pt. 1. Key concepts in respiratory genetics - - Overview of human genetics / Edwin K. Silverman and Scott T. Weiss - - Phenotypes for human respiratory genetics / Augusto A. Litonjua and Scott T. Weiss - - Testing for association in genetics studies / Nan Laird, Peter Kraft, Christoph Lange, and Kristel Van Steen - - Molecular characterization of genetic variation - - Sample collection and processing in human respiratory genetics / Benjamin A. Raby, Jody S. Sylvia, and Edwin K. Silverman - - Genetic variation, genotyping, and sequencing / Benjamin A. Raby, Jody S. Sylvia, and Edwin K. Silverman - - Bioinformatics - - Public databases and SNPs / Ross Lazarus - - Genomics and proteomics in lung disease: microarrays and bioinformatics issues / Isaac S. Kohane - - Functional genomics - - Clinical functional genomics / David J. Halsall and Elizabeth A. Davidson - - Expression and purification of recombinant proteins / Damian C. Crowther - - Functional characterization of protein / Didier Belorgey and David A. Lomas - - Biophysical analysis of proteins and protein-protein interactions / Timothy R. Dafforn - - Crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and modeling / Roger B. Dodd and Randy J. Read - - Functional analysis of mutant proteins in cells / Paul D. Upton and Nicholas W. Morrell - - Genomic physiology in animals / Steven D. Shapiro and Dawn L. DeMeo - - Pharmacogenetics / Kelan G. Tantisira and Jeffrey M. Drazen - - pt. 2. Obstructive lung diseases - - Asthma genetics / Juan C. Celedon, Benjamin A. Raby and Scott Weiss - - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Craig P. Hersh, Dawn L. DeMeo, and Edwin K. Silverman - - Cystic fibrosis / Joshua Groman and Garry R. Cutting - - pt. 3. Interstitial lung diseases - - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Karl W.Thomas and Gary W. Hunninghake - - Sarcoidosis / Paul A. Beirne, Stavros E. Anevlavis, and Roland M. du Bois - - pt. 4. Miscellaneous pulmonary conditions - - Pulmonary hypertension / James E. Loyd, John H. Newman, and John A. Phillips III - - Genetics of lung cancer / Rebecca Suk and David C. Christiani - - Respiratory infections / Michael F. Murray and Peter V. Tishler - - Congenital, metabolic, and neuromuscular diseases / Natasha Y. Frank and Peter V. Tishler - - Other rare lung diseases - - Disorders of surfactant homeostasis / Ralph J. Panos and Bruce C. Trapnell - - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Francis X. McCormack - - Hermansky-pudlak syndrome / Lisa R. Young and Francis X. McCormack.