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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Airway cell biology

E-Communication Session
Chairs: O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany), R. Lutter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
MicroRNA miR-126 expression and target validation in CF and non-CF airway epithelial cell lines
I. Oglesby, S. O‘Neill, N. G. McElvaney, C. Greene (Dublin, Ireland)
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Tumour-infiltrating CD8+ cells expressing IL-10, but not CD8+, CD4+ and CD68+ cells, are associated with a better prognosis in patients with NSCLC
P. Boschetto, N. Lo Cascio, D. Miotto, M. Pedriali, P. Querzoli, E. De Rosa, L. M. Fabbri, C. E. Mapp (Ferrara, Modena, Italy)
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Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in airway hyperresponsiveness
M. Thompson, T. Kobayashi, H. Kita, G. Sieck, M. Carlos, C. P. Pabelick, Y. S. Prakash (Rochester, MN, United States Of America)
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Makrophages regulate epithelial defence of the respiratory tract
C. Hess, C. Herr, C. Beisswenger, R. M. Schmid, R. Bals (Marburg, Munich, Germany)
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Alleviation of asthma in a murine model is associated with intrahepatic NKT and CD4 lymphocyte trapping: a potential role for the liver in the immune modulation of asthma
A. Horani, D. Shosayov, E. Kerem, S. Doron, Y. Ilan, R. Safadi (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Binding of high molecular weight kininogen (HK) to respiratory epithelial cells
J. Varano della Vergiliana, N. Asokananthan, G. Stewart (Perth, Australia)
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Analysis of signal transduction pathways involved in proteinase activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) stimulated mucus secretion in human tracheal gland cell culture
P. Staats, S. K. Böhm, E. Oplesch, D. Groneberg, U. Wagner (Löwenstein, Köln, Berlin, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Enhancement of the airway epithelial cell response to dsRNA by oxidative stress
A. Koarai, S. Yanagisawa, H. Sugiura, T. Ichikawa, Y. Minakata, T. Hirano, K. Matsunaga, M. Ichinose (Wakayama, Japan)
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Soluble forms of differentiated antigens in COPD
N. Kubysheva, L. Postnikova, V. Novikov (Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Regulation of secretory component production in human bronchial epithelial cells by TGF-β
B. Detry, A. Guisset, Y. Sibille, C. Pilette (Brussels, Belgium)
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Cigarette smoke altered the expression of choline acetyl transferase and muscarinic receptors promoting the LTB4 release from human bronchial epithelial cells
M. Profita, A. Bonanno, M. Ferraro, A. M. Montalbano, L. Siena, A. Bruno, L. Riccobono, G. D. Albano, M. P. Pieper, M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy; Berlin, Germany)
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Culture of nasal epithelial spheroids of cystic fibrosis patients to measure mucociliary function
F. Gamarra, I. Danzer, C. Kellermann, R. Fischer, A. Bergner, R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany)
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Secretory leucoprotease inhibitor (SLPI) inhibits IL-8 expression induced by double-stranded RNA in airway epithelial cells
P. Branagan, C. Greene, C. Taggart, S. O‘Neill, G. McElvaney (Dublin, Ireland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
NO inhibition and human bronchial muscle response in vitro
G. Tanasie, C. Tatu, C. Bunu (Timisoara, Romania)
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Mechanical forces modulate the activity of lung epithelial Na+ channels
R. Bogdan, C. Veith, W. Clauss, R. E. Morty, M. Fronius (Giessen, Germany)
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The antiinflammatory effect of statins on human bronchial epithelial cells
A. Iwata, R. Shirai, H. Kushima, K. Umeki, H. Ishii, K. Kishi, I. Tokimatsu, K. Hiramatsu, J. I. Kadota (Yufu/Oita, Japan)
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The effects of erdosteine and N-acetylcysteine treatment on apoptotic and antiapoptotic markers in pulmonary epithelial cells in sepsis
R. Demiralay, N. Gursan, H. Erdem (Isparta, Erzurum, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Role of lymphotoxin-alpha in cigarette smoke-induced inflammation and lymphoid neogenesis
T. Demoor, K. Bracke, T. Maes, G. Joos, G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
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Bacterial colonisation in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
A. Wood, P. Bharadwaj, D. Bayley, R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Mitochondria are essential in cigarette smoke induced ROS generation
M. van der Toorn, D. Rezayat, H. F. Kauffman, S. J. L. Bakker, A. J. M. van Oosterhout, D. J. Slebos (Groningen, Netherlands)
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