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.

December

Thoracic oncology in Europe: the ERS action plan by the Thoracic Oncology Assembly Sculier J-P., Vansteenkiste J., Schönfeld N., Scherpereel A. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1227-1228
The centenary of medical thoracoscopy Tassi G.F., Tschopp J.M. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1229-1231
Fibrocytes: potential new therapeutic targets for pulmonary hypertension? Stenmark K.R., Frid M.G., Yeager M.E. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1232-1235
Plugging (publicising) to prevent mucous plugging Burgel P-R., Nadel J.A. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1236-1238
HERMES criteria for accreditation of European Training Centres: overcoming challenges of accreditation Loddenkemper R., Séverin T., Mitchell S., Palange P. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1239-1241
Challenges and perspectives for improved management of HIV/Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection Sester M., Giehl C., McNerney R., Kampmann B., Walzl G., Cuchí P., Wingfield C., Lange C., Migliori G.B., Kritski A.L., Meyerhans A. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1242-1247
Factors influencing age at diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia in European children Kuehni C.E., Frischer T., Strippoli M-P.F., Maurer E., Bush A., Nielsen K.G., Escribano A., Lucas J.S.A., Yiallouros P., Omran H., Eber E., O'Callaghan C., Snijders D., Barbato A. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1248-1258
Prevalence of airflow obstruction in smokers and never-smokers in Switzerland Bridevaux P-O., Probst-Hensch N.M., Schindler C., Curjuric I., Felber Dietrich D., Braendli O., Brutsche M., Burdet L., Frey M., Gerbase M.W., Ackermann-Liebrich U., Pons M., Tschopp J-M., Rochat T., Russi E.W. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1259-1269
Exposure to volatile organic compounds and loss of pulmonary function in the elderly Yoon H.I., Hong Y-C., Cho S-H., Kim H., Kim Y.H., Sohn J.R., Kwon M., Park S-H., Cho M-H., Cheong H-K. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1270-1276
Cystic fibrosis and survival to 40 years: a case–control study Simmonds N.J., MacNeill S.J., Cullinan P., Hodson M.E. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1277-1283
Distinct patterns of circulating endothelial cells in pulmonary hypertension Smadja D.M., Mauge L., Sanchez O., Silvestre J-S., Guerin C., Godier A., Henno P., Gaussem P., Israël-Biet D. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1284-1293
The role of per cent predicted 6-min walk distance in pulmonary arterial hypertension Lee W-T.N., Peacock A.J., Johnson M.K. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1294-1301
Treprostinil inhibits the recruitment of bone marrow-derived circulating fibrocytes in chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension Nikam V.S., Schermuly R.T., Dumitrascu R., Weissmann N., Kwapiszewska G., Morrell N., Klepetko W., Fink L., Seeger W., Voswinckel R. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1302-1314
Impaired lung compliance and DL,CO but no restrictive ventilatory defect in sarcoidosis Boros P.W., Enright P.L., Quanjer P.H., Borsboom G.J.J.M., Wesolowski S.P., Hyatt R.E. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1315-1322
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is linked to severity of obstructive sleep apnoea Baguet J-P., Barone-Rochette G., Lévy P., Vautrin E., Pierre H., Ormezzano O., Pépin J-L. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1323-1329
Obesity and risk of subsequent hospitalisation with pneumonia Kornum J.B., Nørgaard M., Dethlefsen C., Due K.M., Thomsen R.W., Tjønneland A., Sørensen H.T., Overvad K. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1330-1336
Osteopontin promotes host defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced pneumonia van der Windt G.J.W., Hoogerwerf J.J., de Vos A.F., Florquin S., van der Poll T. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1337-1345
Factor V Leiden mutation does not affect coagulopathy or outcome in lethal H1N1 influenza Schouten M., van der Sluijs K.F., Roelofs J.J.T.H., Levi M., van't Veer C., van der Poll T. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1346-1354
Prognostic factors in pathological stage IB nonsmall cell lung cancer greater than 3 cm Hung J-J., Jeng W-J., Hsu W-H., Lin S-F., Hsieh C-C., Huang B-S., Huang M-H., Liu J-S., Chou T-Y., Wu Y-C.i Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1355-1361
Trimodality therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: results from an EORTC phase II multicentre trial Van Schil P.E., Baas P., Gaafar R., Maat A.P., Van de Pol M., Hasan B., Klomp H.M., Abdelrahman A.M., Welch J., van Meerbeeck J.P. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1362-1369
