Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.

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658 Slide presentations
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Pulmonary vascular biology

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Schermuly (Bad Nauheim, Germany), A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)

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Role of nitric oxide pathway in pulmonary circulation of yaks and cows A. Aldashev, M. Kochkorova, B. Kojonazarov, E. Usupova, M. Duishaliev, A. Sakai, T. Ishizaki (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Matsumoto, Fukui, Japan)
The effect of acetazolamide on pulmonary hypertension induced by chronic hypoxia in rats F. Favret, J. Brunet, M. Maignan, A. Pichon, J. P. Richalet (Bobigny, France)
Endothelial function and vascular biomarkers in COPD S. Pizarro, M. Diez, V. I. Peinado, E. Ferrer, Y. Torralba, M. Sitges, L. Molins, P. Macchiarini, I. Blanco, R. Rodríguez-Roisin, J. Roca, J. A. Barberà (Barcelona, Spain)
Increased rho-kinase activity is related to pulmonary endothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) S. Duong-Quy, T. Hua-Huy, P. Dao, C. Perrotin, A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Counteracting the ET-1 induced pathological cell proliferation by bosentan – nuclear expression of cell cycle inhibitors p21 (waf1) and p27 (kip1) induces G1-arrest in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells C. Lambers, P. Binder, M. Will, E. Hofbauer, M. Roth, V. Petkov, L. H. Block (Vienna, Austria; Sydney, Australia)
Sildenafil inhibits human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells proliferation by downregulation of capacitative Ca²⁺ entry C. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Wang, C. Wang (Beijing, China)
Sildenafil and rolipram prevent pulmonary endothelial cells apoptosis and ANG-2 overexpression induced by cigarette smoke G. Juan, M. Ramon, J. Marin, M. Losada, J. Milara, J. L. Ortiz, E. Donet, J. Cortijo, E. Morcillo (Valencia, Madrid, Spain)
Double-stranded RNA analog, poly I:C modulates histamine-triggered Ca²⁺ signaling in human pulmonary arterial endothelial cells Z. Bálint, W. F. Graier, K. T. Preissner, H. Olschewski, A. Olschewski (Graz, Austria; Giessen, Germany)
Inhaled sodium nitrite attenuates hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction B. Egemnazarov, R. T. Schermuly, E. Dony, N. Weissmann, G. T. Elliott, N. C. Hoglen, M. W. Surber, F. Grimminger, W. Seeger, H. A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany; San Diego, CA, United States Of America)
Effect of apelin in pulmonary arteries C. U. Andersen, B. E. Laursen, O. Hilberg, J. E. Nilsen-Kudsk, U. Simonsen (Århus, Denmark)
Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channel openers cause epithelium and endothelium-dependent relaxation in pulmonary tissue C. Kroigaard, B. Elmedal Laursen, U. Simonsen (Aarhus C, Denmark)
Impact of inhaled NO on development of neonatal rat lung S. Duong-Quy, T. Hua-Huy, P. Olivier, O. Baud, J. C. Mercier, A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Estradiol exacerbates superoxide-induced nitrative lung injury and pulmonary hypertension S. Tofovic, O. Rafikova (Pittsburgh, PA, United States Of America)
2-Methoxyestrone inhibits vascular remodeling and attenuates monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension S. Tofovic, H. Zhu, E. Jackson, O. Rafikova (Pittsburgh, PA, United States Of America)
Capillary coefficient filtration (Kfc) measurement on isolated lungs blocks treated with sildenafil B. Carlos, A. Nadezhda, S. Patricio, J. Rogelio, S. Avelina (México City, Mexico)
Pulmonary artery endothelial cell secretion of factor VIII C. Shovlin, G. Angus, R. Manning, M. Laffan, G. Birdsey, F. Mauri (London, United Kingdom)
Endothelial and platelet dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension due to sarcoidosis I. Popova, E. Popova, A. Ponomarev (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Mitogen activated protein kinase activated protein kinase 2 regulates actin stress fiber formation in ventilator associated lung injury M. Damarla, E. Hasan, A. Boueiz, A. Le, H. Pae, U. Kayyali, M. Gaestel, R. Damico, X. Peng, P. Hassoun (Baltimore, MD, Boston, MA, United States Of America; Hannover, Germany)
p38 MAP kinase mediates apoptosis related to ventilator associated lung injury M. Damarla, R. Damico, E. Hasan, H. Pae, A. Boueiz, A. Le, X. Peng, P. Hassoun (Baltimore, MD, United States Of America)
Effect of sitaxentan on haemodynamics and right ventricular hypertrophy in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) R. T. Schermuly, X. Tian, M. Behrendts, S. S. Pullamsetti, N. Weissmann, W. Seeger, H. A. Ghofrani, F. Grimminger (Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany)