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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Molecular biology of chronic lung disease and lung cancer

Poster Discussion
Chairs: S. T. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom), Y. Fukuchi (Tokyo, Japan)
Analysis of the TGF-β superfamily in mouse lung
O. V. Amarie, O. Eickelberg, L. Fink, W. Seeger, P. D. Shalamanov, M. E. Yeager (Giessen, Germany)
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Decreased release of TIMP-1 and TGF-β in cultured alveolar macrophages of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
J. Sauleda, A. Noguera, A. R. Pons, J. Pons, B. Barcelo, A. Fuster, A. G. N. Agusti (Palma Mallorca, Spain)
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Expression of ADAM33 splice variants in bronchial biopsies from normal and asthmatic subjects
H. M. Haitchi, R. M. Powell, T. J. Shaw, S. K. Babu, P. H. Howarth, S. T. Holgate, D. E. Davies (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Macrophages and fibroblasts induce pro-fibrotic effects following irradiation
K. Meyer, S. Seger, J. Willner, M. Schmidt, M. Kolb (Wuerzburg, Germany; Hamilton, Canada)
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Blood dendritic cells in sarcoidosis
J. Buczkowski, J. Rolinski, P. Krawczyk, R. Kieszko, J. Tabarkiewicz, S. Chocholska, M. Michnar, J. Milanowski (Lublin, Poland)
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Simultaneous mRNA expression analysis of transforming growth factor β1 and three types of TGF-β receptors in broncho-alveolar lavage cells from patients with interstitial lung diseases – the pilot study
S. Dworniczak, J. Kaminski, B. Strzalka, U. Mazurek, D. Ziora, T. Wilczok, J. Kozielski (Zabrze, Sosnowiec, Poland)
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Eosinophil adhesion alters cholinergic nerve cell phenotype
N. Durcan, M. T. Walsh, R. Costello (Dublin, Ireland)
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Interleukin-12 receptor mRNA expression and corticosteroid depended eosinophil apoptosis in asthma
F. I. Petrovski, I. I. Ivanchuk, A. E. Sazonov, I. A. Petrovskaia, L. M. Ogorodova (Tomsk, Russia)
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Membrane receptor mediated apoptosis in the differentiated EOL-1 eosinophilic cell line
M. W. Al-Rabia, M. G. Blaylock, D. W. Sexton, G. M. Walsh (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Eosinophil adhesion to cholinergic nerves protects the nerves from apoptosis via the upregulation of anti-apoptotic BCl-2 proteins
R. K. Morgan, M. T. Walsh, D. R. Curran, N. Durcan, R. W. Costello (Dublin, Ireland)
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The intracellular thioredoxin system mediates inflammatory activation of human lung microvascular endothelial cells
M. E. Callister, G. J. Quinlan, T. W. Evans, A. C. Burke-Gaffney (London, United Kingdom)
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Cell differentiation controls the cellular distribution of the glucocorticoid receptor
Q. J. Yang, J. J. Rüdiger, M. Tamm, M. Roth (Basel, Switzerland)
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Alterations in MyoD, myogenin and myosin heavy chain expression during mechanical ventilation in rats
G. Gayan-Ramirez, G. Rácz, D. Testelmans, P. Cadot, K. De Paepe, E. Zádor, F. Wuytack, M. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium; Szeged, Hungary)
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The effects of dexamethasone and IL-1β on histone H3 methylation in A549 cells
H. Wada, M. Kagoshima, P. J. Barnes, I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
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The growth of lung cancer cells is progressed by G-CSF and M-CSF due to activation of angiogenesis
T. Okazaki, S. Ebihara, H. Takahashi, A. Kanda, H. Sasaki (Sendai, Japan)
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MMP-2 as a marker of human lung carcinoma cells
M. P. Bihl, S. Goulet, J. J. Rüdiger, M. Roth, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
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Analysis of gene expression profiles of lung adenocarcinomas using amplified mRNA
C. Seifart, U. Clostermann, O. Hartmann, T. Goldmann, E. Vollmer, D. Branscheid, C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Borstel, Germany)
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Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) mutations of extended half-life time inhibit angiogenic properties of human lung microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC-L)
J. Chorostowska-Wynimko, R. Swiercz, E. Skrzypczak-Jankun, A. Wojtowicz, S. Selman, J. Jankun (Warsaw, Poland; Smithville, Toledo, United States Of America)
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Retinoid Receptors levels in normal bronchial mucosa and in lung cancer cell lines
K. Bogos, L. Bonnard, N. Noël, F. Claudot, G. Grosdidier, J. Siat, J. M. Vignaud, Y. Martinet, N. Martinet (Nancy, France)
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Assessment of DNA ploidy and proliferating activity changes in neoplasmatic cells according to TNM classification and clinical stages in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients during chemotherapy
T. Izycki, E. Chyczewska, R. M. Mroz, W. Naumnik (Bialystok, Poland)
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