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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Genes and proteins in lung injury

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Chairs: I. Rahman (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), R. Jackson (Birmingham, United States of America)

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Endobronchial biopsy neutrophilia, IL-8, ENA-78 and neutrophil chemokine receptor (CXCR1 & CXCR2) gene expression in severe exacerbations of COPD Y. Qiu, J. Zhu, V. Bandi, K. K. Guntupalli, K. Hattotuwa, A. E. Fraire, P. K. Jeffery (London, United Kingdom; Houston, Worchester, United States Of America)
Cigarette smoke increases histone acetylation in alveolar epithelial cells: a mechanism for enhanced gene expression F. M. Moodie, J. A. Wickenden, P. S. Gilmour, W. MacNee, I. Rahman (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Increased numbers of airway wall plasma cells in smokers with chronic bronchitis: co-localization and gene expression for interleukin 4 and 5 J. Zhu, Y. S. Qiu, S. Majumdar, D. Martin, A. Oliva, J. C. Kips, R. A. Pauwels, V. D. Rose, P. K. Jeffery (London, United Kingdom; Turin, Italy; Gent, Belgium)
Polymorphisms of the beta adrenoceptor are associated with severity of disease, but not disease susceptibility, in subjects with COPD C. E. Ruse, S. G. Parker, M. C. Hill, P. J. Burton, M. J. Connolly, I. Hall, A. Wheatley, A. J. Wardlaw (Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Angiotensin II and hypoxia synergistically induce proliferation in pulmonary artery fibroblasts by a PI-3K and PKC-signaling pathway through HIF-1 a and upregulation of angiotensin II-receptors type I S. Krick, J. Hänze, J. Appel, A. H. Ghofrani, R. Schermuly, F. Grimminger, W. Seeger, F. Rose (Giessen, Germany)
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from early stage ARDS patients induce luminal and transluminal apoptosis in human lung microvascular endothelial cells R. Lucas, T. Hristea, S. Buschke, A. Wendel, J. Hamacher (Konstanz, Germany)
Transient transgene expression of CTGF in the lung induces moderate and reversible fibrosis P. Bonniaud, P. Margetts, M. Kolb, M. Kelly, T. Haberberger, J. Gauldie (Hamilton, Canada; Dijon, France; Rimpach, Germany)