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
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
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Border patrol: the alveolar barrier in lung injury

E-Communication Session
Chairs: R. Morty (Giessen, Germany), H. Fehrenbach (Borstel, Germany)
Aims: Dr. Susanne Herold, winner of the Best Poster Presentation, as selected at the ERS 2008 Lung Science Conference, will present her abstract on "Alveolar recruited macrophages contribute to lung epithelial apoptosis and barrier dysfunction by expression of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand during influenza virus pneumonia" in this session.
Differential roles of tumour necrosis factor receptors in a murine model of acid induced lung injury
B. Patel, M. Wilson, M. Takata (London, United Kingdom)
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Mesenchymal stem cell based angiopoietin-1 gene therapy for acute lung injury induced by lipopolysacharride in mice
J. Xu, J. Qu, L. Cao, Y. Sai, C. Chen, L. He, L. Yu (Shanghai, China)
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Effects of static stretch on secretory function and morphology in alveolar epithelial type II cells
Y. H. Ren, Q. Y. Zhan, C. Yang, C. Wang (Peking, China)
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Alveolar recruited macrophages contribute to lung epithelial apoptosis and barrier dysfunction by expression of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand during influenza virus pneumonia
S. Herold, M. Steinmueller, W. von Wulffen, L. Cakarova, S. Pleschka, W. Seeger, J. Lohmeyer (Giessen, Germany)
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Moxifloxacine increases the tolerance of alveolar type II cells to mechanical stretch
S. Hammerschmidt, H. Kuhn, R. Berlinghoff, H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Berlin, Germany)
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Nitric oxide inhibits sodium absorption across cultured human airway (H441) epithelial cells
A. Pichl, M. Althaus, M. Fronius, W. Clauss, R. Morty (Giessen, Germany)
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Oxidized phospholipids exhibit protective effects against ventilator-induced vascular leak and inflammation
A. Birukova, J. Xing, P. Fu, K. Birukov (Chicago, IL, United States Of America)
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Adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix proteins in co-cultures of airway epithelial cells and fibroblasts
C. Folli, D. Descalzi, A. M. Riccio, C. Gamalero, G. W. Canonica (Genoa, Italy)
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The lectin-like domain of TNF-α improves alveolar fluid balance in endo/exotoxin-induced lung injury
I. Vadasz, R. Schermuly, A. Ghofrani, S. Rummel, S. Wehner, I. Muehldorfer, S. Klaus, W. Seeger, R. Morty, F. Grimminger, N. Weissmann (Giessen, Konstanz, Germany)
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ATF3 is activated in ventilator induced lung injury (VILI)
A. Akram, J. Haitsma, C. Dos Santos (Toronto, ON, Canada)
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Differential role of NO synthases in ischemia/reperfusion-induced lung injury
A. Sydykov, B. Egemnazarov, R. T. Schermuly, N. Weissmann, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger, H. A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany)
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Time-dependency of cell death induced by biaxial cyclic stretching in human pneumocyte-like cells
S. J. Schließmann, K. Höhne, S. Schumann, K. Gamerdinger, G. Zissel, J. Guttmann (Freiburg, Germany)
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Autocrine secretion of bradykinin prevents alveolar type II cells from mechanical stretch-induced apoptosis by activation – role of PI3K and Akt
S. Hammerschmidt, H. Kuhn, H. J. Seyfarth, C. Gessner, S. Heyder, H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany)
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Surface expression of CD74 by type II alveolar epithelial cells: a potential mechanism for macrophage migration inhibitory factor-induced epithelial repair
L. Marsh, L. Cakarova, G. Kwapiszewska, W. Seeger, J. Lohmeyer (Giessen, Germany)
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Carbon monoxide modulates the activity of lung amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channels
M. Althaus, M. Fronius, I. Vadasz, Y. Buchaeckert, W. Clauss, R. Motterlini, W. Seeger, O. Eickelberg, R. Morty (Giessen, Germany; Harrow, United Kingdom)
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Effects of hypoxia on VEGF and VEGF-R expression by human alveolar epithelial (ATII) and human pulmonary microvascular endothelial (HMVEC-l) cells
L. Gilmartin, S. Harper, D. Bates, A. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom)
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TGF-β modulates Na+,K+-ATPase expression and activity in the lung epithelium
V. Arnoldt, I. Vadasz, W. Seeger, O. Eickelberg, R. Morty (Giessen, Germany)
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The harmful effects of nitrogen mustard on lung and the contribution of proanthocyanidin to decrease this effect
O. Yucel, O. Genc, O. Onguru, A. Aydin, H. Yaren, M. A. Sahin, A. Guler, T. Karayilanoglu, A. Sayal, M. Dakak, S. Gurkok (Ankara, Turkey)
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