Annual Congress Copenhagen 2005

Saturday, 17.09.2005
Sunday, 18.09.2005
Monday, 17.09.2005
Tuesday, 20.09.2005
Wednesday, 21.09.2005

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, abstract number.

Material from 2005:

4063 Abstracts
739 Slide presentations
213 Webcasts
93 Handouts

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Microorganisms: good, bad or ugly in allergic respiratory disease

Symposium
Chairs: S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom), P. J. Sterk (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Aims: At the end of the symposium, the audience will have gained an insight into the role of environmental conditions and microorganisms in the homeostasis of the inflammatory and immune responses in relation to allergic and respiratory disease. Microorganisms in the intestinal mucosa may influence immunological reactions and affect the allergic condition. At the mucosa of the respiratory tract, infectious microorganisms and their products influence local and systemic inflammatory and immunological events in the airways and lungs.

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The gut-flora in health and disease: interactions with the immune system A. Macpherson (Ontario, Canada)
Physiologic and immunologic response of the airways to LPS inhalation D. Schwartz (Research Triangle Park, United States of America)
Viruses in asthma and COPD: mechanisms and defence P. Openshaw (London, United Kingdom)