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.



The smoking gun in COPD biology

Poster Discussion
Chairs: A. Yildirim (Neuherberg, Germany), H. Fehrenbach (Borstel, Germany)
Murine lung airway fibroblasts drive fibrosis through STAT4 signaling after cigarette smoke exposure
T. Hackettt, S. Zhou, J. Wright, A. Churg (Vancouver, Canada)
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LSC 2012 abstract – TGFβ1 compensates cigarette smoke induced disruption of tight junctions in the bronchial epithelium
A. Forkert, N. Mise, O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany)
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Antioxidant tetrapeptide UPF1 exerts an immediate effect on cigarette smoke-altered metabolic state of human bronchial epithelial cells
A. Aug, S. Altraja, K. Kilk, L. Laaniste, R. Mahlapuu, U. Soomets, A. Altraja (Estonia)
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COPD patients with more severe GOLD stages have higher serum cystatin C levels
A. Nowinski, D. Korzybski, D. Kaminski, A. Stoklosa, D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland)
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Cigarette smoke induces a distinct fibrotic signature in bronchial epithelial cells
B. Oliver, D. Krimmer, L. Chen, J. Burgess, J. Black, Q. Ge (Australia)
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptors (ERBBs) in smokers with and without COPD: An index of epithelial repair imbalance?
A. Anagnostis, E. Neofytou, N. Soulitzis, M. Avgousti, C. Stroumpos, I. Drositis, N. Siafakas, E. Tzortzaki (Heraklion, Greece)
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Effects of α1-antitrypsin on neutrophil extracellular traps formation
E. Frenzel, E. Korenbaum, T. Köhnlein, T. Welte, S. Janciauskiene (Hanover, Germany)
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Resveratrol attenuates cigarette smoke induced oxidative stress: Possible involvement of SIRT1
J. An, Y.C. Shen, T. Wang, T. Yang, F.Q. Wen (Chengdu, China)
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized with suppressed lipoxin A4 and increased lipoxin receptor expression in lungs
L. Balode, D. Isajeva, A. Kislina, S. Isajevs, G. Strazda, N. Jurka, U. Kopeika, M. Bukovskis, I. Taivans (Riga, Latvia)
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Immunoregulation and FoxP3 expression in the bronchial mucosa of stable COPD patients
A. Di Stefano, G. Caramori, C. Vicari, I. Gnemmi, D. Vallese, P. Brun, A. Zanini, F. Cappello, F. Ricciardolo, A. Papi, B. Balbi (Veruno, Tradate, Italy)
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Altered proliferation of alveolar epithelial cells is involved in progressive elastase-induced emphysema
A. Bohla, K. Kohse, J. Schwarz, G. John, O. V. Amarie, O. Eickelberg, A. O. Yildirim (Neuherberg/Munich, Germany)
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Different pathology of pulmonary arterioles in centrilobular and panlobular emphysema
G. Turato, A. Ballarin, C. Scattolin, S. Baraldo, E. Bazzan, E. Mutti, B. Molena, M. Damin, E. Balestro, P. Maestrelli, M. Saetta, M. Cosio (Padova, Italy; Montreal, Canada)
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Anti-oxidants modulate protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity to counteract cigarette smoke generated reactive oxygen species
P. Geraghty, A. Hardigan, S. Gadhvi, A. Wallace, O. Mirochnitchenko, J. Thankachen, L. Arellanos, V. Thompson, T. Zelonina, J. D‘Armiento, R. Foronjy (New York, Bethesda, United States Of America; Vancouver, Canada)
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Proteinase 3 activity is present in sputum from subjects with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and COPD
N. Sinden, R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Proteinase 3 and its potential role in emphysema
N. Sinden, T. Dafforn, R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Increasing oxidative stress and inflammation in patients with exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their association with lung function
V. Stratev, J. Petev, S. Galcheva, M. Peneva (Varna, Bulgaria)
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Evaluation of dendritic cell population in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
C. Gutiérrez, C. Calero, E. Arellano, A. Blanco, D. Tobar, A. Montes, N. Moreno, J.L. Lopez-Campos (Seville, Spain)
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Liver growth factor (LGF) reverts experimental lung emphysema induced by tobacco smoke in mice
A. Giron-Martinez, T.E. Raul, S. Perez-Rial, N. Gonzalez-Mangado, P.B. German (Madrid, Spain)
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