European Respiratory Journal

The ERJ publishes clinical and experimental work relating to all aspects of adult and paediatric respiratory medicine, including cell biology, epidemiology, immunology, oncology, pathophysiology, imaging, occupational medicine, intensive care, sleep medicine and thoracic surgery. In addition to original research material, the ERJ also publishes editorial commentaries, reviews, short research letters and correspondence to the editor. Articles are published continuously and collected into 12 monthly issues in two volumes per year.

May

ERJ Podcast Eur Respir J 2013; 41: E29
The World Trade Center disaster: a tragic source of medical advancement Vinicius C. Antao Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 999-1001
Pulmonary hypertension at exercise in COPD: does it matter? Robert Naeije, Bart G. Boerrigter Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1002-1004
T’ai chi for individuals with COPD: an ancient wisdom for a 21st century disease? Martijn A. Spruit, Michael I. Polkey Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1005-1007
How children with asthma breathe: have we been overlooking a problem? Vikas Goyal, Peter D. Sly Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1008-1009
Are statins beneficial for viral pneumonia? Angela R. Boyd, Eric M. Mortensen Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1010-1011
Eosinophilic bronchiolitis: is it a new syndrome? Venerino Poletti Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1012-1013
Oestrogen and the sexual dimorphism of pulmonary arterial hypertension: a translational challenge Jessica K. Paulus, Kari E. Roberts Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1014-1016
The Study to Understand Mortality and Morbidity in COPD (SUMMIT) study protocol Jørgen Vestbo, Julie Anderson, Robert D. Brook, Peter M.A. Calverley, Bartolome R. Celli, Courtney Crim, Brett Haumann, Fernando J. Martinez, Julie Yates, David E. Newby Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1017-1022
Cardiovascular biomarkers predict susceptibility to lung injury in World Trade Center dust-exposed firefighters Michael D. Weiden, Bushra Naveed, Sophia Kwon, Soo Jung Cho, Ashley L. Comfort, David J. Prezant, William N. Rom, Anna Nolan Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1023-1030
Haemodynamic responses to exercise in patients with COPD Janne Mykland Hilde, Ingunn Skjørten, Viggo Hansteen, Morten Nissen Melsom, Jonny Hisdal, Sjur Humerfelt, Kjetil Steine Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1031-1041
Proteinase 3 activity in sputum from subjects with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and COPD Nicola J. Sinden, Robert A. Stockley Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1042-1050
Short-form Sun-style t’ai chi as an exercise training modality in people with COPD Regina Wai Man Leung, Zoe J. McKeough, Matthew J. Peters, Jennifer A. Alison Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1051-1057
Airway epithelial cell apoptosis and inflammation in COPD, smokers and nonsmokers David M. Comer, Joseph C. Kidney, Madeleine Ennis, J. Stuart Elborn Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1058-1067
Dysfunctional breathing in children with asthma: a rare but relevant comorbidity Eric P. de Groot, Eric J. Duiverman, Paul L.P. Brand Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1068-1073
Effect of urbanisation on the relationship between total serum IgE and asthma William Checkley, Colin L. Robinson, Lauren M. Baumann, Karina Romero, Juan M. Combe, Robert H. Gilman, Robert A. Wise, Robert G. Hamilton, Guillermo Gonzalvez, Vitaliano Cama, Nadia N. Hansel, the PURA study investigators Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1074-1081
Effects of asthma severity, exacerbations and oral corticosteroids on perinatal outcomes Jennifer A. Namazy, Vanessa E. Murphy, Heather Powell, Peter G. Gibson, Christina Chambers, Michael Schatz Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1082-1090
Shared Pseudomonas aeruginosa genotypes are common in Australian cystic fibrosis centres Timothy J. Kidd, Kay A. Ramsay, Honghua Hu, Guy B. Marks, Claire E. Wainwright, Peter T. Bye, Mark R. Elkins, Philip J. Robinson, Barbara R. Rose, John W. Wilson, Keith Grimwood, Scott C. Bell, the ACPinCF Investigator Group Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1091-1100
Inhaled therapies, azithromycin and Mycobacterium abscessus in cystic fibrosis patients Emilie Catherinot, Anne-Laure Roux, Marie-Anne Vibet, Gil Bellis, Lydie Lemonnier, Evelyne Le Roux, Claire Bernède-Bauduin, Muriel Le Bourgeois, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Didier Guillemot, Jean-Louis Gaillard, for the OMA group Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1101-1106
Ciprofloxacin dry powder for inhalation in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a phase II randomised study Robert Wilson, Tobias Welte, Eva Polverino, Anthony De Soyza, Hugh Greville, Anne O'Donnell, Jeff Alder, Peter Reimnitz, Barbara Hampel Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1107-1115
