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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3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
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Best of lung epithelial cells 2008

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Chairs: R. Bals (Marburg, Germany), M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)

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Cathelicidin modulates the epithelial innate immune response to endotoxin J. Sierigk, R. Shaykhiev, C. Vogelmeier, R. Bals (Marburg, Germany)
NKG2D triggers MHC I unrestricted effector function of alloreactive CD8⁺ T cells B. Stoelcker, K. Krätzel, B. Ruhland, M. Pfeifer, C. Schulz (Regensburg, Donaustauf, Germany)
Characterization of the bacterial community within the respiratory tract of healthy mice; a molecular approach J. Mac Sharry, P. Scanlan, J. Marchesi, J. G. Martin (Cork, Ireland; Montreal, Canada)
Rhinovirus uses EGFR signaling to coordinate IL-8 and ICAM-1 expression in bronchial epithelial cells K. Liu, R. Gualano, M. Hibbs, G. Anderson, S. Bozinovski (Victoria, Australia)
Cigarette smoke-induced emphysema occurs in the absence of TLR4-signalling in a murine model of COPD T. Maes, K. Bracke, G. Joos, G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
The role of Interleukin-6 in pulmonary and systemic effects in a murine model of COPD N. S. Pauwels, K. R. Bracke, T. Maes, G. F. Joos, G. G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
Analysis of the tight and adherens junction protein expression in macrophages and dendritic cells and its functional aspects drawn from an airway model A. D. Lehmann, F. Blank, B. Oliver, M. Wehrli, P. Gehr, B. Rothen-Rutishauser (Bern, Switzerland)
*Azithromycin protects bronchial epithelial integrity after Pseudomonas aeruginosa* infection independent of bactericidal activity** S. Halldórsson, T. Guðjónsson, M. Gottfreðsson, G. H. Guðmundsson, O. Baldursson (Reykjavík, Iceland)