Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

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


Material from 2009:
  • 4047 Abstracts
  • 652 Slide presentations
  • 300 Webcasts
  • 93 Handouts
  • 2150 e-posters
  • 300 Multimedia files
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What is new in molecular pathology and functional genomics of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung disease?

E-Communication Session
Chairs: P. Schnabel (Heidelberg, Germany), C. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Retinoids modulate TGF-β signalling in the lung through betaglycan and SMAD3: implications for retinoid use in bronchopulmonary dysplasia
J. U. Usemann, R. M. Morty (Giessen, Germany)
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Quality of RNA from surgically extracted lung tissue stored at different temperatures
R. Jones, N. Rushmere, B. Hope-Gill, N. Harrison (Morriston, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
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Osteopontin is important for malignant pleural effusion formation
I. Psallidas, G. Stathopoulos, C. Moschos, A. Kollintza, S. Karabela, P. Theodorakopoulou, D. Simoes, S. Papiris, C. Roussos, I. Kalomenidis (Athens, Greece)
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The angiogenic integrin a9b1 promotes cell migration through Src-dependent activation of nitric oxide synthesis
N. Vlahakis, S. Gupta (Rochester, United States Of America)
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Proapoptotic and anti-proliferative effect of the stable plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) mutant on the lung cancer and endothelial cells
J. Chorostowska-Wynimko, M. Kedzior, R. Struniawski, B. Gruber, E. Anuszewska, E. Skrzypczak-Jankun, J. Jankun (Warsaw, Poland; Toledo, United States Of America)
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Variability of expression of aquoporine 1 in different pleuropulmonar tumors
C. Calero Acuna, E. Marquez-Martin, J. L. Lopez-Campos, R. Sanchez Silva, L. Gomez Izquierdo, P. Cejudo Ramos, F. Ortega Ruiz, J. J. Toledo Aral, E. Barrot Cortes, M. Echevarria (Seville, Spain)
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Lymph node micrometastases (LNMM) in lung cancer: in which position are they relevant, and how can they be detected easily?
E. Herpel, T. Schneider, T. Muley, E. Palm, D. Kieslich de Hol, A. Warth, M. Meister, K. Storz, P. Schirmacher, H. Dienemann, H. Hoffmann, P. A. Schnabel (Heidelberg, Germany)
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Tracing down the evolutionary history of Q0Ourém, a rare allele associated with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)
L. Vaz Rodrigues, F. Costa, C. Mendonça, J. Rocha, S. Seixas (Coimbra, Porto, Portugal)
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Identification and analysis of rare and novel mutations of the alpha-1-antitrypsin gene
C. Herr, R. Koczulla, V. Kotke, C. Vogelmeier, R. Bals (Marburg, Germany)
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Involvement of the CD40-CD154 interaction in the regulation of surfactant production and development of secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
M. Shibasaki, T. Kawabe, K. Hashimoto, K. Imaizumi, N. Hashimoto, K. Shimokata, Y. Hasegawa (Oobu, Nagoya, Japan)
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Cap-independent translation of human SP-A 5‘-UTR variants; a double-loop structure and cis-element contribution
G. Wang, X. Guo, P. Silveyra, S. Kimball, J. Floros (Hershey, United States Of America)
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Transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ)-2 and -3 gene polymorphisms in different phenotypes of sarcoidosis
S. Pabst, J. Schönau, T. Fränken, C. Grohé (Bonn, Berlin, Germany)
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Regulation of alternative macrophage activation by galectin-3; potential role in lung fibrosis
A. C. MacKinnon, M. A. Gibbons, S. L. Farnworth, S. J. Forbes, T. Sethi (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Calgranuline B in bronchoalveolar lavage of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
C. Olivieri, E. Bargagli, D. Bennett, N. Bianchi, C. Vagaggini, M. G. Perari, P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy)
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Two new NKX2-1 mutations associated with pediatric interstitial lung diseases
L. Guillot, A. Carré, S. Gabor, E. Tron, C. Mireille, F. Delphine, C. Annick, P. Michel, E. Ralph (Paris, Basel, France; Paris, Switzerland)
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Variability in expression of aquoporine 1 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung disease patients
E. Marquez-Martin, C. Calero Acuña, J. L. Lopez-Campos, R. Sanchez Silva, P. Cejudo Ramos, L. Gomez Izquierdo, F. Ortega Ruiz, J. J. Toledo Aral, E. Rodriguez Becerra, E. Barrot Cortes, M. Echevarria (Seville, Spain)
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Superoxide dismutase 3, extracellular (SOD3) variants and lung function
K. Ganguly, M. Depner, C. Fattman, K. Bein, T. Oury, S. Wesselkamper, M. Borchers, M. Schreiber, F. Gao, E. Mutius, M. Kabesch, G. Leikauf, H. Schulz (Munich, Hannover, Germany; Pittsburgh, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, United States Of America)
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TLR-4 downregulation in COPD impairs cytokine release from monocytes and Th1-lymphocytes in response to bacterial endotoxin
J. Knobloch, K. Schild, D. Jungck, S. Chikosi, L. Njue, K. Urban, A. Koch (Cologne, Germany)
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TNFαsignaling in adipose tissue of patients with COPD and low BMI
J. Ukropec, P. Skyba, B. Ukropcova, P. Pobeha, T. Kurdiova, P. Joppa, I. Klines, I. Tkac, D. Gasperikova, R. Tkacova (Bratislava, Kosice, Slovakia)
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Distinct epithelial phenotypes in child allergic respiratory disease are revealed by gene expression profiling
L. Giovannini-Chami, B. Marcet, C. Moreilhon, K. Le Brigand, T. Bourrier, J. F. Michiels, D. Crenesse, L. Castillo, M. Albertini, P. Barbry (Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France)
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