European Respiratory Review

The European Respiratory Review (ERR) is an open access journal published by the European Respiratory Society (ERS), providing an update on medicine, science and surgery for respiratory professionals. The ERR contains state-of-the-art review articles, editorials and correspondence, in addition to summaries of the most important recent research findings and published studies in topics such as COPD, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, tuberculosis and pulmonary infections. Articles are published continuously and collected into quarterly issues in one volume per year.

June 2008 - 17 (108)

Managing asthma patients: which outcomes matter? Greening A. P., Stempel D., Bateman E. D., Virchow J. C. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 53-61
Winners of the ERS Annual Awards 2007 Moore V. C., Burge P. S. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 65-66
Asthma as a nonlinear complex dynamic system: a novel approach to understand the temporal behaviour of chronic asthma and its response to β-agonists Frey Urs Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 67-69
Dendritic cell stimulation by mycobacterial Hsp70 is mediated through CCR5 Floto Rodrigo Andres Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 70-71
Prevention of pulmonary vascular and myocardial remodeling by the combined tyrosine and serine-/threonine kinase inhibitor, sorafenib, in pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure Klein M., Schermuly R. T., Ellinghaus P., Milting H., Riedl B., Ghofrani H. A., Grimminger F., Schafer S. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 72-73
Monitoring the efficacy of anti-TB therapy by using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In tube test Markova R., Drenska R., Todorova Y., Terzieva V., Stefanova D. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 74-75
Towards new antituberculotic targets: biochemical characterisation of mycobacterial RNase E/G Csanadi Agnes, Zeller Mirijam-Elisabeth, Miczak Andras, Rose Thierry, Bizebard Thierry, Kaberdin Vladimir R. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 76-77
The epithelial integrity is preserved during particle exchange across the epithelium by macrophages and dendritic cells Blank F., Wehrli M., Baum O., Gehr P., Rothen-Rutishauser B. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 78-80
The role of the acute phase protein PTX3 in the ventilator-induced lung injury Real JM, Marques MM, Spilborghs GMGT, Negri EM, Matzuk MM, Moura RP, Camargo AA, Deheinzelin D, Dias AAM Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 81-82
Impact of neutrophil function on outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in patients with cancer Aliberti Stefano, Amir Asad, Peyrani Paula, Myers John A., Cirino Maria, Saporiti Matteo, Blasi Francesco, Ramirez Julio A. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 83-85
Effectiveness of group counselling for smoking cessation in hospital staff Schoonis A., Celis G., Wuyts W., Lemaigre V., Nackaerts K. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 86-87
The Oxford Transport Strategy: impact of a traffic intervention on PEF and wheeze among children MacNeill S. J., Goddard F., Pitman R., Tharme S., Cullinan P. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 88-89
The effect of baseline lung function on the determination of time to bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome Burton Christopher M., Iversen Martin, Carlsen Jorn, Andersen Claus, Mortensen Jann Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 90-92
The Leuven experience with a dichotomy in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) after lung transplantation revealed by azithromycin Vanaudenaerde Bart, Vos Robin, Geudens Nele, Van Raemdonck Dirk, Dupont Lieven, Verleden Geert Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 93-95
The bell tolls for the relationship between house dust mite exposure and asthma in childhood Almqvist Catarina, Marks Guy, Li Qiang, Crisafulli Daniel, Tovey Euan Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 96-98
Sleep-disordered breathing: a new risk factor of suspected fatty liver disease in overweight children and adolescents? Verhulst S. L., Schrauwen N., Haentjens D., Rooman R. P., Van Gaal L., De Backer W. A., Desager K. N. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 99-100
CPAP increases bronchial reactivity in OSAS patients Korczynski P., Gorska K., Bielicki P., Byskiniewicz K., Zielinski J., Chazan R. Eur Respir Rev 2008; 17: 101-102