Terkko Navigator / Thorax

Highlights from this issue

Unravelling the risk of (intermediate) antitrypsin deficiency

The oral microbiome and lung cancer risk

The microbiome in IPF: tissue is not the issue

Advanced glycation end products and wheeze: a plausible association?

Characterisation of patients with severe asthma in the UK Severe Asthma Registry in the biologic era

Validity and responsiveness of the Daily- and Clinical visit-PROactive Physical Activity in COPD (D-PPAC and C-PPAC) instruments

Topographic heterogeneity of lung microbiota in end-stage idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the Microbiome in Lung Explants-2 (MiLEs-2) study

Quality of dying and death in patients with interstitial lung disease compared with lung cancer: an observational study

Variation in oral microbiome is associated with future risk of lung cancer among never-smokers

Supervised pulmonary rehabilitation using minimal or specialist exercise equipment in COPD: a propensity-matched analysis

Chr15q25 genetic variant (rs16969968) independently confers risk of lung cancer, COPD and smoking intensity in a prospective study of high-risk smokers

Using molecular testing and whole-genome sequencing for tuberculosis diagnosis in a low-burden setting: a cost-effectiveness analysis using transmission-dynamic modelling

Increased advanced glycation end product and meat consumption is associated with childhood wheeze: analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Associations of CT evaluations of antigravity muscles, emphysema and airway disease with longitudinal outcomes in patients with COPD

SZ alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and pulmonary disease: more like MZ, not like ZZ

Managing intensive care admissions when there are not enough beds during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

To drain or not to drain? Abscess or empyema?

Sequential FDG-PET in the management of multiorgan sarcoidosis

Journal club

Highlights from this issue

Functional respiratory imaging repurposed for COVID-19

MRI in interstitial lung disease (M-ILD): a momentum to innovate lung diagnostic

Hormonal contraception and the risk of severe asthma exacerbation: 17-year population-based cohort study

Association of asthma severity and educational attainment at age 6-7 years in a birth cohort: population-based record-linkage study

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on asthma control in patients with vitamin D deficiency: the ACVID randomised clinical trial

Gene coexpression networks reveal novel molecular endotypes in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

Quantification of pulmonary perfusion in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with first pass dynamic contrast-enhanced perfusion MRI

CD4+T cells in ageing-associated interstitial lung abnormalities show evidence of pro-inflammatory phenotypic and functional profile

Liverpool Lung Project lung cancer risk stratification model: calibration and prospective validation

Genome-wide association study of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease

Characterisation of gas exchange in COPD with dissolved-phase hyperpolarised xenon-129 MRI

Functional respiratory imaging identifies redistribution of pulmonary blood flow in patients with COVID-19

COPD assessment test for the evaluation of COVID-19 symptoms

Eosinophilic inflammation in COPD: from an inflammatory marker to a treatable trait

Are mesenchymal stem cells and derived extracellular vesicles valuable to halt the COVID-19 inflammatory cascade? Current evidence and future perspectives

Severe organising pneumonia following COVID-19

A rare cause of multiple airways narrowing in a 15-year-old girl

Metastases from tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma

Journal club

Highlights from this issue

Correction: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between urinary zinc and lung function among urban adults in China

Looking beyond the smoke and mirrors

Correction: Screening for hearing loss in adults with CF: does it make sense?

Turbocharging NIV: how to increase oxygen delivery in home mechanical ventilators

BTS Clinical Statement on pulmonary sarcoidosis

Risk of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in asthma due to oral and inhaled corticosteroids: two population-based nested case-control studies

Morbidity and mortality associated with prescription cannabinoid drug use in COPD

Minimum important difference of the EQ-5D-5L and EQ-VAS in fibrotic interstitial lung disease

MRI of the upper airways in children and young adults: the MUSIC study