Annual Congress Vienna 2012

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Searching for the secrets of senescence in the lung

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Chairs: A. Agusti (Barcelona, Spain), W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Aims: At the end of the session, the audience will understand:
- the molecular mechanism of ageing in organisms;
- how evidence about accelerated ageing in chronic lung diseases is provided;
- how to identify novel pathways for lung ageing;
- how to identify new potential targets for the treatment of chronic lung disease.

COPD as an age-related disease S. Adnot (Creteil, France)
Premature ageing in IPF M. Rojas (Pittsburgh, United States of America)
Ageing of the immune system: a contribution to lung disease? P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)