Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.


Material from 2010:
  • 4910 Abstracts
  • 646 Slide presentations
  • 250 Webcasts
  • 97 Handouts
  • 2124 e-posters
  • 250 Multimedia files
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Airway smooth muscle cells

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), P. Borger (Basel, Switzerland)
LSC 2010 Abstract: House dust mite extract down-regulates C/EBPα protein in bronchial smooth muscle cells of asthma patients
P. Borger, N. Miglino, D. Lardinois, J. L. Black, M. Tamm, M. Roth (Switzerland; Sydney, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The chitinase YKL-40 increases bronchial smooth muscle cell proliferation and size
I. Bara, A. Ozier, J. Cattiaux, R. Marthan, R. Kolbeck, A. J. Coyle, J. M. Tunon de Lara, P. Berger (Bordeaux, France; Gaithersburg, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Muscarinic receptors augment TGF-β1 induced contractile protein and fibronectin expression in airway smooth muscle
T. A. Oenema, M. Smit, K. Racke, A. J. Halayko, H. Meurs, R. Gosens (Netherlands; , Germany; Winnipeg, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
CD44 plays an important role in platelet-induced bronchial smooth muscle cell proliferation
A. C. Svensson Holm, T. Bengtsson, M. Grenegård, E. Lindström (Linköping, Örebro, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of TGF-β on Nrf2 activity in airway smooth muscle cells; role in antioxidant and inflammatory responses
C. Michaeloudes, M. B. Sukkar, P. K. Bhavsar, K. F. Chung (United Kingdom; Sydney, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Assessing contractile activity of airway smooth muscle cells using novel silicone culture substrates
S. Zuyderduyn, P. J. Wipff, J. Smith, K. Rabe, P. Hiemstra, B. Hinz (Netherlands; Lausanne, Switzerland; Toronto, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The dual endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan reduces TNFα induced GM-CSF release more effectively than the endothelin A receptor antagonist ambrisentan
D. Jungck, J. Knobloch, K. Urban, B. Grensemann, E. Stoelben, J. Strauch, A. Koch (Cologne, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Functional Wnt signalling in airway smooth muscle from asthma patients
S. Bos, P. Borger, M. Roth, M. Tamm, A. Halayko, M. Menzen, H. Baarsma, D. Postma, G. Koppelman, R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands; Basel, Switzerland; Winnipeg, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of p21Ras intervention on the phenotype of airway smooth muscle cells from asthmatic rats
Q. Chen, L. Na, C. Dandan, L. Furong (Shenzhen, China)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
17-beclomethasone monopropionate or inhibition of MAPK p38 signalling abolish IL-8 release stimulated by cigarette smoke extract or acrolein in normal human airway smooth muscle cells
S. Bertolini, G. Volpi, N. Moretto, M. Civelli, R. Patacchini, F. Facchinetti (Parma, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Modulatory effect of muscarinic receptors on IL-8 release induced by cigarette smoke extract and acrolein in normal human airway smooth muscle cells
N. Moretto, S. Bertolini, G. Volpi, A. R. Pisano, F. Facchinetti, M. Civelli, R. Patacchini (Parma, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Double-stranded RNA upregulates TLR3 and induces pro-inflammatory, and innate immune cytokine expression in human bronchial smooth muscle cells
J. Calvén, Y. Yudina, L. Bjermer, L. Uller (Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The anti-proliferative effect of endogenous and exogenous hydrogen sulfide upon human airway smooth muscle
M. Perry, F. Chung (United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Airway hyperresponsiveness development is related to airway smooth muscle cytosolic β1 integrin subunit expressing cells
M. D. Alvarez-Santos, F. Gutierrez-Aguilar, R. Lascurain, B. Bazan-Perkins (Mexico City, Mexico)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Mechanical properties of asthmatic airway smooth muscle revisited
L. Chin, Y. Bossé, D. Solomon, T. Hackett, P. Paré, C. Seow (Vancouver, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Primary culture of smooth muscle α-actin (α-SMA)+ cells from murine proximal airway does not yield mesenchymal stem cells
L. Mariñas Pardo, J. García-Castro, D. Ramos-Barbón (Majadahonda, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A novel strategy to counteract airway wall remodelling in asthma: Blocking the neo-vascularisation of the lamina propria
L. Keglowich, E. Kyriakakis, M. Philippova, T. J. Resink, M. Tamm, M. Roth, P. Borger (Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Relative corticosteroid insensitivity in human airway smooth muscle cells from severe asthma patients in terms of transrepression not transactivation
P. J. Chang, C. Hui, P. Bhavsar, K. F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster