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
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Mechanisms of respiratory infections: interaction between the pathogen and the host

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Wilson (London, United Kingdom), J. Lopez-Campos (Sevilla, Spain)
Specific blood immune response to haemophilus in stable COPD patients
L. Millares, M. Garcia-Nuñez, A. Marin, M. Sabria, J. Morera, S. Alberti, E. Monso (Badalona (Barcelona), Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae infection of human lung tissue induces proinflammatory cytokine response via toll-like receptor 2 and EGF-receptor
D. Droemann, J. Rupp, T. Goldmann, F. Xu, S. Limmer, P. Zabel, K. Dalhoff (Lübeck, Borstel, Germany)
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Cellular and cytokine profile following in vivo challenge with nontypeable haemophilus influenzae in cigarette smoke exposed mice
M. R. Stampfli, M. Skrtic, C. C. J. Zavitz, G. J. Gaschler (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
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Additive effect of haemophilus influenzae and toll-like receptor 3 agonist on IL-8 production by A549 cells
E. G. Chen, D. Droemann, J. Rupp, G. Rohde, D. Dalhoff (Luebeck, Bochum, Germany)
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Galectin-3 reduces the severity of pneumococcal pneumonia by augmenting neutrophil function
S. Farnworth, N. Henderson, A. Mackinnon, K. Atkinson, T. Wilkinson, K. Dhaliwal, J. Simpson, A. Rossi, C. Haslett, T. Sethi (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The protective effects of SIGIRR on flagellin-induced acute inflammation of the airway in mice
X. Wu, Y. Zhao, C. Zhang, G. Qian (Chongqing, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China)
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Biofilm production of Aspergillus fumigatus on bronchial epithelia cells
M. Seidler, S. Salvenmoser, F. M. Mueller (Heidelberg, Germany)
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Role and regulation of moraxella catarrhalis-induced beta defensin 3 expression in human pulmonary epithelial cells
P. D. N‘Guessan, T. Steiner, S. Scharf, H. Helge, B. Opitz, J. Eitel, S. Hippenstiel, N. Suttorp, H. Slevogt (Berlin, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Azithromycin in chronic respiratory infections with pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients without cystic fibrosis
M. Zlatev Ionescu, O. Nicolaescu, M. Nica, A. M. Petrescu, C. Calomfirescu, E. Ceausu, P. I. Calistru (Bucarest, Romania)
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Molecular characterisation of bacteria in sputum samples from severe asthma
S. Wiriyachaiporn, B. Green, V. Kehagia, M. Carroll, P. Howarth, K. Bruce (London, Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels during acute exacerbations of COPD – a novel biomarker
S. Bourne, J. Fingleton (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Comparison of methods for the isolation and identification of candida dubliniensis
J. Pasligh, C. Radecke, M. Fleischhacker, C. Witt, M. Ruhnke (Berlin, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
In vitro antibacterial activity bark‘s extracts of populus tremula L
N. Faustova, M. Faustova, I. Deineko (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
HRV-induced Syk recruitment and activation is dependent of the SH2 domains
C. Lau, P. Castellanos, T. Mazzulli, C. W. Chow (Toronto, ON, Canada)
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Heterologous infection causes pneumonia and impairs alveolar macrophage function in mice
M. R. Stampfli, C. M. T. Bauer, G. J. Gaschler, K. M. Fraser, S. Kianpour, C. C. J. Zavitz (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM)-1 and its soluble form (sTREM-1) as a diagnostic marker of bacterial lung infection
I. Porfyridis, D. Plachouras, V. Karagianni, A. Kotanidou, S. A. Papiris, H. Giamarellou, E. J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of instillation of ultrafine carbon black into the lower airway of mice on mortality from Streptococcus pneumoniae
A. Tellabati, P. Andrew, J. Grigg (Leicester, London, United Kingdom)
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Genetic diversity of pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in china
Q. Zhang, L. Qian, X. Zeng, X. Xie, C. Wang (Chongqing, China)
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High prevalence of gramnegative enteric bacilli and pseudomonas in mild exacerbation of early stages COPD (Gold I-II)
J. Padua, A. Ramirez-Venegas, R. J. Hernandez-Zenteno, C. Sanchez-Romero, F. Quinones-Falconi, R. H. Sansores-Martinez (Mexico City/DF, Mexico)
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