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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Mechanisms and markers of acute and chronic lung injury

Poster Discussion
Chairs: J. Allen (Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom), C. O'Connor (Dublin, Ireland)

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Hemocoagulation and platelet aggregation disorders in patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) S. N. Vasilyev, I. E. Stepanyan, G. O. Kaminskaya, B. A. Serebryanaya (Moscow, Russia)
Upregulation of neurokinin-1 receptor expression in bronchoalveolar lavage cells and bronchial epithelium of patients with sarcoidosis compared with normal patients T. M. O'Connor, J. O'Connell, D. I. O'Brien, M. W. Bennett, T. Goode, L. Burke, C. P. Bredin, F. Shanahan (Cork, Ireland)
Endothelin-1 in the exhaled breath condensate of patients with non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) and of patients with fibrosing alveolitis associated with systemic sclerosis (FASSc) G. E. Carpagnano, S. A. Kharitonov, A. U. Wells, R. M. du Boi, O. Resta, M. P. Foschino-Barbaro, P. J. Barnes (Bari, Foggia, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
Interleukin-4 induces a contractile phenotype in IPF-derived fibroblasts K. L. Watts, E. Parker, M. A. Spiteri, J. T. Allen (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
Extracellular matrix proteins in granulomatous diseases of human lung R. L. Kaarteenaho-Wiik, P. Pääkkö, J. Risteli, Y. Soini (Oulu, Finland)
Macrophage derived inflammatory mediators and thoracic HRCT scoring in scleroderma fibrosing alveolitis H. M. Branley, A. U. Wells, S. R. Desai, B. H. Shakur, M. Begbie, R. M. du Bois, H. A. Jones (London, United Kingdom)
Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) A. R. L. Medford, H. Kendall, L. Armstrong, A. B. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Frequency and significance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) 936 C/T polymorphism in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) A. R. L. Medford, D. R. Thickett, L. J. Keen, J. Bidwell, A. B. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Sildenafil modulates PDGF and Angiotensin II induced migration and proliferation in human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PA-SMC) S. Krick, A. Böttcher, S. Schmidt, J. Hänze, R. T. Schermuly, F. Grimminger, W. Seeger, F. Rose (Giessen, Germany)
Gene expression of 5-lipoxygenase but not of inducible NO synthase is influenced by tidal volume in isolated lungs S. Hammerschmidt, A. Schlenska, T. Sandvoss, C. Gessner, H. Kuhn, K. Büttner, H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany)
Exhaled breath condensate nitrite as a marker for lung injury involving alveolar (over) distension H. Wirtz, S. Hammerschmidt, T. Lange, L. Engelmann, J. Schauer, C. Gessner (Leipzig, Germany)
Angiopoietin-1 inhibits endothelial permeability and neutrophil adherence induced by H₂O₂ or thrombin L. Pizurki, C. Roussos, K. Glynos, A. Papapetropoulos (Athens, Greece)
Expression of elastolytic matrix metalloproteinases in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis J. Usuki, K. Matsuda, A. Aoyama, A. Azuma, S. Kudoh (Tokyo, Japan)
Streptococcal pneumonia increases the production and release of monocyte from the bone marrow Y. Goto, J. C. Hogg, T. Suwa, K. B. Quinlan, S. F. van Eeden (Vancouver, Canada)
Role of lipid mediators and nitric oxide (NO) in the immediate lung response to lipopolysaccharide S. Chlopicki, J. Bartus, M. Walski, R. J. Gryglewski (Krakow, Warsaw, Poland)
Anti-proteinase 3 antibodies prime CD14-dependent leukocyte activation K. Hattar, S. van Buerck, A. Bickenbach, U. Grandel, E. Csernok, U. Maus, J. Lohmeyer, T. Hartung, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger, U. Sibelius (Giessen, Germany)