Issue 4/2014
Content (24 Articles)
Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 in Alveolar Macrophages, Type II Pneumocytes, and Airways in Smokers: Relationship to Lung Function and Emphysema
Alison M. Wallace, Leanna B. Loy, Raja T. Abboud, Jeanine M. D’Armiento, Harvey O. Coxson, Nestor L. Muller, Steve Kalloger, Xing Li, W. Mark Elliott, John C. English, Richard J. Finley, Peter D. Paré
Association of Lung Function Genes with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Woo Jin Kim, Myoung Nam Lim, Yoonki Hong, Edwin K. Silverman, Ji-Hyun Lee, Bock Hyun Jung, Seung Won Ra, Hye Sook Choi, Young Ju Jung, Yong Bum Park, Myung Jae Park, Sei Won Lee, Jae Seung Lee, Yeon-Mok Oh, Sang Do Lee
Sulfated Caffeic Acid Dehydropolymer Attenuates Elastase and Cigarette Smoke Extract–induced Emphysema in Rats: Sustained Activity and a Need of Pulmonary Delivery
Bhawana Saluja, Hua Li, Umesh R. Desai, Norbert F. Voelkel, Masahiro Sakagami
Association Between Vitamin D Status and COPD Phenotypes
Mia Moberg, Thomas Ringbaek, Nassim Bazeghi Roberts, Jørgen Vestbo
Exhaled Nitric Oxide Predicts Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in COPD
Kun-Ta Chou, Kang-Cheng Su, Shiang-Fen Huang, Yi-Han Hsiao, Ching-Min Tseng, Vincent Yi-Fong Su, Shih-Chieh Hung, Diahn-Warng Perng
The Effect of Quitting Smoking on Costs and Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Comparison of Current Smokers Versus Ex-Smokers in Routine Clinical Practice
Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Javier Rejas-Gutiérrez, Ruth Navarro-Artieda, Jordi Ibáñez-Nolla
Collateral Damage: Depressive Symptoms in the Partners of COPD Patients
Andriana I. Papaioannou, Stamatoula Tsikrika, Konstantinos Bartziokas, Foteini Karakontaki, Emmanouil Kastanakis, Filia Diamantea, Aikaterini Haniotou, Spyros Papiris, Vlassis Polychronopoulos, Stelios Loukides, Konstantinos Kostikas
ADAM33 Gene Polymorphisms are Associated with the Risk of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Soo-Taek Uh, An-Soo Jang, Sung-Woo Park, Jong-Sook Park, Chang-Gi Min, Yong Hoon Kim, Byung-Lae Park, Hyoung Doo Shin, Dong Soon Kim, Choon-Sik Park
Diagnostic Value of Strain Echocardiography, Galectin-3, and Tenascin-C Levels for the Identification of Patients with Pulmonary and Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Seref Kul, Hatice Kutbay Ozcelik, Huseyin Uyarel, Gultekin Karakus, Tolga Sinan Guvenc, Murat Yalcınsoy, Emin Asoglu, Ahu Sarbay Kemik, Abdurrahman Tasal, Sinem Gungor, Ercan Karaarslan, Levent Kart, Omer Goktekin
CT Quantification of Large Opacities and Emphysema in Silicosis: Correlations among Clinical, Functional, and Radiological Parameters
Marcos César Santos de Castro, Angela Santos Ferreira, Klaus Loureiro Irion, Bruno Hochhegger, Agnaldo José Lopes, Guilhermo Coca Velarde, Gláucia Zanetti, Edson Marchiori
Diaphragmatic Motion Studied by M-mode Ultrasonography in Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema
Li He, Wanguang Zhang, Jiahong Zhang, Le Cao, Lan Gong, Jingping Ma, He Huang, Jinwu Zeng, Chuanbin Zhu, Jianhua Gong, Yongjian Xu, Zhenxiang Zhang, Jianping Zhao, Huilan Zhang
Angiotensin Receptors as Sensitive Markers of Acute Bronchiole Injury After Lung Transplantation
Maria Nataatmadja, Margaret Passmore, Fraser D. Russell, Sulistiana Prabowo, Amanda Corley, John F. Fraser
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Retransplantation in Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Registry
Don Hayes Jr., Robert S. Higgins, Ahmet Kilic, Stephen Kirkby, Amy L. Pope-Harman, Thomas J. Preston, Bryan A. Whitson
Serum C-Reactive Protein as an Adjunct for Identifying Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions
Silvia Bielsa, Horacio Valencia, Agustín Ruiz-González, Aureli Esquerda, José M. Porcel
Thoracic Endometriosis-Related Pneumothorax Distinguished From Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Females
Takahiro Haga, Hideyuki Kataoka, Hiroki Ebana, Mizuto Otsuji, Kuniaki Seyama, Koichiro Tatsumi, Masatoshi Kurihara
Positron Emission Tomography in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Nodules Among Patients Living in a Coccidioidal Endemic Region
Nathaniel Reyes, Oluwole O. Onadeko, Maria Del Carmen Luraschi-Monjagatta, Kenneth S. Knox, Margaret A. Rennels, Travis Kent Walsh, Neil M. Ampel
Neutrophil Elastase Gene Polymorphisms: Modulators of Response to Therapy in Childhood Bronchiectasis?
Aleksandra Nikolic, Katarina Milosevic, Srdjan Boskovic, Branimir Nestorovic
Sequential Voluntary Cough and Aspiration or Aspiration Risk in Parkinson’s Disease
Karen Wheeler Hegland, Michael S. Okun, Michelle S. Troche
Hyperbaric Air Exposure at 2.5 ATA Does Not Affect Respiratory Mechanics and Lung Histology in the Rat
Alessandro Rubini, Andrea Porzionato, Gloria Sarasin, Susi Zara, Veronica Macchi, Enrico Camporesi, Gerardo Bosco
Incidence of Bacteremia Following Bronchoscopy with Argon Plasma Coagulation: A Prospective Study
Alona Matveychuk, Alexander Guber, Olga Talker, David Shitrit
Heat Stress is Associated with Reduced Health Status in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Prospective Study Cohort
Melissa Jehn, Andreas Gebhardt, Uta Liebers, Bahar Kiran, Dieter Scherer, Wilfried Endlicher, Christian Witt
BMPR2 Germline Mutation in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Yu-Xuan Feng, Dong Liu, Ming-Li Sun, Xin Jiang, Na Sun, Yi-Min Mao, Zhi-Cheng Jing
An Unusual Cause of Multiple Pulmonary Nodules: Glomus Tumors of the Lung
Natalia Henz Concatto, Klaus Loureiro Irion, Edson Marchiori, John R. Gosney, Julius Asante-Siaw, Bruno Hochhegger