Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

Saturday, 24.09.2011
Sunday, 25.09.2011
Monday, 26.09.2011
Tuesday, 27.09.2011
Wednesday, 28.09.2011

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, abstract number.

Material from 2011

4205 Abstracts
632 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
66 Handouts
1703 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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Mucus in airway diseases: bad or good partner?

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Chairs: P. Chanez (Marseille, France), K. Kostikas (Karditsa, Greece)
Aims: To discuss the origin of mucus in health and diseases, the failure of mucus clearance and the potential for new therapies aiming to reduce mucus formation or accelerate mucus clearance.

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Hyperplasia of mucin-secreting epithelial cells: a remodelling feature of airway diseases A. Bourdin (Montpellier, France)
Mucus properties and composition in airway diseases B. Rubin (Va Richmond , United States of America)
Does mucus protect or lead to epithelial colonisation and infection? P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands)
Targeting mucus as a new therapeutic avenue? P. Burgel (Paris , France)