Annual Congress Glasgow 2004

Saturday, 04.09.2004
Sunday, 05.09.2004
Monday, 06.09.2004
Tuesday, 07.09.2004
Wednesday, 08.09.2004

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, abstract number.

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Epithelial cell functions in host defense and ion transport

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom), R. Lutter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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Neutrophil elastase causes MUC5AC mucin synthesis via a EGF receptor, ERK and NF-kB pathway in A549 cells J. S. Song, H. K. Yoon, H. S. Moon, S. H. Park (Seoul, South Korea)
Compartmentalized neutrophil recruitment and matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-9 release after airway exposure to endotoxin in humans M. Smith, C. Malmhäll, M. Sjöstrand, S. Bozinovski, G. P. Anderson, A. Lindén, I. Qvarfordt (Göteborg, Sweden; Melbourne, Australia)
Immunohistochemical localization of vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (TRPV1) in the guinea pig respiratory system N. Watanabe, D. Spina, S. Horie, G. J. Michael, C. P. Page, J. V. Priestley (London, United Kingdom; Tochigi, Japan)
The impact of interleukin-2 on the regulation of epithelial sodium channel in A549 cells Y. Yamagata, T. Yamagata, Y. Higashimoto, H. Itoh, T. Hirano, M. Nakanishi, K. Matsunaga, Y. Minakata, M. Ichinose (Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan)
Adenovirus E1A suppressed elafin secretion in human bronchial epithelial cells and alveolar epithelial cells Y. Higashimoto, Y. Yamagata, T. Ishiguchi, H. Satoh, T. Iwata, M. Okada, H. Itoh (Ito-gun, Japan)
SPLUNC1, a putative mediator of host defence, is predominantly localised in the mucous gland cells of the upper airways, nose and oral cavity L. Bingle, W. A. Wallace, S. S. Cross, A. S. High, D. A. Devine, C. D. Bingle (Sheffield, Edinburgh, Leeds, United Kingdom)
Time-dependent response of airway epithelial cells to Staphylococcus aureus D. Gras, M. Da Silva, J. M. Zahm, M. Milliot, M. Merten, O. Bajolet, M. C. Plotkowski, E. Puchelle (Reims, Nancy, France; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
A long-acting β2-adrenergic receptor agonist increases cAMP-induced chloride secretion in human airway epithelial cells N. Castillon, J. M. Zahm, K. Fragaki, M. Merten, T. Chinet, E. Puchelle (Reims, Nancy, Boulogne, France)
Betaglycan: a putative role in TGF-β-regulated ion movement in the lung R. E. Morty, O. Amarie, I. Vadasz, W. Seeger, O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
Neutral endopeptidase activity is reduced by ascorbic acid in primary cultures of alveolar type II cells C. Jin, C. Ghirlanda-Keller, M. Gosteli-Peter, J. Zapf, C. Schmid (Zurich, Switzerland)
The endogenous antibiotic CRAMP is induced during pneumonia K. Kändler, C. Beisswenger, T. Damm, B. Robert (Marburg, Germany)
Human nasal and bronchial airway epithelial cell comparisons: ciliary beat frequency and zinc homeostasis D. C. Grosser, P. Zalewski, R. E. Ruffin (Woodville, Australia)