Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.


Material from 2006:
  • 4395 Abstracts
  • 610 Slide presentations
  • 175 Webcasts
  • 95 Handouts
  • 175 Multimedia files
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Cellular biology of asthma and COPD

Poster Discussion
Chairs: C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom), G. Rohde (Bochum, Germany)
Surfactant protein-A in lung tissue obtained from patients with COPD
E. Vlachaki, E. G. Tzortzaki, A. Koutsopoulos, K. Dambaki, A. Moniakis, I. Drositis, G. Kaimasidis, E. Stathopoulos, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
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Matrix metalloproteinase 2 expression in distal lung of fatal asthma
L. F. F. Silva, B. B. Araujo, H. A. P. Gomes, S. Fernezlian, P. H. N. Saldiva, T. Mauad, M. Dolhnikoff (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Altered expression of TLR4 and of beta 2 defensin in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
E. Pace, M. Ferraro, M. I. Minervini, G. Chiappara, A. M. Montalbano, L. Siena, L. Pipitone, G. Bonsignore, M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy)
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Chymase-positive mast cells are related to the vascular remodelling in asthma
A. Zanini, A. Chetta, A. Tipa, A. Castagnaro, R. D‘Ippolito, M. Neri, D. Olivieri (Tradate, Parma, Italy)
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Sputum characteristics of stable COPD patients after a first admission for an exacerbation. The "phenotype and course of COPD" (PAC-COPD) study
A. Marin-Tapia, J. Garcia-Aymerich, E. Monsó, J. Sauleda, J. Belda, F. Gómez, J. M. Antó, the PAC-COPD Study Group (Badalona, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia, Spain)
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Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) detects biomarker proteins in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) from endotracheally intubated patients collected at the exhaust port of a ventilator
A. O. Paget-Brown, K. E. Root, B. K. Walsh, M. M. Ross, J. F. Hunt, B. M. Gaston (Charlottesville, United States Of America)
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Factors influencing induced sputum cytokines and VEGF in a population of stable COPD patients
J. J. Miller, G. A. Frazer, D. Anderson, M. McLaughlin, C. Poland, C. McGuinnes, J. E. Barr, A. Deans, K. Donaldson, W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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MMP-2 expression in lung periphery is related to COPD progression
S. Baraldo, E. Bazzan, K. Lokar Oliani, M. E. Zanin, G. Turato, S. Garbisa, M. Miniati, P. Maestrelli, A. Papi, L. M. Fabbri, R. Zuin, M. Saetta (Padova, Pisa, Ferrara, Modena, Italy)
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Chronic nitrogen dioxide exposure attenuates cigarette smoke-induced cytokine production in mice
C. A. Brandsma, M. N. Hylkema, M. A. Luinge, M. Geerlings, W. Timens, D. S. Postma, H. A. M. Kerstjens (Groningen, Netherlands)
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Proteomic analysis of T-lymphocytes in patients with bronchial asthma
H. C. Jeong, S. Y. Lee, E. K. Park, S. H. Lee, C. S. Uhm, Y. Cho, E. J. Lee, G. Y. Hur, K. H. Jung, S. Y. Lee, J. H. Kim, C. Shin, J. J. Shim, K. H. In, K. H. Kang, S. H. Yoo (Seongnam, Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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Oligoclonal CD8 T lymphocytes accumulates in bronchoalveolar lavage of familial pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis patients
G. de Laurentiis, L. Racioppi, F. Perna, M. Maniscalco, S. Marsico, L. Carratù, G. Merola, M. Sofia (Naples, Italy)
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Interelukin-17A is elevated in parapneumonic pleural effusions and is associated with neutrophils and VEGF
A. Kollintza, I. Sigala, I. Porfyridis, G. T. Stathopoulos, C. Moschos, C. Roussos, K. Ioannis (Athens, Greece)
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Angiopoietin 1 expression is reduced in a mouse model of asthma
D. C. M. Simoes, A. Papapetropoulos, K. C. Petrochilou, C. Roussos, C. Gratziou (Athens, Patras, Greece)
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Enhanced expression of proinflammatory cytokine (IL-18) and its receptor in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
H. Imaoka, T. Hoshino, T. Kinoshita, Y. Kitasato, T. Kawayama, T. Koga, S. Kato, T. Shirakusa, K. Watanabe, H. Aizawa (Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan)
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CysLT1 receptor gene and protein expression in bronchial biopsies of chronic bronchitis when stable and in exacerbation
J. Zhu, Y. S. Qiu, E. Gamble, G. Turato, D. Figueroa, J. Evans, W. Elston, L. M. Fabbri, N. Barnes, M. Saetta, P. K. Jeffery (London, United Kingdom; Padova, Modena, Italy; West Point, United States Of America)
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Regulation of MUC5AC mucin secretion by depletion of AQP5 in SPC-A1 cells
Z. Chen, X. Wang, L. Gao, L. Bai, C. Bai (Shanghai, China)
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Hyaluronic acid and lactoferrin downregulate lymphocyte IFN-g and IL-10 release in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D. Blanquer, A. Noguera, J. Sauleda, C. Villena, A. G. N. Agustí (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
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Hyperplasia of airway smooth muscle cells in nonfatal and fatal asthma
J. G. Elliot, N. G. Carroll, A. L. James (Perth, Australia)
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Increased activation of T cells grown from endobronchial tissue of COPD current smokers
M. W. Lethbridge, J. C. Ratoff, B. J. O‘Connor (London, United Kingdom)
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Incremental changes in ADAM33 expression in mouse lung development
H. M. Haitchi, R. M. Powell, S. T. Holgate, D. E. Davies (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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