tamaoka, Holly R Campbell, and James G Martin PMCID: PMC1831470 Vascular endothelial growth factor as a non-invasive marker of pulmonary vascular remodeling in patients with bronchitis-type of COPD Hiroshi Kanazawa, Kazuhisa Asai, and Saeko Nomura PMCID: PMC1828053 Cigarette smoke exposure inhibits extracellular MMP-2 (gelatinase A) activity in human lung fibroblasts Giampiero La Rocca, Rita Anzalone, Francesca Magno, Felicia Farina, Francesco Cappello, and Giovanni Zummo PMCID: PMC1831768 Resolution of LPS-induced airway inflammation and goblet cell hyperplasia is independent of IL-18 J Foster Harris, Jay Aden, C Rick Lyons, and Yohannes Tesfaigzi PMCID: PMC1828726 A prospective study of decline in fat free mass and skeletal muscle strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Nicholas S Hopkinson, Rachel C Tennant, Mark J Dayer, Elisabeth B Swallow, Trevor T Hansel, John Moxham, and Michael I Polkey PMCID: PMC1832189 Validation of a guideline-based composite outcome assessment tool for asthma control Sally Spencer, Bhabita Mayer, Kate L Bendall, and Eric D Bateman PMCID: PMC1847816 Stimulation of MAP kinase pathways after maternal IL-1β exposure induces fetal lung fluid absorption in guinea pigs Reshma Bhattacharjee, Tianbo Li, Shyny Koshy, LaMonta L Beard, Kapil Sharma, Ethan P Carter, Chrystelle Garat, and Hans G Folkesson PMCID: PMC1847817 Nitric oxide induces MUC5AC mucin in respiratory epithelial cells through PKC and ERK dependent pathways Jeong Sup Song, Chun Mi Kang, Moon Bin Yoo, Seung Joon Kim, Hyung Kyu Yoon, Young Kyoon Kim, Kwan Hyung Kim, Hwa Sik Moon, and Sung Hak Park PMCID: PMC1847818 IL-1β induces murine airway 5-HT2A receptor hyperresponsiveness via a non-transcriptional MAPK-dependent mechanism Yaping Zhang, Lars-Olaf Cardell, and Mikael Adner PMCID: PMC1852101 Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: when are antibiotics indicated? A systematic review Milo A Puhan, Daniela Vollenweider, Tsogyal Latshang, Johann Steurer, and Claudia Steurer-Stey PMCID: PMC1853091 Proteinase-activated receptor 4 stimulation-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in alveolar epithelial cells Seijitsu Ando, Hitomi Otani, Yasuhiro Yagi, Kenzo Kawai, Hiromasa Araki, Shirou Fukuhara, and Chiyoko Inagaki PMCID: PMC1855055 Body mass index is associated with reduced exhaled nitric oxide and higher exhaled 8-isoprostanes in asthmatics Sushma Komakula, Sumita Khatri, Joel Mermis, Samira Savill, Shireen Haque, Mauricio Rojas, LouAnn Brown, Gerald W Teague, and Fernando Holguin PMCID: PMC1855924 In-vivo kinetics of inhaled 5-Aminolevulinic acid-Induced Protoporphyrin IX fluorescence in bronchial tissue Hubert Hautmann, Josef P Pichler, Herbert Stepp, Reinhold Baumgartner, Fernando Gamarra, and Rudolf M Huber PMCID: PMC1868083 Genomic analysis of human lung fibroblasts exposed to vanadium pentoxide to identify candidate genes for occupational bronchitis Jennifer L Ingram, Aurita Antao-Menezes, Elizabeth A Turpin, Duncan G Wallace, James B Mangum, Linda J Pluta, Russell S Thomas, and James C Bonner PMCID: PMC1865536 Anti-inflammatory properties of desipramine and fluoxetine Caroline Roumestan, Alain Michel, Florence Bichon, Karine Portet, Maëlle Detoc, Corinne Henriquet, Dany Jaffuel, and Marc Mathieu PMCID: PMC1876225 Alterations in cytoskeletal and immune function-related proteome profiles in whole rat lung following intratracheal instillation of heparin Amir A Gabr, Mathew Reed, Donna R Newman, Jan Pohl, Jody Khosla, and Philip L Sannes PMCID: PMC1876226 Antisense oligonucleotide inhibition of Heat Shock Protein (HSP) 47 improves bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats Satoshi Hagiwara, Hideo Iwasaka, Shigekiyo Matsumoto, and Takayuki Noguchi PMCID: PMC1876458 Low pH gel intranasal sprays inactivate influenza viruses in vitro and protect ferrets against influenza infection Paul Rennie, Philip Bowtell, David Hull, Duane Charbonneau, Robert Lambkin-Williams, and John Oxford PMCID: PMC1885256 Dietary n-3 fatty acids have suppressive effects on mucin upregulation in mice infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Daniel Tetaert, Maud Pierre, Dominique Demeyer, Marie-Odile Husson, Laurent Béghin, Claude Galabert, Frédéric Gottrand, Christopher Beermann, Benoit Guery, and Jean-Luc Desseyn PMCID: PMC1899493 Alterations of alveolar type II cells and intraalveolar surfactant after bronchoalveolar lavage and perfluorocarbon ventilation. An electron microscopical and stereological study in the rat lung Mario Rüdiger, Sebastian Wendt, Lars Köthe, Wolfram Burkhardt, Roland R Wauer, and Matthias Ochs PMCID: PMC1892019 Azithromycin in the extremely low birth weight infant for the prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: a pilot study Hubert O Ballard, Michael I Anstead, and Lori A Shook PMCID: PMC1896160 AIDS patients have increased surfactant protein D but normal mannose binding lectin levels in lung fluid Kondwani C Jambo, Neil French, Ed Zijlstra, and Stephen B Gordon PMCID: PMC1906751 A novel human ex vivo model for the analysis of molecular events during lung cancer chemotherapy Dagmar S Lang, Daniel Droemann, Holger Schultz, Detlev Branscheid, Christian Martin, Anne R Ressmeyer, Peter Zabel, Ekkehard Vollmer, and Torsten Goldmann PMCID: PMC1913052 Control of mucosal virus infection by influenza nucleoprotein-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes Innocent N Mbawuike, Yongxin Zhang, and Robert B Couch PMCID: PMC1914056 Efficacy and safety of tiotropium in COPD patients in primary care – the SPiRiva Usual CarE (SPRUCE) study Daryl Freeman, Angela Lee, and David Price PMCID: PMC1913915 Salmeterol/fluticasone stable-dose treatment compared with formoterol/budesonide adjustable maintenance dosing: impact on health-related quality of life David B Price, Angela E Williams, and Sally Yoxall PMCID: PMC1924504 Phenotypic alterations in type II alveolar epithelial cells in CD4+ T cell mediated lung inflammation Marcus Gereke, Lothar Gröbe, Silvia Prettin, Michael Kasper, Stefanie Deppenmeier, Achim D Gruber, Richard I Enelow, Jan Buer, and Dunja Bruder PMCID: PMC1939847 Glutathione S-transferase omega in the lung and sputum supernatants of COPD patients Terttu H Harju, Mirva J Peltoniemi, Paula H Rytilä, Ylermi Soini, Kaisa M Salmenkivi, Philip G Board, Lloyd W Ruddock, and Vuokko L Kinnula PMCID: PMC1939846 Reduced inflammatory response in cigarette smoke exposed Mrp1/Mdr1a/1b deficient mice Margaretha van der Deen, Wim Timens, Hetty Timmer-Bosscha, Barry W van der Strate, Rik J Scheper, Dirkje S Postma, Elisabeth G de Vries, and Huib A Kerstjens PMCID: PMC1950505 Peripheral infusion of rat bone marrow derived endothelial progenitor cells leads to homing in acute lung injury Christian M Kähler, Jutta Wechselberger, Wolfgang Hilbe, Andreas Gschwendtner, Daniela Colleselli, Harald Niederegger, Eva-Maria Boneberg, Gilbert Spizzo, Albrecht Wendel, Eberhard Gunsilius, Josef R Patsch, and Jürg Hamacher PMCID: PMC2000890 IL-13-induced proliferation of airway epithelial cells: mediation by intracellular growth factor mobilization and ADAM17 Brian W Booth, Tracy Sandifer, Erika L Martin, and Linda D Martin PMCID: PMC1976612 Comparison of the effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate with fluticasone propionate on airway physiology in adults with mild persistent asthma Catherine M Houghton, Naomi Lawson, Zoe L Borrill, Claire L Wixon, Sally Yoxall, Stephen J Langley, Ashley Woodcock, and Dave Singh PMCID: PMC1971055 Vascular endothelial growth factor: an angiogenic factor reflecting airway inflammation in healthy smokers and in patients with bronchitis type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Nikoletta Rovina, Andreas Papapetropoulos, Androniki Kollintza, Makrina Michailidou, Davina CM Simoes, Charis Roussos, and Christina Gratziou PMCID: PMC1939848 Human receptor kinetics and lung tissue retention of the enhanced-affinity glucocorticoid fluticasone furoate Anagnostis Valotis and Petra Högger PMCID: PMC1950704 Time-dependent changes in pulmonary surfactant function and composition in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pneumonia or aspiration Reinhold Schmidt, Philipp Markart, Clemens Ruppert, Malgorzata Wygrecka, Tim Kuchenbuch, Dieter Walmrath, Werner Seeger, and Andreas Guenther PMCID: PMC1950506 Maternal allergic contact dermatitis causes increased asthma risk in offspring Robert H Lim, Mohamed S Arredouani, Alexey Fedulov, Lester Kobzik, and Cedric Hubeau PMCID: PMC1959186 Assessment of pulmonary antibodies with induced sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage induced by nasal vaccination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a clinical phase I/II study Ulrich Baumann, Kerstin Göcke, Britta Gewecke, Joachim Freihorst, and Bernd Ulrich von Specht PMCID: PMC1973076 Effects of simulated altitude (normobaric hypoxia) on cardiorespiratory parameters and circulating endothelial precursors in healthy subjects Michele M Ciulla, Michela Cortiana, Ilaria Silvestris, Emanuela Matteucci, Elisa Ridolfi, Fabrizio Giofrè, Maddalena Zanardelli, Roberta Paliotti, Agostino Cortelezzi, Alberto Pierini, Fabio Magrini, and Maria Alfonsina Desiderio PMCID: PMC1976104 Xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme gene polymorphisms predict response to lung volume reduction surgery Craig P Hersh, Dawn L DeMeo, John J Reilly, and Edwin K Silverman PMCID: PMC2048957 Protective role of vascular endothelial growth factor in endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in mice Hidefumi Koh, Sadatomo Tasaka, Naoki Hasegawa, Wakako Yamada, Mie Shimizu, Morio Nakamura, Makoto Yonemaru, Eiji Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Adachi, Seitaro Fujishima, Kazuhiro Yamaguchi, and Akitoshi Ishizaka PMCID: PMC2042500 Impaired cortical processing of inspiratory loads in children with chronic respiratory defects Brigitte Fauroux, Francis Renault, Pierre Yves Boelle, Christine Donzel-Raynaud, Frédéric Nicot, Annick Clément, Christian Straus, and Thomas Similowski PMCID: PMC2020473 Perforin, granzyme B, and FasL expression by peripheral blood T lymphocytes in emphysema Mathieu C Morissette, Julie Parent, and Julie Milot PMCID: PMC2018693 Inverse association of plasma IL-13 and inflammatory chemokines