Oestradiol ameliorates monocrotaline pulmonary hypertension via NO, prostacyclin and endothelin-1 pathways Ping Yuan, Wen-Hui Wu, Lan Gao, Ze-Qi Zheng, Dong Liu, Han-Ying Mei, Zhuo-Li Zhang, Zhi-Cheng Jing Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1116-1125
Hypereosinophilic obliterative bronchiolitis: a distinct, unrecognised syndrome Jean-François Cordier, Vincent Cottin, Chahéra Khouatra, Didier Revel, Clément Proust, Nathalie Freymond, Françoise Thivolet-Béjui, Jean-Charles Glérant Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1126-1134
Outcomes in females hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia are worse than in males Forest W. Arnold, Timothy L. Wiemken, Paula Peyrani, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Julio A. Ramirez, for the Community Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Study Group Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1135-1140
Hospital admissions of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal between 2000 and 2009 Filipe Froes, António Diniz, Margarida Mesquita, Margarida Serrado, Baltazar Nunes Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1141-1146
Simvastatin suppresses RANTES-mediated neutrophilia in polyinosinic–polycytidylic acid-induced pneumonia Chang Seok Lee, Eun Hee Yi, Jin-Ku Lee, Cheolhee Won, Young Ju Lee, Min Kyung Shin, Young Mok Yang, Myung-Hee Chung, Jung Weon Lee, Sang-Hyun Sung, Sang-Kyu Ye Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1147-1156
Childhood tuberculosis in Israel: epidemiological trends and treatment outcomes, 1999–2010 Zohar Mor, Noa Cedar, Galia Pinsker, Haim Bibi, Itamar Grotto Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1157-1162
Second-line anti-tuberculosis drug concentrations for susceptibility testing in the MODS assay Sean Patrick Fitzwater, G., rew Sechler, Oswaldo Jave, Jorge Coronel, Alberto Mendoza, Robert H. Gilman, Jon S. Friedland, David A.J. Moore Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1163-1171
Low miR-145 and high miR-367 are associated with unfavourable prognosis in resected nonsmall cell lung cancer Marc Campayo, Alfons Navarro, Nuria Viñolas, Tania Diaz, Rut Tejero, Josep M. Gimferrer, Laureano Molins, Maria L. Cabanas, Jose Ramirez, Mariano Monzo, Ramon Marrades Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1172-1178
Regional lung function and heterogeneity of specific gas volume in healthy and emphysematous subjects Andrea Aliverti, Francesca Pennati, Caterina Salito, Jason C. Woods Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1179-1188
Short cigarette smoke exposure facilitates sensitisation and asthma development in mice Ellen A. Lanckacker, Kurt G. Tournoy, Hamida Hammad, Gabriele Holtappels, Bart N. Lambrecht, Guy F. Joos, Tania Maes Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1189-1199
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: animal models Olaf Mercier, Elie Fadel Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1200-1206
The pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis: a moving target Wim A. Wuyts, Carlo Agostini, Katerina M. Antoniou, Demosthenes Bouros, Rachel C. Chambers, Vincent Cottin, Jim J. Egan, Bart N. Lambrecht, Rik Lories, Helen Parfrey, Antje Prasse, Carlos Robalo-Cordeiro, Eric Verbeken, Johny A. Verschakelen, Athol U. Wells, Geert M. Verleden Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1207-1218
Selected clinical highlights from the 2012 ERS congress in Vienna Maurizio Marvisi, Felix J.F. Herth, Sebastian Ley, Venerino Poletti, Niels H. Chavannes, Martijn A. Spruit, Enrico Clini, Vincent Cottin Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1219-1227
A peculiar squamous dysplastic lesion presenting as a ground-glass opacity: a case report Jun Atsumi, Kimihiro Shimizu, Tetsuhiro Nakano, Seiichi Kakegawa, Takaaki Sano, Mio Katano, Kenzo Hiroshima, Izumi Takeyoshi Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1228-1230
Paediatric lung transplant outcomes vary with Mycobacterium abscessus complex species Paul D. Robinson, Kathryn A. Harris, Paul Aurora, John C. Hartley, Victor Tsang, Helen Spencer Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1230-1232
Previous general practitioner consulting behaviour as a predictor of pneumonia in children Joanna C. Crocker, Colin V.E. Powell, Kerenza Hood, Christopher C. Butler, Meirion R. Evans Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1233-1234
Asymmetric dimethylarginine and asthma: results from the Childhood Asthma Prevention Study Edmund M.T. Lau, Philip E. Morgan, Elena G. Belousova, Brett G. Toelle, Julian G. Ayer, David S. Celermajer, Guy B. Marks Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1234-1237
Natural course of sleep disordered breathing after acute myocardial infarction Charalampos Mermigkis, Izolde Bouloukaki, Sophia E. Schiza Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1238-1239