C. Herr (Saar, Germany), C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Late Breaking Abstract: Cathelicidin has direct anti-rhinoviral activity A. Telcian, L. Stanciu, S. Johnston (London, United Kingdom)
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Production and roles of vitamin D-binding protein in pleural effusion K. Kouyama, A. Kouyama, H. Sagara (Koshigaya, Japan)
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Apoptosis and neutrophilic inflammation in airway remodeling in bronchiolitis obliterans S. Al-Mot, A. Al Rabea, S. Ptaszinski, C. Poirier, C. Bergeron (Montreal, Canada)
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Overexpression of fibroblast growth factor and down-regulation of platelet-derived growth factor correlate with advanced-stage lung fibrosis I. Stoia, M. Raica, V. Tudorache, A. Nicodin (Timisoara, Romania)
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The role of bronchoalveolar lavage immunologic parameters in pulmonary sarcoidosis prognosis O. Baranova, A. Bazhanov, T. Ses, E. Surkova (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Fibroblastic foci in IPF are non-proliferative and express GATA-6 O. Leppäranta, V. Pulkkinen, K. Koli, R. Vähätalo, K. Salmenkivi, V. Kinnula, M. Heikinheimo, M. Myllärniemi (Helsinki, Finland; St. Louis, United States Of America)
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Role of exogenous ligands for the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-β/δ in the development of bleomycin-induced lung injury E. Esposito, M. Galuppo, E. Mazzon, R. Di Paola, I. Paterniti, A. Kapoor, C. Thiemermann, S. Cuzzocrea (Messina, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
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Biomass burning impairs mucociliary clearance and mucus N. K. Nakagawa, D. M. Goto, M. Lança, C. A. Obuti, C. M. G. Barbosa, P. H. N. Saldiva, G. Lorenzi-Filho, U. D. P. Santos (Brazil)
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The compatible solute ectoine prevents neutrophilic lung inflammation induced by environmental model nanoparticles in vivo K. Unfried, U. Sydlik, H. Peuschel, C. Albrecht, A. Bilstein, J. Krutmann (Duesseldorf, Witten, Germany)
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Chemokines and chemokine receptors mRNA expression in whole blood of COPD patients K. Sysoev, N. Egorova, N. Kuzubova (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Increased expression of aquaporin 5 in bronchial glands of smokers with or without COPD G. Caramori, P. Casolari, G. Villetti, S. Giuffrè, M. Contoli, B. Marku, A. Padovani, J. Marwick, K. F. Chung, P. J. Barnes, I. M. Adcock, A. Papi (Ferrara, Parma, Italy; , United Kingdom)
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Anti-protease defences and airway inflamation during treatment of an acute exacerbation of COPD S. Pejkovska, G. Breskovska, Z. Goseva, S. Arbutina, K. Busletic, Z. Arsovski (Skopje, Fyrom)
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Eotaxins expression in nasal mucosa in patients with asthma and seasonal rhinitis M. Paplinska, J. Mazurek, M. Arcimowicz, J. Hermanowicz-Salamon, C. Ryszarda, G. J. Hanna (Poland)
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Correlation between serum cytokine production and bronchial inflammation in asthma patients from Pneumology Clinic Hospital of Constanta E. Dantes, O. C. Arghir, I. Constantinescu, A. P. Fildan, M. Man, E. Borgazi (Constanta, Bucarest, Cluj, Romania)
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Expression of MMP-8 protein in alveolar macrophages is related to bronchial asthma severity and treatment efficacy K. Prikk, S. Sergejeva, B. Pilden, T. Tervhartiala, T. Sorsa, R. Sepper (Tallinn, Estonia; , Finland)
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A study of T-regulatory cells as a possible marker of severity in bronchial asthma M. Elshazly, H. Massoud, H. Moussa, S. Amin, E. AbdElnabi (Cairo, Egypt)
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Investigation of polymorphism gene glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) in patients with bronchial asthma in Uzbek population S. Ziyadullaev (Uzbekistan)
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