Annual Congress Berlin 2001

Saturday, 22.09.2001
Sunday, 23.09.2001
Monday, 24.09.2001
Tuesday, 25.09.2001
Wednesday, 26.09.2001

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 18: Suppl. 33, abstract number.


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Basic mechanisms of lung injury

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. K. B. Whyte (Sheffield, UK), T. R. Martin (Seattle, USA)
Fibroblast growth factors induce proliferation of cultured human airway smooth muscle cells: autocrine role in the pathogenesis of COPD
A. R. Kranenburg, A. Willems-Widyastuti, P. R. Saxena, P. J. Sterk, W. I. De Boer, H. S. Sharma (Rotterdam, Leiden, The Netherlands)
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Influence of irradiation on the activity of antioxidant enzymes in lung tissue and lung cancer cells, in different stages of histological maturity
B. Winkler-Spytkowska, A. Maciejczyk, I. Pawlak, J. Kolodziej, A. Dzugaj (Wroclaw, Poland)
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Melatonin protects against the lipid peroxidation induced by 27.17 MHz radiofrequency radiation in rat lung cells and erythrocytes
U. Sahin, M. Ünlü, M. F. Özgüner, S. Özen, A. Akkaya, R. Sütçü (Isparta, Turkey)
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Inhibition of acute lung inflammation by removal of pulmonary intravascular macrophages (PIMs)
B. Singh, J. W. Pearce (Saskatoon, Canada)
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Lipid peroxidation in cultured rat type II pneumocytes
W. J. Piotrowski, J. Marczak, Z. Kurmanowska, P. Gorski (Lodz, Poland)
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Zaphirlukast inhibits in vitro the respiratory burst of human neutrophils
R. W. Dal Negro, S. Tognella, M. Dal Sasso, P. C. Braga (Bussolengo, Milano, Italy)
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Angiotensin II activates the hypoxia-responsive-element (HRE) in human alveolar epithelial cells
J. Appel, S. Krick, J. Hänze, D. Giannakakis, H. A. Ghofrani, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger, F. Rose (Giessen, Germany)
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Inflammatory mediator release as a consequence of hyperosmolar stimulation of the eosinophil
E. D. Moloney, C. M. Burke, L. W. Poulter, S. O'Sullivan (Dublin, Ireland; London, United Kingdom)
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Paraquat induced damage in rat lung epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages
Z. Kovacikova, B. Vallova, M. Dusinska (Bratislava, Slovakia)
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Induction of cyclooxygenase-2 protein by lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus in human pulmonary epithelial cells: involvement of a nuclear factor-kappaB-dependent pathway
C. H. Lin, I. H. Kuan, M. S. Chang (Taipei, Taiwan)
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Liposome uptake into type II cells from injured lungs is enhanced
B. Müller, R. Hochscheid, F. M. Koerner, A. Püchner (Marburg, Germany)
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Interferon gamma decreases interleukin-8 production and neurokinin-1 receptor expression in lung alveolar epithelial cells
T. M. O'Connor, J. O'Connell, A. M. Houston, T. Goode, F. Shanahan, C. P. Bredin (Cork, Ireland)
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Lung expression of a novel mediator of bacterial inflammation: TREM-1
L. Richeldi, M. Mariani, P. Panina-Bordignon, M. Losi, F. Maselli, A. Bouchon, M. Colonna, L. M. Fabbri, F. Sinigaglia (Modena, Milano, Italy; Basel, Switzerland)
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The effect of bleomycin on the lungs of TGFβ1 transgenic mice
Y. Haider, M. W. Ferguson, J. J. Egan (Manchester, United Kingdom; Dublin, Ireland)
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Temporal and spatial distribution of matrix metalloproteinases in bleomycin-induced fibrosis rats
Y. B. Zhao, X. M. Hou (Liaoning, China)
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Fibrosis and emphysema after bleomycin: role of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells
B. Lunghi, B. Bartalesi, S. Fineschi, M. Lucattelli, F. Gambelli, L. A. Ortiz, E. Cavarra, P. A. Martorana, G. Lungarella (Siena, Italy; New Orleans, United States Of America)
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Spatial and temporal expression of FACIT collagens XII and XIV under bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice
E. G. Tzortzaki, A. Sahota, J. A. Tischfield, B. Liu, D. R. Gerecke (Piscataway, United States Of America)
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