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.

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Airway epithelial cells in inflammatory and host defence

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: E. Puchelle (Reims, France), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands)

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Human airway epithelial cells synthesize and release epinephrine and nor-epinephrine S. Salvi, P. Sheth, B. E. Sekerel, H. Yoshisue, J. Holloway, S. Holgate (Pune, India; Southampton, United Kingdom)
Arginine levels regulate pro-inflammatory mediator responses by lung epithelial cells X. Y. Fan, M. Snoek, A. van den Berg, L. van der Flier, B. S. Smids, H. M. Jansen, R. Y. Liu, R. Lutter (Hefei, China; Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Aspergillus fumigatus conidia induce internalization dependent IFN-beta and IP-10 expression in airway epithelial cells C. Beisswenger, S. Anders, K. Schroppel, R. Bals (Marburg, Erlangen, Germany)
Cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) increases the expression of beta–defensin-3 (hBD-3) in cultured primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBEC) S. van Wetering, D. K. Ninaber, M. A. J. A. van Sterkenburg, K. F. Rabe, P. S. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands)
Secretory leukoprotease inhibitor (SLPI) is removed from media of primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBEC) in the presence of neutrophil elastase (NE) A. Sullivan, R. Stockley, P. Hiemstra, S. van Wetering (Birmingham, United Kingdom; Leiden, Netherlands)
Cigarette smoke up-regulates toll like receptor 4 (TLR4) expression and enhances TLR4 mediated responses E. Pace, M. Ferraro, M. R. Melis, L. Siena, A. M. Montalbano, G. Chiappara, M. R. Bonsignore, V. Bellia, G. Bonsignore, M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy)
Secretory component binds defensins and may contribute to the bactericidal activity protecting mucosal surfaces L. J. Marshall, T. Mason, J. K. Shute (Birmingham, Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
Tissue factor plays a central role in bronchial epithelial repair responses D. Ewen, S. Vayro, M. Trevethick, G. Salmon, J. Shute (Portsmouth, Sandwich, United Kingdom)
Bronchial epithelial cells synthesise proteins of the extrinsic coagulation cascade to support fibrin formation in response to wounding M. Perrio, M. Trevethick, G. Salmon, J. Shute (Portsmouth, Sandwich, United Kingdom)
Nitric oxide induces MUC5AC mucin in A549 cells through PKC and ERK pathways J. S. Song, K. S. Cho, H. K. Yoon, H. S. Moon, S. H. Park (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
Nitric oxide is involved in the physiological signaling pathway in the secretion from tracheal gland acinar cells T. Tamada, M. Nara, M. Nagaoka, G. Tamura, T. Hattori (Sendai, Japan)
IL-1β induced histone H3-K4 tri-methylation and RNA polymerase II recruitment to the SLPI gene H. Wada, K. Ito, M. Kagoshima, I. M. Adcock, P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
A role for PAR-1 in bronchial epithelial repair D. Ewen, M. Trevethick, G. Salmon, J. Shute (Portsmouth, Sandwich, United Kingdom)
Regulation of connective tissue growth factor gene by lipopolysaccharide in bronchial epithelial cells M. Nishioka, E. Ogawa, T. Hirai, S. Muro, M. Mishima (Kyoto, Japan)
Cytokine-induced EGFR protein release in BEAS-2B cells; relation with histone acetylation and methylation status M. Kurowski, E. Jazrawi, P. J. Barnes, I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)