Annual Congress Vienna 2003

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

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: D. E. Davies (Southampton, United Kingdom), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Melatonin promoted the chemotaxin expression in human lung epithelial cell stimulated with TNF-α F. Luo, Z. Wang (Chengdu, China)
Cigarette smoke exposure alters the inflammatory reaction of airway epithelium C. Beisswenger, J. Platz, R. Koczulla, C. Seifart, C. Vogelmeier, R. Bals (Marburg, Germany)
Interleukin-8 stimulates human airway epithelial cell proliferation through EGFR transactivation F. Luppi, S. P. G. Lazeroms, K. F. Rabe, P. S. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands)
IKKβ phosphorylation is modulated by the combination of glucocorticosteroids and long acting β2- agonists in Human Bronchial Epithelial (HBE) cells R. Gagliardo, A. M. Merendino, F. Pompeo, L. Siena, V. Bellia, R. Testi, M. Johnson, G. Bonsignore, A. M. Vignola (Palermo, Verona, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
G-protein mediated EGFR transactivation induces mucin production J. H. Kim, S. Y. Lee, C. Shin, J. J. Shim, K. H. In, K. H. Kang, S. H. Yoo (Seoul, South Korea)
Changes in the properties of sputum in patients with brochiectasis treated with inhaled manitol for 12 days - A pilot study E. Daviskas, B. K. Rubin, L. Clarkson, S. D. Anderson, I. H. Young (Sydney, Australia; Winston-Salem)
Dexamethasone inhibits LPS-induced expression of human β-defensin-2 via down-regulation of TLR4 R. E. MacRedmond, C. M. Greene, N. G. McElvaney, S. O'Neill (Dublin, Ireland)