with lung function impairment in stable COPD: a cross-sectional cohort study Janet S Lee, Matthew R Rosengart, Venkateswarlu Kondragunta, Yingze Zhang, Jessica McMurray, Robert A Branch, Augustine MK Choi, and Frank C Sciurba PMCID: PMC2064925 Salmeterol plus fluticasone propionate versus fluticasone propionate plus montelukast: a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects on airway inflammation in asthma Ian Pavord, Ashley Woodcock, Debbie Parker, Leanne Rice, and the SOLTA study group PMCID: PMC2174463 Salmeterol and cytokines modulate inositol-phosphate signalling in Human airway smooth muscle cells via regulation at the receptor locus Natalie Smith, Claudia A Browning, Nathalie Duroudier, Ceri Stewart, Samantha Peel, Caroline Swan, Ian P Hall, and Ian Sayers PMCID: PMC2117012 Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors 1 (DMBT1) is present in hyaline membranes and modulates surface tension of surfactant Hanna Müller, Caroline End, Marcus Renner, Burkhard M Helmke, Nikolaus Gassler, Christel Weiss, Dominik Hartl, Matthias Griese, Mathias Hafner, Annemarie Poustka, Jan Mollenhauer, and Johannes Poeschl PMCID: PMC2164949 Truncated recombinant human SP-D attenuates emphysema and type II cell changes in SP-D deficient mice Lars Knudsen, Matthias Ochs, Rosemarie MacKay, Paul Townsend, Roona Deb, Christian Mühlfeld, Joachim Richter, Fabian Gilbert, Samuel Hawgood, Kenneth Reid, and Howard Clark PMCID: PMC2078589 LPS induces IL-10 production by human alveolar macrophages via MAPKinases- and Sp1-dependent mechanisms Hugues Chanteux, Amélie C Guisset, Charles Pilette, and Yves Sibille PMCID: PMC2080632 CpG oligonucleotide activates Toll-like receptor 9 and causes lung inflammation in vivo Pascal Knuefermann, Georg Baumgarten, Alexander Koch, Markus Schwederski, Markus Velten, Heidi Ehrentraut, Jan Mersmann, Rainer Meyer, Andreas Hoeft, Kai Zacharowski, and Christian Grohé PMCID: PMC2173891 Sialic acid receptor detection in the human respiratory tract: evidence for widespread distribution of potential binding sites for human and avian influenza viruses John M Nicholls, Anthony J Bourne, Honglin Chen, Yi Guan, and JS Malik Peiris PMCID: PMC2169242 Simian virus 40 vectors for pulmonary gene therapy Luminita Eid, Zohar Bromberg, Mahmoud Abd EL-Latif, Evelyn Zeira, Ariella Oppenheim, and Yoram G Weiss PMCID: PMC2238754 Role of TNF-α in lung tight junction alteration in mouse model of acute lung inflammation Emanuela Mazzon and Salvatore Cuzzocrea PMCID: PMC2174464 Endothelin-1 in exhaled breath condensate of allergic asthma patients with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction Ziemowit Zietkowski, Roman Skiepko, Maria M Tomasiak, and Anna Bodzenta-Lukaszyk PMCID: PMC2147005 Effect of hypoxia and Beraprost sodium on human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation: the role of p27kip1 Maiko Kadowaki, Shiro Mizuno, Yoshiki Demura, Shingo Ameshima, Isamu Miyamori, and Takeshi Ishizaki PMCID: PMC2164950 Continuous monitoring of the bronchial epithelial lining fluid by microdialysis Stig S Tyvold, Erik Solligård, Oddveig Lyng, Sigurd L Steinshamn, Sigurd Gunnes, and Petter Aadahl PMCID: PMC2169243 Differential epithelial expression of the putative innate immune molecule SPLUNC1 in Cystic Fibrosis Lynne Bingle, Frances A Barnes, Simon S Cross, Doris Rassl, William A Wallace, Michael A Campos, and Colin D Bingle PMCID: PMC2203987 The role of