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.


Material from 2002:
  • 3388  Abstracts
  • 6 Slide presentations
  • 5 Handouts
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Cell and molecular biology of chronic asthma

Poster Discussion
Chairs: S. Hashimoto (Tokyo, Japan), P. Chanez (Montpellier, France)
Eosinophils stimulate tissue remodelling in vitro
U. H. E. Zagai, A. Moshfegh, C. M. Sköld, J. Lundahl (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Inhibitory activity of mometasone furoate and dexamethasone on Mac-1 expression and locomotion of eosinophils from asthmatics subjects
R. Sale, M. Silvestri, F. Sabatini, L. Serpero, G. A. Rossi (Genoa, Italy)
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The effect of recombinant Il-8 on eosinophil migration in vitro and in vivo
M. Kupczyk, M. Bocheńska-Marciniak, P. Gorski, P. Kuna (Lodz, Poland)
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Involvement of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) pathway in eosinophil chemotaxis to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in aspirin-sensitive and healthy non-allergic subjects
M. M. Kurowski, I. Kuprys, B. Kuzminska, P. Gorski, P. Kuna (Lodz, Poland)
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Modulation of chronic airway inflammation in guinea pigs by oral tolerance: effects in lung mechanics, cellular infiltration and nitric oxide production
V. C. Ruiz, T. Drewiacki, E. A. Leick-Maldonado, D. I. Kasahara, M. A. Martins, I. F. L. C. Tibério (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Effects of acute nitric oxide synthase inhibition in a model of chronic airway inflammation in guinea pigs: correlation with capsaicin pretreatment
C. M. Prado, E. A. Leick-Maldonado, F. T. Fernandes, V. Arata, D. I. Kasahara, M. A. Martins, I. F. L. C. Tiberio (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Production of extracellular matrix proteins by asthmatic airway smooth muscle cells in culture
P. R. A. Johnson, M. Roth, Q. Ge, P. A. Underwood, G. King, J. K. Burgess, J. L. Black, M. Tamm (Sydney, Australia; Basel, Switzerland)
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Increased vascularity is related to mast cell number in biopsies from asthmatic patients
A. Chetta, A. Zanini, M. Del Donno, A. Castagnaro, R. D'Ippolito, A. Foresi, G. Turato, S. Baraldo, I. Spanevello, M. Saetta, D. Olivieri (Parma, Tradate, Sesto San Giovanni, Padua, Italy)
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Differential regulation of neurotrophin expression in human airway smooth muscle cells by pro-inflammatory cytokines
C. Kemi, J. Grunewald, A. Eklund, C. Olgart Höglund (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Neurotrophin and neurotrophin receptor protein expression in the human lung
A. Ricci, L. Felici, E. Bronzetti, S. Mariotta, F. Mannino, G. Schmid, G. Barbolini, G. Cardillo (Rome, Modena, Italy)
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Inhibition of IL-8 and RANTES release from cultured human airway smooth muscle cells by fluticasone and budesonide
M. John, U. Oltmanns, C. Binder, M. Federlein, K. Gellert, C. Witt (Berlin, Germany)
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Cysteinyl leukotrienes augment human airway smooth muscle migration
K. Parameswaran, G. Cox, K. Radford, L. Janssen, R. Sehmi, P. O'Byrne (Hamilton, Canada)
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The influence of gluco-corticoids (GC) on the apoptosis of activated cells in the induced sputum of patients with bronchial asthma
S. A. Pazych, V. A. Nevzorova, Y. V. Maystrovskaya (Vladivostok, Russia)
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The typing of cells in the induced sputum (IS) and its apoptosis in patients with bronchial asthma (BA)
S. A. Pazych, V. A. Nevzorova, Y. V. Maystrovskaya (Vladivostok, Russia)
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The changes of cation transport function in asthma
V. N. Mineev, L. N. Sorokina, A. A. Vereninov, A. V. Shirokova (St-Petersburg, Russia)
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The ribosomal cistrons activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes in asthma patients and in asthma healthy relatives
V. N. Mineev, I. I. Nesterovitch, V. V. Ivanova, A. L. Tafeev, E. S. Oranskaya, O. V. Lavrova (St-Petersburg, Russia)
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Nerve growth factor induces the expression of vanilloid receptor 1 in airway sensory neurons
T. Q. Dinh, E. Mingomataj, D. Quarcoo, J. Springer, D. A. Groneberg, C. Peiser, G. Hoyle, A. Braun, A. Fischer (Berlin, Marburg, Germany; Tirana, Albania; New Orleans, United States Of America)
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Antiproliferative effects of antisense c-myc eukaryotic expression vector on airway smooth muscle cells
Y. Liu, H. Li, H. Qi, L. Li, M. Su (Xi'an, China)
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