Year in review 2013: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and airway biology

Heritability of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Related Phenotypes in Smokers

(2013) Jin J. Zhou et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Human iPS cell–derived alveolar epithelium repopulates lung extracellular matrix

(2013) Mahboobe Ghaedi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Asthma

(2013) Fernando D Martinez et al.   LANCET

A genome-wide association meta-analysis of self-reported allergy identifies shared and allergy-specific susceptibility loci

(2013) David A Hinds et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Invariant natural killer T cells recognize a fungal glycosphingolipid that can induce airway hyperreactivity

(2013) Lee A Albacker et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Background Factors of Reflux Esophagitis and Non-Erosive Reflux Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of 10,837 Subjects in Japan

(2013) Chihiro Minatsuki et al.   PLoS One

Significant association between asthma risk and theGSTM1andGSTT1deletion polymorphisms: An updated meta-analysis of case-control studies

(2013) Siqiao Liang et al.   RESPIROLOGY

A pilot randomized study comparing two methods of non-invasive ventilation withdrawal after acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2013) Chung-Tat Lun et al.   RESPIROLOGY

A possible role for CD8+and non-CD8+cell granzyme B in early small airway wall remodelling in centrilobular emphysema

(2013) Won-Dong Kim et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Alterations in inflammatory, antiviral and regulatory cytokine responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from pregnant women with asthma

(2013) Rebecca L. Vanders et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Genetic variants inHHIPare associated with FEV1in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2013) Woo Jin Kim et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Effect of health professional education on outcomes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: A non randomized clinical trial

(2013) Mònica Monteagudo et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Relationship between bronchial hyperresponsiveness and lung function in children age 5 and 6 with and without asthma

(2013) Satoru Takami et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Elevated circulating cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 levels are related to lung function and inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2013) Yongchun Shen et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Clinical usefulness of a guideline-based screening tool for the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis in asthmatics: The Self Assessment of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma questionnaire

(2013) Masayuki Hojo et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Accuracy of patient self-report as a measure of inhaled asthma medication use

(2013) Mitesh Patel et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Effect of nutritional status in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation

(2013) Ersin Günay et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Smoking cessation practice and research in China: What's history and culture got to do with it?

(2013) Elizabeth Dean et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Association between awareness of harmful effects of smoking and smoking cessation advice provided by hospital chest physicians in Guangzhou, China: A multi-institutional cross-sectional survey

(2013) Yan Tang et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Acid suppression does not reduce symptoms from vocal cord dysfunction, where gastro-laryngeal reflux is a known trigger

(2013) Kerry Woolnough et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Breathing what we eat

(2013) Anne E. Dixon   RESPIROLOGY

Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on the microbiology of the respiratory tract

(2013) Matthew Martin et al.   RESPIROLOGY

X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variation are not risk factors for asthma

(2013) Eugene Roscioli et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Low prostaglandin E2and cyclooxygenase expression in nasal mucosa fibroblasts of aspirin-intolerant asthmatics

(2013) Jordi Roca-Ferrer et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Lung stem cells: Do they exist?

(2013) Ivan Bertoncello et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Medication use in Indian children with asthma: The user's perspective

(2013) Charu Grover et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Relationship between airway neutrophilia and ageing in asthmatics and non-asthmatics

(2013) Collin R. Brooks et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Budesonide/formoterol via Turbuhaler® versus formoterol via Turbuhaler® in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Phase III multinational study results

(2013) Yoshinosuke Fukuchi et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Fast beneficial systemic anti-inflammatory effects of inhaled budesonide and formoterol on circulating lymphocytes in asthma

(2013) Jochen J. Rüdiger et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Fluticasone uptake across Calu-3 cells is mediated by salmeterol when deposited as a combination powder inhaler

(2013) Mehra Haghi et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Inhibition of interleukin-13 gene expression by triptolide in activated T lymphocytes

(2013) Shanlin Dai et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Are salmeterol's beneficial effects on corticosteroid action in the airways executed at the epithelial barrier?

(2013) Irene H. Heijink et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Mean platelet volume is decreased during an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2013) Rui-tao Wang et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Risk factors for respiratory symptoms in adults: The Busselton Health Study

(2013) Alan L. James et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Non-invasive biomarkers in exacerbations of obstructive lung disease

(2013) Geoffrey Warwick et al.   RESPIROLOGY

MUC5AC and inflammatory mediators associated with respiratory outcomes in the British 1946 birth cohort

(2013) Lauren Johnson et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Efficacy of procaterol combined with inhaled budesonide for treatment of cough-variant asthma

(2013) Wuping Bao et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Risk factors and intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China

(2013) Yumin Zhou et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Effects of nebulized high-dose budesonide on moderate-to-severe acute exacerbation of asthma in children: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

(2013) Ai-huan Chen et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in ovalbumin and ozone-induced mouse model of asthma

(2013) Li Liang et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Regulation of cigarette smoke-induced toll-like receptor 4 expression by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonists in bronchial epithelial cells

