Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: O. Eickelberg (Neuherberg / Muenchen, Germany), M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada)

Identification of MSC-like cells in human lung parenchyma capable of differentiating into airway epithelial cells G. Karoubi, L. Cortes-Dericks, I. Breyer, R. Schmid, A. Dutly (Berne, Switzerland)
Structural impairment, disturbed cellular composition and increased apoptosis in experimental emphysema L. Farkas, J. Gauldie, W. Shi, M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada; Los Angeles, United States Of America)
MSCS ameliorate elastase induced emphysema by suppressing IL-1b, inducing growth factors and proteinase inhibitors A. Katsha, S. Ohkouchi, H. Xin, T. Nukiwa, Y. Saijo (Sendai, Hirosaki, Japan)
RAGE and cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary lesions: a chronic study on genetically manipulated mice S. Fineschi, E. Cavarra, G. De Cunto, A. Hayday, D. Gibbons, G. Lungarella, G. Villetti (Siena, Parma, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
A role for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in fibrosis? S. Douglas, B. Connors, A. Millar (Bristol, United Kingdom)
NOX4/NADPH oxidase expression is increased in pulmonary fibroblasts from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and mediates TGFβ1-induced fibroblast differentiation into myofibroblasts N. Amara, F. Prost, D. Goven, J. Boczkowski, B. Crestani (Paris, France)
Function of PTEN/PI3k/AKT pathway in bronchioalveolar epithelium in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis H. Tsubouchi, K. Miyoshi, S. Yanagi, Y. Imazu, Y. Arimura, N. Matsumoto, J. I. Ashitani, K. Kawahara, A. Suzuki, M. Nakazato (Miyazaki, Fukuoka, Japan)