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  1. Colonization with potentially pathogenic microorganisms and efferocytosis in COPD
  2. BIRC3 single nucleotide polymorphism associate with asthma susceptibility and the abundance of eosinophils and neutrophils
  3. Corrigendum to “In vitro susceptibility to the pro-apoptotic effects of TIMP-3 gene delivery translates to greater in vivo efficacy versus gene delivery for TIMPs-1 or -2” [Lung Cancer 53 (3) (September 2006) 273–284]
  4. Pro-phagocytic Effects of Thymoquinone on Cigarette Smoke-exposed Macrophages Occur by Modulation of the Sphingosine-1-phosphate Signalling System
  5. Periostin levels and eosinophilic inflammation in poorly-controlled asthma
  6. Reduced Antiviral Interferon Production in Poorly Controlled Asthma Is Associated With Neutrophilic Inflammation and High-Dose Inhaled Corticosteroids
  7. A small volume technique to examine and compare alveolar macrophage phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and non typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi)
  8. Is Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytic Dysfunction in Children With Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis a Forerunner to Bronchiectasis?
  9. Airway dysbiosis:Haemophilus influenzaeandTropherymain poorly controlled asthma
  10. Lymphocyte senescence in COPD is associated with decreased histone deacetylase 2 expression by pro-inflammatory lymphocytes
  11. Potential Link between the Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (S1P) System and Defective Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytic Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  12. Anti-inflammatory deficiencies in neutrophilic asthma: reduced galectin-3 and IL-1RA/IL-1β
  13. Lymphocyte senescence in COPD is associated with loss of glucocorticoid receptor expression by pro-inflammatory/cytotoxic lymphocytes
  14. Evasion of Cytotoxic Lymphocyte and Pulmonary Macrophage-Mediated Immune Responses in Lung Cancer
  15. Zinc and Zinc Transporters in Macrophages and Their Roles in Efferocytosis in COPD
  16. Increased CD8 T-cell granzyme B in COPD is suppressed by treatment with low-dose azithromycin
  17. Loss of glucocorticoid receptor from pro-inflammatory T cells after lung transplant
  18. Oxidative Stress Decreases Functional Airway Mannose Binding Lectin in COPD
  19. Targeting peripheral blood pro-inflammatory cytotoxic lymphocytes by inhibiting CD137 expression: novel potential treatment for COPD
  20. Altered sputum granzyme B and granzyme B/proteinase inhibitor-9 in patients with non-eosinophilic asthma
  21. Targeting peripheral blood pro-inflammatory CD28null T cells and natural killer T-like cells by inhibiting CD137 expression: Possible relevance to treatment of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
  22. Defective Lung Macrophage Function in Lung Cancer±Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD/Emphysema)-Mediated by Cancer Cell Production of PGE2?
  23. Lectins Offer New Perspectives in the Development of Macrophage-Targeted Therapies for COPD/Emphysema
  24. Enhanced cytotoxic function of natural killer and natural killer T-like cells associated with decreased CD94 (Kp43) in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease airway
  25. Lung Cancer: Future Challenges and Opportunities
  26. The drug efflux pump Pgp1 in pro-inflammatory lymphocytes is a target for novel treatment strategies in COPD
  27. Differential expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in intra-epithelial T cells between trachea and bronchi distinguishes severity of COPD
  28. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome is associated with increased peripheral blood natural killer and natural killer T-like granzymes, perforin, and T-helper-type 1 pro-inflammatory cytokines
  29. Increased proteinase inhibitor-9 (PI-9) and reduced granzyme B in lung cancer: Mechanism for immune evasion?
  30. Low-dose azithromycin improves phagocytosis of bacteria by both alveolar and monocyte-derived macrophagesin chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects
  31. Increased expression of graft intraepithelial T-Cell pro-inflammatory cytokines compared with native lung during episodes of acute rejection
  32. Lung Macrophages in Health and Disease
  33. Pulmonary Macrophage-Targeted Therapies-The Way Forward in Chronic Inflammatory Lung Diseases?
  34. Increased natural killer T-like cells are a major source of pro-inflammatory cytokines and granzymes in lung transplant recipients
  35. Expression profile of the sphingosine kinase signalling system in the lung of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  36. A novel approach to the assessment of lymphocytic bronchiolitis after lung transplantation—transbronchial brush
  37. Decreased efferocytosis and mannose binding lectin in the airway in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
  38. Cigarette Smoke-Induced Changes to Alveolar Macrophage Phenotype and Function Are Improved by Treatment with Procysteine
  39. Airway Clearance of Apoptotic Cells in COPD
  40. Airway Clearance of Apoptotic Cells in Copd
  41. Lymphocytic Bronchiolitis Is Associated With Inadequate Suppression of Blood T-Cell Granzyme B, IFN-γ, and TNF-α
  42. Therapeutic Role for Mannose-Binding Lectin in Cigarette Smoke–Induced Lung Inflammation?
  43. Abbreviations Used Throughout This Book
  44. Chemotactic Mediators of Th1 T-cell Trafficking in Smokers and COPD Patients
  45. Azithromycin Improves Macrophage Phagocytic Function and Expression of Mannose Receptor in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  46. Acute Lung Transplant Rejection Is Associated With Localized Increase in T-Cell IFNγ and TNFα Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Airways
  47. Smoking Alters Alveolar Macrophage Recognition and Phagocytic Ability
  48. In vitro susceptibility to the pro-apoptotic effects of TIMP-3 gene delivery translates to greater in vivo efficacy versus gene delivery for TIMPs-1 or -2
  49. Increased Airway Granzyme b and Perforin in Current and Ex-Smoking COPD Subjects
  50. Increased Intracellular Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines in Bronchoalveolar Lavage T cells of Stable Lung Transplant Patients
  51. Differential Rates of Apoptosis in Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Blood of Lung Transplant Patients
  52. Poststorage Leuko-Depleted Plasma Inhibits T-Cell Proliferation and Th1 Response In Vitro: Characterization of TGF??-1 as an Important Immunomodulatory Component in Stored Blood
  53. Increased peripheral blood T-cell apoptosis and decreased Bcl-2 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  54. Up-regulation of Interleukin-8, Interleukin-10, Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1, and Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-3 in Peripheral Blood Monocytes in Stable Lung Transplant Recipients: Are Immunosuppression Regimens Working?
  55. Apoptosis in COPD
  56. Flow cytometric characterization of cell populations in bronchoalveolar lavage and bronchial brushings from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  57. Alveolar macrophages from subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are deficient in their ability to phagocytose apoptotic airway epithelial cells
  58. Up-regulation of production of TGF-beta and IL-4 and down-regulation of IL-6 by apoptotic human bronchial epithelial cells
  59. Interleukin-4 and tumour necrosis factor-α inhibit transforming growth factor-β production in a human bronchial epithelial cell line: Possible relevance to inflammatory mechanisms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  60. The Impact of Defective Clearance of Apoptotic Cells in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Lung Diseases: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis