Annual Congress Vienna 2012

Saturday, 01.09.2012
Sunday, 02.09.2012
Monday, 03.09.2012
Tuesday, 04.09.2012
Wednesday, 05.09.2012

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, abstract number.



Recent progress in mechanisms and diagnostics of COPD and asthma

Poster Discussion
Chairs: J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Selection of suitable housekeeping genes for real-time quantitative PCR in CD4+ lymphocytes from asthmatics with or without depression
T. Wang, Z. A. Liang, A. Sandford, X. Xiong, Y. Yang, Y. Ji, J. He (Chengdu, China; Vancouver, Canada)
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Interleukin-17A in the pathogenesis of elastase-induced emphysema in mice
N. Kamiishi, K. Asano, T. Takihara, S. Kagawa, S. Yoshida, N. Minematsu, H. Nakamura, K. Tanaka, J. Miyata, Y. Suzuki, T. Shiomi, K. Fukunaga, K. Sayama, S. Fujishima, Y. Iwakura, T. Betsuyaku (Tokyo, Japan)
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Promotor methylation of Bcl-2 in cigarette smoke extract-induced emphysema
H. Zeng, P. Chen (Changsha, China)
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Enhanced neutrophilic inflammation in IL-10-deficient mice exposed to cigarette smoke via TNF-α regulation
M. Higaki, H. Wada, S.I. Mikura, T. Yasutake, M. Nakamura, M. Niikura, F. Kobabyashi, H. Kamma, S. Kamiya, H. Takizawa, H. Goto (Tokyo, Japan)
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Effect of genetic polymorphisms of some cytokines and xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes on the lung function in patients with COPD
D. Dimov, T. Vlaykova, M. Kurzawski, V. Ilieva, A. Koychev, G. Prakova, M. Gulubova, V. Maximov, M. Drozdzik, V. Dimitrov (Stara Zagora, Sofia, Bulgaria; Szczecin, Poland)
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Gender differences in 5- and 12/15-lipoxygenases products in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from healthy never-smokers, smoker and COPD patients
D. Balgoma, M. Schöld, J. Grunewald, A. Eklund, A. Wheelock, C. Wheelock (Stockholm, Sweden)
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The role of chaperone α-Bcrystallin (HspB5) in COPD pathogenesis
R. Cherneva, O. Georgiev, D. Petrova, V. Ivanova, N. Trifonova, M. Stamenova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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The incidence of alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency alleles in Polish population – Preliminary results from newborn screening
J. Chorostowska-Wynimko, R. Struniawski, B. Poplawska, M. Borszewska-Kornacka (Warsaw, Poland)
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Role of -511C>T/+3953C>T haplotypes of IL1B gene as risk factors of COPD
T. Vlaykova, D. Dimov, M. Kurzawski, V. Ilieva, A. Koychev, G. Prakova, M. Gulubova, V. Maximov, M. Drozdzik, V. Dimitrov (Stara Zagora, Sofia, Bulgaria; Szczecin, Poland)
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Rapid DNA extraction from dried blood spots for the alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency detection by real-time PCR
R. Struniawski, A. Szpechcinski, B. Poplawska, M. Skronski, P. Kuca, J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)
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Involvement of the respiratory and ocular systems in X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
J. Dietz, T. Kaercher, A.T. Schneider, T. Zimmermann, H. Schneider, R. Johnson (Erlangen, Germany; Cambridge, United States Of America)
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Effect of cigarette smoking on sputum proteomic profiles in patients with asthma and healthy volunteers
J. Huang, R. Chaudhuri, A. Atrih, A. Barton, C. McSharry, N. Thomson (Dundee, United Kingdom)
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Polymorphisms of MDR1, ADRB2 and IL13 genes are markers of therapy-resistant bronchial asthma (BA) in Russian patients
Z. Mironova, V. Trofimov, M. Dubina, A. Ulitina, E. Yanchina (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Genome wide association study of lung function in asthmatics
D. Meyers, X. Li, K. Tosh, S. Bujac, B. Barratt, U. Martin, M. Goldman, A.M. Sims, E. Bleecker (Winston-Salem, Wilmington, United States Of America; Alderley Park, United Kingdom)
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Assessment of allergic status of severe asthma with a new component resolved method using micro-array technique
C. Mailhol, P.A. Apoil, A. Blancher, A. Didier (Toulouse, France)
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The roles of PCDH1 on epithelial barrier function in the airway
Y. Kozu, Y. Gon, A. Sekiyama, M. Terakado, I. Takeshita, S. Maruoka, S. Hashimoto (Tokyo, Japan)
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The preliminary proteomics analysis of bone marrow eosinophil progenitors in allergic asthmatic mice
T. Fan, G. Wang, D. Cheng, B. Mao (Chengdu, Chengdu City, China)
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Sputum protein profiles for monitoring lung pathophysiology in chronic lung diseases
J. Huang, A. Atrih, A. Barton, C. Palmer, G. Devereus (Dundee, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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