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.

Material from 2008:

3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
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Vascular and interstitial remodelling in chronic lung disease: therapeutic interventions on the horizon

Oral Presentation
Chairs: C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria), O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
Aims: In this session Dr. Lee Borthwick will give a lecture on "The role of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in airway remodelling after human lung transplantation" and Dr. Paul Mercer will give a lecture on "A role for PAR1 in lipopolysaccharide induced acute lung injury". Both Dr. Borthwick and Dr. Mercer are winners of Best Oral Presentation Awards, as selected at the ERS 2008 Lung Science Conference.

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Protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) overexpression induces pulmonary hypertension and vascular structural changes in mice chronically exposed to cigarette smoke M. Lucattelli, G. De Cunto, S. Cardini, G. Lungarella (Siena, Italy)
Gene transfer of the BMP-antagonist gremlin induces fibroblastic foci and pulmonary fibrosis in rats L. Farkas, K. Ask, D. Farkas, J. Gauldie, M. Inman, W. Shi, M. Kolb (Hamilton, ON, Canada; Regensburg, Germany; Los Angeles, CA, United States Of America)
The lung epithelium is a prominent source of Wnt ligands and inhibitors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis M. Königshoff, E. M. Pfaff, N. Balsara, I. Chrobak, O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
The role of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in airway remodelling after human lung transplantation L. Borthwick, S. Parker, K. Brougham, G. Johnson, M. Gorowiec, C. Ward, J. Lordan, J. Kirby, P. Corris, A. Fisher (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Stimulation of pulmonary smooth muscle cell proliferation by endothelial progenitor cells I. M. Heidegger, T. Resch, S. Desole, H. Vogelsinger, C. M. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
A role for PAR1 in lipopolysaccharide induced acute lung injury P. Mercer, C. Scotton, J. Moffatt, C. Derian, R. Chambers (London, United Kingdom; Spring House, PA, United States Of America)
Cell specific gene transfer of hepatocyte growth factor reduces bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis by inhibition of partial EMT A. Gazdhar, A. Temuri, R. Friis, R. Schmid, M. Gugger, T. Geiser (Bern BE, Bern, Switzerland)