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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Novel targets in the molecular pathology of lung cancer and COPD

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Chairs: J. Hamacher (Bern, Switzerland), J. Homolka (Prague 2, Czech Republic)

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The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib is effective against experimental malignant pleural effusion I. Psallidas, S. Karabela, C. Moschos, A. Kollintza, P. Theodoropoulou, C. Roussos, I. Kalomenidis, G. T. Stathopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Lung cancer detection by computer assisted analysis of novel biomarkers in induced sputum samples A. Guber, J. Greif, R. Ronny, E. Fireman, L. Madi, T. Kaplam, B. Pal, Z. Yemini, R. Katz, M. Gottfried, M. Daniely (Kfar Saba, Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Israel; Houston, TX, United States Of America)
Remodelling of extracellular matrix (ECM) differs between pulmonary adenocarcinoma (Ad) and squamous cell carcinoma (Sq): immunohistochemistry and morphometry of matrix proteins (MPs), matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), and tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs P. A. Schnabel, E. Herpel, C. Schopf, D. Kieslich de Hol, A. Warth, H. Hoffmann, M. Thomas, F. J. F. Herth, H. Dienemann, P. Schirmacher (Heidelberg, Germany)
Circulating endothelial stem cells in age-matched smokers with or without mild-to-moderate pulmonary emphysema G. Caramori, G. M. Rigolin, S. Leprotti, F. Mazzoni, S. Scavello, M. Contoli, P. Casolari, P. Mannella, A. Cuneo, A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy)
Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) is a negative regulator of lung cancer cells growth due to its anti-proteinase activity J. Chorostowska-Wynimko, M. Kedzior, B. Gruber, A. Aleem, E. Anuszewska, J. Jankun (Warsaw, Poland; Toledo, OH, United States Of America)
LPS-induced TLR4 expression and cytokine release is impaired in monocytes and T-lymphocytes of COPD patients J. Knobloch, K. Mueller, A. Koch (Cologne, NRW, Germany)
Distinct BARD1 isoforms expressed in lung cancer potential targets for treatment A. Bianco, L. Li, F. Molica, J. C. Pache, G. Laurent, N. De Rosa, I. Irminger-Finger (Campobasso, Italy; Geneva, Switzerland; London, United Kingdom)
Plasma inflammatory markers associated with bone resorption in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease J. Bon, Y. Zhang, D. Zaldonis, A. Zeevi, K. McCurry, S. Greenspan, F. Sciurba (Pittsburgh, PA, United States Of America)