ERS International Congress, Milan 2017

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Novel pro- and anti-fibrotic mechanisms in pulmonary fibrosis

Thematic Poster
Chairs: O. Burgy (Aurora, United States of America), A. Boots (Maastricht, Netherlands), M. Beers (Wayne, United States of America), G. Westergren-Thorsson (Lund, Sweden)

LSC - 2017 - Profibrotic signaling by TGF-ß involves NADPH oxidase 4 dependent activation of tyrosine kinase Src and mitochondrial ROS C. Veith (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Prevention the TGF-ß induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition with atorvastatin in human A549 cell line F. Öztay (Istanbul, Turkey)
Target gene identification of TGF-ß-induced miR-455-3p and miR-21-3p in lung fibroblasts J. Ong (Groningen, Netherlands)
The potential role of intracellular heat shock protein 70 deficiency in aging and pulmonary fibrosis. J. Sellares Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
Perlecan and heparan sulphate are abundant in fibroblast foci in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. O. Hallgren (Lund, Sweden)
Treatment of sulfur dioxide-induced lung injury in rats S. Jonasson (UMEÅ, Sweden)
Bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats: Protective effects of vitamin D F. Erboy (Kozlu - Zonguldak, Turkey)
Aerobic exercise can impair lung fibrotic and functional response in a model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis: a time-dependent effect R. De Paula Vieira (Sao Jose Dos Campos/Sp, Brazil)
Chronic kidney disease induces lung injury and mechanical alterations: gender differences and laser treatment. R. Palma (SAO PAULO/SP, Brazil)
Heat shock protein 90 inhibitors block pulmonary fibrosis and dysfunction in HCl-exposed mice. J. Catravas (Norfolk, United States of America)
Detrimental role for matrix metalloprotease-1 in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis J. Duitman (Paris, France)
Expression of the MET receptor kinase is a potential functional marker of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis G. Stella (Pavia, Italy)