Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Saturday, 14.09.2002
Sunday, 15.09.2002
Monday, 16.09.2002
Tuesday, 17.09.2002
Wednesday, 18.09.2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.

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Clinical asthma meets molecular biology

Assembly Symposium
Chairs: E. von Mutius (Munich, Germany), H. M. Jansen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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Total IgE at birth in children at high risk for asthma is influenced by the magnitude of the prenatal exposure to indoor allergens H. J. Schonberger, E. Dompeling, J. Gerritsen, R. C. Aalberse, A. J. Knottnerus, O. P. van Schayck (Maastricht, Groningen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
The influence of cat ownership on immune responses to cat, dog and birch allergens in a mite-free environment M. S. Perzanowski, E. Ronmark, K. Kemi-Bjornstrom, D. Riposo, B. Lundback, T. A. E. Platts-Mills (Charlottesville, United States Of America; Lulea, Stockholm, Sweden)
Increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in induced sputum in asthmatic patients K. Asai, H. Kanazawa, H. Kamoi, K. Hirata, J. Yoshikawa (Osaka, Japan)
Increased activation of TGF beta signal transduction via Smad2/3 in the airways of mice lacking T-bet S. Finotto, M. F. Neurath, J. M. Drazen, G. T. DeSanctis, L. H. Glimcher (Mainz, Germany; Boston, United States Of America)
Transgenic mice overexpressing IL-18 display increased IL-13 in the airways but no changes of the airway hyperresponsiveness in a murine model of late-phase asthma: evidence for a dual role of IL-18 on mucosal Th1/Th2 responses S. Finotto, M. Hausding, T. Eigenbrod, M. Schipp, M. Buerke, U. Herz, M. Blessing, H. Renz, P. R. Galle, M. F. Neurath, J. M. Drazen (Mainz, Marburg, Germany; Boston, United States Of America)
Eotaxin and CCR3 expression in cultured human airway smooth muscle cells S. Zuyderduyn, J. Ravensberg, A. van Schadewijk, T. Mauad, P. S. Hiemstra, K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)
CpG oligodeoxynucleotide treatment prevents the development of airway remodelling in a murine model of chronic asthma J. N. Kline, V. V. Jain, K. Kitagaki, T. R. Busing, I. Hussain (Iowa City, United States Of America)