AJRCMB -- Table of Contents (April 2001, 24 [4])

Perspectives:

Gary W. Hoyle and Arnold R. Brody: IL-9 and Lung Fibrosis . A Th2 Good Guy?
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 365-367. [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohammed Arras, François Huaux, Anne Vink, Monique Delos, Jean-Paul Coutelier, Marie-Christine Many, Virginie Barbarin, Jean-Christophe Renauld, and Dominique Lison: Interleukin-9 Reduces Lung Fibrosis and Type 2 Immune Polarization Induced by Silica Particles in a Murine Model
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 368-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fred S. Lamb, Ronald W. Graeff, Gerald H. Clayton, Roderic L. Smith, Brian C. Schutte, and Paul B. McCray, Jr.: Ontogeny of CLCN3 Chloride Channel Gene Expression in Human Pulmonary Epithelium
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 376-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. Cecilia Berin, Lars Eckmann, David H. Broide, and Martin F. Kagnoff: Regulated Production of the T Helper 2-Type T-Cell Chemoattractant TARC by Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells In Vitro and in Human Lung Xenografts
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 382-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hirosuke Kobayashi, Ryuji Hataishi, Hisashi Mitsufuji, Masumi Tanaka, Margaretha Jacobson, Tomoyuki Tomita, Warren M. Zapol, and Rosemary C. Jones: Antiinflammatory Properties of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Acute Hyperoxic Lung Injury
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 390-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Masahide Mori, Hiroshi Kida, Hiroshi Morishita, Sho Goya, Hiroto Matsuoka, Toru Arai, Tadashi Osaki, Isao Tachibana, Satoru Yamamoto, Mitsunori Sakatani, Masami Ito, Takeshi Ogura, and Seiji Hayashi: Microsatellite Instability in Transforming Growth Factor- $beta$ 1 Type II Receptor Gene in Alveolar Lining Epithelial Cells of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 398-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sylke Buder-Hoffmann, Cathy Palmer, Pamela Vacek, Douglas Taatjes, and Brooke Mossman: Different Accumulation of Activated Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases (ERK 1/2) and Role in Cell-Cycle Alterations by Epidermal Growth Factor, Hydrogen Peroxide, or Asbestos in Pulmonary Epithelial Cells
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 405-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Raed A. Dweik, Daniel Laskowski, Metin Özkan, Carol Farver, and Serpil C. Erzurum: High Levels of Exhaled Nitric Oxide (NO) and NO Synthase III Expression in Lesional Smooth Muscle in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 414-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shin Kawasaki, Hajime Takizawa, Kazutaka Takami, Masashi Desaki, Hitoshi Okazaki, Tsuyoshi Kasama, Kazuo Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Nakahara, Mitsuru Tanaka, Masaru Sagai, and Takayuki Ohtoshi: Benzene-Extracted Components Are Important for the Major Activity of Diesel Exhaust Particles . Effect on Interleukin-8 Gene Expression in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 419-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jin Dai and Andrew Churg: Relationship of Fiber Surface Iron and Active Oxygen Species to Expression of Procollagen, PDGF-A, and TGF- $beta$ ₁ in Tracheal Explants Exposed to Amosite Asbestos
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 427-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anatoliy M. Ilizarov, Hshi-Chi Koo, Jeffrey A. Kazzaz, Lin L. Mantell, Yuchi Li, Ritu Bhapat, Simcha Pollack, Stuart Horowitz, and Jonathan M. Davis: Overexpression of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Protects Lung Epithelial Cells against Oxidant Injury
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 436-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sylvie Ferrari-Lacraz, Laurent P. Nicod, Rachel Chicheportiche, Howard G. Welgus, and Jean-Michel Dayer: Human Lung Tissue Macrophages, but not Alveolar Macrophages, Express Matrix Metalloproteinases after Direct Contact with Activated T Lymphocytes
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 442-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Freek van Iwaarden, Eric Claassen, Suzan H. M. Jeurissen, Henk P. Haagsman, and Georg Kraal: Alveolar Macrophages, Surfactant Lipids, and Surfactant Protein B Regulate the Induction of Immune Responses via the Airways
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 452-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Satoshi Ishizuka, Mutsuo Yamaya, Tomoko Suzuki, Katsutoshi Nakayama, Masahito Kamanaka, Shiroh Ida, Kiyohisa Sekizawa, and Hidetada Sasaki: Acid Exposure Stimulates the Adherence of Streptococcus pneumoniae to Cultured Human Airway Epithelial Cells . Effects on Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Expression
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 459-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth M. Kudlacz, Catharine J. Andresen, Michelle Salafia, Carrie A. Whitney, Barbara Naclerio, and Paul S. Changelian: Genetic Ablation of the src Kinase p59fynT Exacerbates Pulmonary Inflammation in an Allergic Mouse Model
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 469-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zvezdana Vuk-Pavlovic, Joseph E. Standing, Erika C. Crouch, and Andrew H. Limper: Carbohydrate Recognition Domain of Surfactant Protein D Mediates Interactions with Pneumocystis carinii Glycoprotein A
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 475-484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

David B. Jacoby, Bethany L. Yost, Bharathy Kumaravel, Yee Chan-Li, Hui-Qing Xiao, Koichiro Kawashima, and Allison D. Fryer: Glucocorticoid Treatment Increases Inhibitory M₂ Muscarinic Receptor Expression and Function in the Airways
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 485-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frank Seiler, Bernd Rehn, S. Rehn, Martina Hermann, and Joachim Bruch: Quartz Exposure of the Rat Lung Leads to a Linear Dose Response in Inflammation but Not in Oxidative DNA Damage and Mutagenicity
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 492-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rui-Ming Liu, Zea Borok, and Henry Jay Forman: 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal Increases $gamma$ -Glutamylcysteine Synthetase Gene Expression in Alveolar Epithelial Cells
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 2001; 24: 499-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]