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.

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4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
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Matrix remodelling at the interface of lung fibrosis and emphysema

Oral Presentation
Chairs: R. Chambers (London, United Kingdom), P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France)

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TGF-beta-induced transgelin 1 expression contributes to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in lung fibrosis H. Yu, A. Jayachandran, M. Koenigshoff, M. Hecker, E. Rupniewska, W. Seeger, O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
Gp130-Stat3 signalling regulates sensitivity to bleomycin induced lung fibrosis R. J. J. O‘Donoghue, D. A. Knight, J. Jones, V. B. Matthews, G. P. Anderson, S. Bozinovski, M. Ernst, S. E. Mutsaers (Nedlands, Melbourne, Australia; Vancouver, Canada)
Bleomycin induced lung fibrosis in mice is attenuated by a new somatostatin analog R. Borie, A. Fabre, J. Marchal, S. Marchand-Adam, F. Prost, P. Soler, B. Crestani (Paris, France)
Hyaluronic acid is significantly increased in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis E. Papakonstantinou, I. Klangas, F. Kouri, G. Karakiulakis, O. Eickelberg (Thessaloniki, Greece; Giessen, Germany)
*Collagen itself perpetuates fibrotic remodeling via* its immune-stimulating role upon alveolar macrophages and CCL18 production** A. Prasse, D. V. Pechkovsky, J. Müller-Quernheim, M. Stahl, G. Zissel (Freiburg, Germany)
Molecular imaging of the progression of pulmonary fibrosis using animal models of disease R. Labiris, K. Ask, T. Farncombe, R. Chirakal, M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada)
Cigarette smoke switches epithelial cell apoptosis into necrosis by inhibition of ATP production through a blockade of the mitochondrial respiratory chain M. van der Toorn, H. G. de Bruin, S. J. L. Bakker, A. J. M. van Oosterhout, D. S. Postma, H. F. Kauffman, D. J. Slebos (Groningen, Netherlands)