J. Lopez-Campos (Seville, Spain), F. Ricciardolo (Orbassano (Torino), Italy)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Using eosinophilic phenotype to characterize asthma control. A. L. G. Fernandes, P. B. L. Fernandes, M. M. Amorim, L. B. Caetano, I. Santoro (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Relation of plasma osteopontin levels with the clinical course in patients with COPD S. Konno, M. Suzuki, H. Makita, K. Shimizu, R. Maciewicz, M. Nishimura (Sapporo, Japan; Mölndal, Sweden)
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Associations between sensitization to Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins and Th2/eosinophilic inflammation and uncontrolled asthma Y. Kanemitsu, H. Matsumoto, Y. Tohda, T. Horiguchi, H. Kita, K. Kuwabara, K. Tomii, K. Otsuka, M. Fujimura, N. Okukra, K. Tomita, A. Yokoyama, H. Ohnishi, Y. Nakano, T. Oguma, S. Hozawa, T. Nagasaki, I. Ito, T. Oguma, H. Inoue, T. Tajiri, T. Iwata, Y. Izuhara, J. Ono, K. Izuhara, A. Niimi, M. Mishima (Kyoto, Sayama, Takatsuki, Kobe, Kanazawa, Nangoku, Otsu, Hiroshima, Sagamihara, Saga, Nagoya, Japan; Nagoya, Afghanistan)
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Implication of IL-18 in the chronic inflammation of severe refractory asthma N. Rovina, E. Dima, P. Bakakos, E. Tseliou, K. Kontogianni, S. Papiris, N. Koulouris, S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)
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Osteopontin and periostin in bronchial tissue associate with a 20-year decline of pulmonary function in asthmatics Y. Kanemitsu, I. Ito, A. Niimi, K. Izuhara, S. Ohta, J. Ono, T. Iwata, T. Oguma, T. Tajiri, T. Nagasaki, Y. Izuhara, H. Matsumoto, M. Mishima (Kyoto, Nagoya, Saga, Sagamihara, Japan)
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Changes in exhaled volatile organic compound profile after breakfast: Implications for protocol development K. Anderson, C. Beardsmore, T. Coats, H. Pandya (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Distribution of surfactant proteins in proximal and distal airways E. Mirgorodskaya, A. Bredberg, J. Pourazar, P. Larsson, R. Linder, A. C. Olin, A. Behndig (Gothenburg, Umeå, Sweden)
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Validation of ATS cut-off points for FeNO in a clinical unselected population of subjects with possible asthma M. Vestergaard, A. Sverrild, V. Backer, C. Porsbjerg (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Prognostic significance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease N. Altintas, B. Kocar, M. Tiryaki (Tekirdag, Istanbul, Turkey)
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Assessment of oxidative stress in cystic fibrosis using malondialdehyde B. Antus, O. Drozdovszky, I. Barta (Budapest, Hungary)
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Conduct of a biomarker study in bronchiectasis patients: Correlation of neutrophil elastase activity and inflammatory load in induced sputum H. Watz, J. Nagelschmitz, F. Pedersen, F. C. Ringshausen, A. Kirsten, H. Magnussen, K. F. Rabe, T. Welte, J. Rademacher, C. Rentzsch, C. Schumann, D. Zubov, V. Li, A. Schäfer, S. Schwers (Wuppertal, Grosshansdorf, Hannover, Ulm, Germany)
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Sputum YKL-40 is a potential biomarker of COPD-asthma overlap J. Gao, T. Laitinent, H. Iwamato, W. Mazur, V. Pulkkinen (Helsinki, Turku, Finland; Hiroshima, Japan)
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Normal values of exhaled nitric oxide at 50 mL/s – A revisit A. C. Olin, B. Bake, K. Torén (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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The amount of endogenous particles in exhaled air is correlated to peripheral airway obstruction E. Viklund, P. Gustafsson, S. Kjellberg, P. Larsson, A. C. Olin (Gothenburg, Skövde, Sweden)
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Biomarkers for sputum eosinophilia in mild-moderate and severe adult-onset asthma patients G. Westerhof, D. Korevaar, M. Amelink, S. De Nijs, C. de Groot, E. Weersink, A. ten Brinke, P. Bossuyt, E. Bel (Amsterdam, Leeuwarden, Netherlands)
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Discrimination between oral corticosteroid-treated and oral corticosteroid-non-treated severe asthma patients by an electronic nose platform G. Santini, S. Di Carlo, A. Benso, N. Mores, P. Brinkman, S. Valente, P. Montuschi, F. Macagno, A. H. Wagener, A. T. Bansal, I. Pandis, H. H. Knobel, A. J. Vink, N. Rattray, M. Santonico, G. Pennazza, Y. K. Guo, I. Horvath, R. Djukanovic, R. Polosa, A. R. Sousa, J. Corfield, A. Rowe, S. J. Fowler, P. Chanez, K. F. Chung, P. J. Sterk, P. Montuschi (Rome, Italy)
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Exhaled particles as markers of small airways inflammation in asthmatic subjects P. Larsson, B. Bake, E. Mirgorodskaya, O. Hammar, M. Lärstad, A. B. Bredberg, A. C. Almstrand, A. C. Olin (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Exhaled breath condensate pH in exercise-induced bronchoconstriction A. Bikov, G. Galffy, L. Tamasi, D. Bartusek, B. Antus, G. Losonczy, I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary)
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