Combined airway and oesophageal stenting in malignant airway–oesophageal fistulas: a prospective study Herth F.J.F., Peter S., Baty F., Eberhardt R., Leuppi J.D., Chhajed P.N. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1370-1374
Acute ischaemic hemispheric stroke is associated with impairment of reflex in addition to voluntary cough Ward K., Seymour J., Steier J., Jolley C.J., Polkey M.I., Kalra L., Moxham J. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1383-1390
Changes in the FEV1/FVC ratio during childhood and adolescence: an intercontinental study Quanjer P.H., Stanojevic S., Stocks J., Hall G.L., Prasad K.V.V., Cole T.J., Rosenthal M., Perez-Padilla R., Hankinson J.L., Falaschetti E., Golshan M., Brunekreef B., Al-Rawas O., Kühr J., Trabelsi Y., Ip M.S.M. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1391-1399
Community violence and urban childhood asthma: a multilevel analysis Sternthal M.J., Jun H-J., Earls F., Wright R.J. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1400-1409
Asthma Control Questionnaire in children: validation, measurement properties, interpretation Juniper E.F., Gruffydd-Jones K., Ward S., Svensson K. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1410-1416
Interactive inhibitory effects of formoterol and montelukast on activated human neutrophils Gravett C.M., Theron A.J., Steel H.C., Tintinger G.R., Cockeran R., Feldman C., Anderson R. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1417-1424
Rhinovirus induces MUC5AC in a human infection model and in vitro via NF-?B and EGFR pathways Hewson C.A., Haas J.J., Bartlett N.W., Message S.D., Laza-Stanca V., Kebadze T., Caramori G., Zhu J., Edbrooke M.R., Stanciu L.A., Kon O.M., Papi A., Jeffery P.K., Edwards M.R., Johnston S.L. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1425-1435
Allergic airway inflammation induces a pro-secretory epithelial ion transport phenotype in mice Anagnostopoulou P., Dai L., Schatterny J., Hirtz S., Duerr J., Mall M.A. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1436-1447
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase ? inhibitor suppresses interleukin-17 expression in a murine asthma model Park S.J., Lee K.S., Kim S.R., Min K.H., Moon H., Lee M.H., Chung C.R., Han H.J., Puri K.D., Lee Y.C. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1448-1459
Clinical management of tuberculosis and HIV-1 co-infection Schutz C., Meintjes G., Almajid F., Wilkinson R.J., Pozniak A. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1460-1481
Ventilation variability inversely correlates to ejection fraction in heart failure Castro R.R.T., Antunes-Correa L.M., Ueno L.M., Rondon M.U.P.B., Negrão C.E., Nobrega A.C.L. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1482-1483
Bosentan and improved pulmonary endothelial function in pulmonary arterial hypertension Ilsar R., Levitt J., Ng M.K.C., Kritharides L., Adams M.R., Celermajer D.S. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1483-1485
Renal failure as first manifestation of familial sarcoidosis Pastor E., Arriero J.M., Gutiérrez A.I., Barroso M.E., Noguera R.J., Muñoz C., Porriño M.L. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1485-1487
Potential of interferon-?-inducible protein 10 in improving tuberculosis diagnosis in HIV-infected patients Aabye M.G., Ruhwald M., PrayGod G., Jeremiah K., Faurholt-Jepsen M., Faurholt-Jepsen D., Range N., Friis H., Changalucha J., Andersen A.B., Ravn P. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1488-1490
New insight into extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis: using atomic force microscopy Velayati A.A., Farnia P., Merza M.A., Zhavnerko G.K., Tabarsi P., Titov L.P., Ghanavei J., Farnia P., Setare M., Poleschuyk N.N., Owlia P., Sheikolslami M., Ranjbar R., Masjedi M.R. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1490-1493
Semantics or pedantry? Widdicombe J. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1494
The BODE index as a tool to predict survival in COPD lung transplant candidates Marchand E. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1494-1495
From the authors: Lahzami S., Aubert J-D. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1495
Standardisation of lung function testing: the authors' replies to readers' comments Miller M.R., Hankinson J., Brusasco V., Burgos F., Casaburi R., Coates A., Enright P., van der Grinten C., Gustafsson P., Jensen R., MacIntyre N., McKay R.T., Pedersen O.F., Pellegrino R., Viegi G., Wanger J. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1496-1498
Author Correction Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1499