(2013) Yan Yin et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Can stem cells be used to generate new lungs?Ex vivolung bioengineering with decellularized whole lung scaffolds

(2013) Darcy E. Wagner et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Gender difference in allergic airway remodelling and immunoglobulin production in mouse model of asthma

(2013) Masahide Takeda et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Effects of whole body vibration training in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2013) Eulogio Pleguezuelos et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Mesenchymal stem cells and the lung

(2013) Kenneth Sinclair et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Viral and bacterial infection in acute asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increases the risk of readmission

(2013) Peter A.B. Wark et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Insights, attitudes and perceptions about asthma and its treatment: Findings from a multinational survey of patients from 8 Asia-Pacific countries and Hong Kong

(2013) Philip J. Thompson et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Peptic ulceration,Helicobacter pyloriseropositivity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2013) Roshan Siva et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Nutritional support and functional capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) Peter F. Collins et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Lipoxin A4 Regulates Natural Killer Cell and Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Activation in Asthma

(2013) C. Barnig et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Regulatory T cells and COPD

(2013) Rachel Dancer et al.   THORAX

Pneumonia and pneumonia related mortality in patients with COPD treated with fixed combinations of inhaled corticosteroid and long acting  2 agonist: observational matched cohort study (PATHOS)

(2013) C. Janson et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Cardiovascular Safety of Inhaled Long-Acting Bronchodilators in Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2013) Andrea Gershon et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Personalizing and targeting therapy for COPD – the role of molecular and clinical biomarkers

(2013) Felicia Goh et al.   Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Bronchodilator Use and the Risk of Arrhythmia in COPD

(2012) Machelle Wilchesky et al.   CHEST

Impaired macrophage phagocytosis in non-eosinophilic asthma

(2012) J. L. Simpson et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Genome-wide association studies in asthma

(2012) Matthias Wjst et al.   Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Peripheral compartment innate immune response to Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

(2012) Santiyagu M Savarimuthu Francis et al.   Innate Immunity

Asthma as a chronic disease of the innate and adaptive immune systems responding to viruses and allergens

(2012) Michael J. Holtzman   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Viral infections and atopy in asthma pathogenesis: new rationales for asthma prevention and treatment

(2012) Patrick G Holt et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Innate and adaptive immune responses in asthma

(2012) Stephen T Holgate   NATURE MEDICINE

The Role of Noninvasive Ventilation in the Ventilator Discontinuation Process

(2012) Dean R Hess   Respiratory Care

Improving chronic lung disease management in rural and remote Australia: The Breathe Easy Walk Easy programme

(2012) CATHERINE L. JOHNSTON et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Impact of long-term treatment with low-dose inhaled corticosteroids on the bone mineral density of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: Aggravating or beneficial?

(2012) ALEXANDROS G. MATHIOUDAKIS et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Inpatient and long-term outcomes of individuals admitted for weaning from mechanical ventilation at a specialized ventilation weaning unit

(2012) LIAM M. HANNAN et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Occurrence and impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly patients with stable heart failure

(2012) PIERA BOSCHETTO et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Effects of nutritional supplementation combined with conventional pulmonary rehabilitation in muscle-wasted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective, randomized and controlled study

(2012) Alev Gurgun et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy via Turbuhaler versus fixed-dose budesonide/formoterol plus terbutaline in patients with asthma: Phase III study results

(2012) TITO ATIENZA et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Ambulatory oximetry fails to predict survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mild-to-moderate hypoxaemia

(2012) JAMES M. TRAUER et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Relationship between the microsatellite D2S388-5 and D2S2232 polymorphisms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Chinese Kazakh population

(2012) JIAN GUAN et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Short-acting anticholinergic bronchodilation does not increase cardiovascular events in smokers with mild to moderate pulmonary obstruction

(2012) Emmy de Jong et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Inhaled corticosteroids increase the risk of oropharyngeal colonization byStreptococcus pneumoniaein children with asthma

(2012) LINJIE ZHANG et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Sirtuin 1 activator SRT1720 suppresses inflammation in an ovalbumin-induced mouse model of asthma

(2012) TOMOMI ICHIKAWA et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Alveolar nitric oxide concentration reflects peripheral airway obstruction in stable asthma

(2012) Tomoyuki Fujisawa et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Study of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in India

(2012) NITISH L. KAMBLE et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Cross-sectional epidemiological survey of asthma in Jinan, China

(2012) DEXIANG WANG et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Prevalence of undiagnosed and undertreated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in lung cancer population

(2012) JING ZHANG et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Investigation of the association between dietary intake, disease severity and airway inflammation in asthma

(2012) Bronwyn S. Berthon et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Enhanced cytotoxic function of natural killer and natural killer T-like cells associated with decreased CD94 (Kp43) in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease airway

(2012) GREG HODGE et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Impact of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms on COPD exacerbation

(2008) K Terada et al.   THORAX