European Respiratory Review

Investigative measures for airway inflammation

Edited by A.C. Woodcock, J. Boe and J-F. Cordier

CONTENTS

	1065	Introduction
P.L. Haslam	1066	BAL standardization and measurement of acellular components
D.S. Robinson	1072	Bronchoalveolar lavage as a tool for studying airway inflammation in asthma
J. Kongerud	1075	The role of BAL in occupational asthma
P.K. Jeffrey	1079	The value of bronchial biopsies: assessment of inflammation in asthma and COPD
G.C. Riise	1086	Bronchial brush biopsies: a bronchoscopic method for the study of bronchial epithelial cells and airway inflammation
J.K. Sont	1089	Airways inflammation in asthma: repeatability and therapeutic implications
J.C. Kips, R.A. Pauwels	1095	Noninvasive indicators of airway inflammation: induced sputum in allergic disease
W. De Backer	1098	Measures of inflammation in serum
S. Lim, K.F. Chung	1103	Potential role of noninvasive markers of inflammation in clinical management of asthma
V. Macek, J.C. Hogg	1108	The persistence of respiratory viruses in asthma: the host response in viral bronchiolitis and asthma
G. Folkerts, A. Kraneveld, A.J.M. Van Oosterhout, F.P. Nijkamp	1111	Mast cells, eosinophils and NANC-nerves in viral respiratory tract infections
K. Grünberg	1122	The effects of rhinovirus infections in asthma
P.J.M. Openshaw, T. Sparer, L. Spender, S. Matthews, P. Pala, T. Hussell	1128	Investigative measures for airway inflammation: viruses and T-helper 2 responses

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