Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.


Material from 2003:
  • 3196 Abstracts
  • 374 Slide presentations
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Fundamental research in developing new drugs

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. G. Matera (Naples, Italy), S. Uhlig (Borstel, Germany)
Characterisation of a modified, superfused organ bath system to study the pharmacology of airway smooth muscle relaxants
C. Shepherd, T. J. Stroud, C. Perros-Huguet (Sandwich, United Kingdom)
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Influence of epithelium on basal tonus of human bronchial smooth muscle in vitro
G. Tanasie, C. Bunu, I. R. Siska, A. Nicodim (Timisoara, Romania)
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The mediators of allergen-induced bronchoconstriction in the isolated perfused and ventilated guinea pig lung (IPL) are closely similar to those in asthmatics
E. Sundström, L. Låstbom, A. Ryrfeldt, S. E. Dahlén (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Dehydroepiandrosterone induces relaxation of human and rat bronchial smooth muscle and rat aorta
D. Pavlovic, J. Maskow, T. Usichenko, M. Wendt (Greifswald, Germany)
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Zileuton abolishes an indomethacin-insensitive tone that develops in EFS contracted guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle
M. N. Coghlan, C. Perros-Huguet (Sandwich, United Kingdom)
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Polymerized collagen reduced neutrophilia and TNF-α expression in chronic sensitized guinea pigs
P. Moreno-Alvarez, E. Sánchez-Guerrero, M. Gaxiola, D. Aguilar, L. M. Montaño, B. Bazán-Perkins (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
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TNF-a release suppression by pentoxifylline in sarcoidosis
H. L. Baradzina, I. L. Katovich, A. D. Tahanovich, N. V. Petyovka (Minsk, Belarus)
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Acute and chronic NO inhibition in a model of chronic airway inflammation in guinea pigs: lymphomononucleated and polymorphonucleated cell recruitment
E. A. Leick-Maldonado, C. M. Prado, V. Arata, D. I. Kasahara, M. A. Martins, I. F. L. C. Tibério (São Paulo, Brazil)
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Effects of acute and chronic NO inhibition in lung mechanics in a model of chronic airway inflammation in guinea pigs
C. M. Prado, E. A. Leick-Maldonado, V. Arata, D. I. Kasahara, M. A. Martins, I. F. L. C. Tibério (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Effect of H+K+ATPase inhibitors on airway cough hypersensitivity induced by allergic inflammation in guinea pigs
Y. Oribe, M. Hujimura, T. Kita, N. Katayama, S. Nakao (Kanazawa, Japan)
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The interaction of ambroxol and NK-1 antagonist (L- 703,606) on reflex changes of ions transport in airways
N. Mlodzik, A. Lelinska, P. Kaczorowski, T. Tyrakowski (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
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Antagonism by reproterol of adenosine-mediated tension responses in isolated guinea pig trachea
M. Alvarez-Guerra, H. Libertus, R. P. Garay (Créteil, France; Frankfurt, Germany)
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Cloning and expression of a 5-oxo-ETE receptor highly expressed on human eosinophils and neutrophils
C. E. Jones, S. Holden, L. Tenaillon, U. Bhatia, K. Seuwen, P. Tranter, J. Turner, R. Kettle, R. Bouhelal, S. Charlton, N. R. Nirmala, G. Jarai, P. Finan (Horsham, United Kingdom; Basel, Switzerland; East Hannover, United States Of America)
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Effect of theophylline on matrix metalloproteinase-9 in induced sputum in the elderly patients with asthma
Y. Yuan, B. Dong, Z. Wang (Chengdu, China)
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Inhibition by roflumilast vs cilomilast of pulmonary leukocyte accumulation and TNFα release in a rat model of LPS-induced pulmonary neutrophilia
L. Wollin, J. Barsig, D. Marx, A. Wohlsen, R. Beume (Konstanz, Germany)
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Effect of piclamilast, a selective phosphodiesterase (IV)-inhibitor, theophylline and prednisolone, on sputum cell and blood neutrophil oxidative burst from mild asthmatics
K. M. Beeh, J. Beier, A. K. Schulz, C. Lerch, R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
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AWD 12-281, a new PDE4-inhibitor, suppresses allergen-induced [DCquote]early phase“ bronchoconstriction in sensitized guinea pigs
H. Kuss, N. Hoefgen, C. Rundfeldt (Radebeul, Germany)
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The in vivo activity of AWD 12-353, a potent phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE) inhibitor for the treatment of allergic asthma and COPD
H. Kuss, U. Egerland, N. Hoefgen, C. Rundfeldt (Radebeul, Germany)
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Serum magnesium levels of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
J. S. Hogg, S. A. Mulrennan, A. H. Morice (Hull, United Kingdom)
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