IFN-γ in regulation of IFN-γ-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) expression in lung epithelial cell and peripheral blood mononuclear cell co-cultures Maria Torvinen, Hinnah Campwala, and Iain Kilty PMCID: PMC2174934 Patterns of airway inflammation and MMP-12 expression in smokers and ex-smokers with COPD Agne Babusyte, Kristina Stravinskaite, Jolanta Jeroch, Jan Lötvall, Raimundas Sakalauskas, and Brigita Sitkauskiene PMCID: PMC2200652 Factors affecting exhaled nitric oxide measurements: the effect of sex D Robin Taylor, Piush Mandhane, Justina M Greene, Robert J Hancox, Sue Filsell, Christene R McLachlan, Avis J Williamson, Jan O Cowan, Andrew D Smith, and Malcolm R Sears PMCID: PMC2231356 Chlamydophila pneumoniae induces a sustained airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in mice Francesco Blasi, Stefano Aliberti, Luigi Allegra, Gioia Piatti, Paolo Tarsia, Jacobus M Ossewaarde, Vivienne Verweij, Frans P Nijkamp, and Gert Folkerts PMCID: PMC2194694 Epithelial expression of TLR4 is modulated in COPD and by steroids, salmeterol and cigarette smoke Ruth E MacRedmond, Catherine M Greene, Delbert R Dorscheid, Noel G McElvaney, and Shane J O'Neill PMCID: PMC2194695 Smoking cessation and bronchial epithelial remodelling in COPD: a cross-sectional study Thérèse S Lapperre, Jacob K Sont, Annemarie van Schadewijk, Margot ME Gosman, Dirkje S Postma, Ingeborg M Bajema, Wim Timens, Thais Mauad, Pieter S Hiemstra, and the GLUCOLD Study Group PMCID: PMC2214729 Bronchial epithelial spheroids: an alternative culture model to investigate epithelium inflammation-mediated COPD Gaetan Deslee, Sandra Dury, Jeanne M Perotin, Denise Al Alam, Fabien Vitry, Rachel Boxio, Sophie C Gangloff, Moncef Guenounou, François Lebargy, and Abderrazzaq Belaaouaj PMCID: PMC2214730 Characterization of the innate immune response to chronic aspiration in a novel rodent model James Z Appel, III, Sean M Lee, Matthew G Hartwig, Bin Li, Chong-Chao Hsieh, Edward Cantu, III, Yonghan Yoon, Shu S Lin, William Parker, and R Duane Davis PMCID: PMC2213655 Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms associated with progression of lung disease in young patients with cystic fibrosis Harriet Corvol, Nadia Nathan, Celine Charlier, Katarina Chadelat, Philippe Le Rouzic, Olivier Tabary, Brigitte Fauroux, Alexandra Henrion-Caude, Josue Feingold, Pierre-Yves Boelle, and Annick Clement PMCID: PMC2217522 Pioglitazone is as effective as dexamethasone in a cockroach allergen-induced murine model of asthma Venkata R Narala, Rajesh Ranga, Monica R Smith, Aaron A Berlin, Theodore J Standiford, Nicholas W Lukacs, and Raju C Reddy PMCID: PMC2231357 Differences in susceptibility to German cockroach frass and its associated proteases in induced allergic inflammation in mice Kristen Page, Kristin M Lierl, Nancy Herman, and Marsha Wills-Karp PMCID: PMC2222603 Health-related quality of life and long-term prognosis in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: a prospective survival analysis Stephan Budweiser, Andre P Hitzl, Rudolf A Jörres, Kathrin Schmidbauer, Frank Heinemann, and Michael Pfeifer PMCID: PMC2222604 Withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroids in people with COPD in primary care: a randomised controlled trial Aklak B Choudhury, Carolyn M Dawson, Hazel E Kilvington, Sandra Eldridge, Wai-Yee James, Jadwiga A Wedzicha, Gene S Feder, and Chris J Griffiths PMCID: PMC2245934 |
