Contents Volume 70 Issue 1 | THORAX January 2015 Editorials Critical care 1 41 Dysregulated fibulin-5 expression and elastogenesis in COPD lungs: pyromaniac or fire fighter? G Brusselle Journal of the British Thoracic Society Impact Factor: 8.562 Traffic-related air pollution: an avoidable exposure to improve respiratory health Editors-in-Chief P D Sly A Bush (UK) I Pavord (UK) 3 5 Deputy Editors P Cullinan (UK) C Lloyd (UK) T P Hellyer, A C Morris, D F McAuley, T S Walsh, N H Anderson, S Singh, P Dark, A I Roy, S V Baudouin, S E Wright, G D Perkins, K Kefala, M Jeffels, R McMullan, C M O’Kane, C Spencer, S Laha, N Robin, S Gossain, K Gould, M-H Ruchaud-Sparagano, J Scott, E M Browne, J G MacFarlane, S Wiscombe, J D Widdrington, I Dimmick, I F Laurenson, F Nauwelaers, A J Simpson Biomarkers to exclude the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia M A Matthay Associate Editors R Beasley (New Zealand) A Custovic (UK) P Gibson (Australia) J Grigg (UK) D Halpin (UK) ML Han (USA) A Jones (UK) E Lim (UK) N Maskell (UK) Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary host inflammatory mediators in the exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia S Nathan (USA) JL Pepin (France) T Sethi (UK) D Sin (Canada) M Steiner (UK) D Thickett (UK) A Torres (Spain) Z Udwadia (India) H Zar (South Africa) 7 Not all wheeze is asthma: time for patients to exercise their rights 9 T Fardon (UK) Statistical Editors G Jenkins Online Associate Editor Statistician 11 A Millar D J DePianto, S Chandriani, A R Abbas, G Jia, E N N’Diaye, P Caplazi, S E Kauder, S Biswas, S K Karnik, C Ha, Z Modrusan, M A Matthay, J Kukreja, H R Collard, J G Egen, P J Wolters, J R Arron Respiratory epidemiology 57 Journal club Editor President, British Thoracic Society Bronchiectasis 12 Editorial Office Thorax, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, UK T: +44 (0)20 7383 6373 E: [email protected] Heterogeneous gene expression signatures correspond to distinct lung pathologies and biomarkers of disease severity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Thorax: the lean and slippered Pantaloon years A Bush, I Pavord L Szatkowski (UK) J Quint (UK) 48 J H Hull Endotyping idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis should improve outcomes for all patients with progressive fibrotic lung disease J Gibson (UK) T McKeever (UK) Interstitial lung disease Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bronchiectasis: final psychometric analyses and determination of minimal important difference scores Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction in a general adolescent population H Johansson, K Norlander, L Berglund, C Janson, A Malinovschi, L Nordvall, L Nordang, M Emtner A L Quittner, A E O’Donnell, M A Salathe, S A Lewis, X Li, A B Montgomery, T G O’Riordan, A F Barker Twitter: @ThoraxBMJ ISSN: 0040-6376 (print) ISSN: 1468-3296 (online) Disclaimer: Thorax is owned and published by the British Thoracic Society and BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. 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