Highlights of the 2005 ERS Lung Science Conference in Taormina

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Chairs: W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
Lack of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 does not affect acute lung injury but induces excessive lung remodelling after hyperoxia exposure
C. Barazzone-Argiroffo (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Estrogen requires the NO-cGMP-PKG pathway in order to prevent the hyper-responsiveness of asthmatic tracheal smooth muscle to carbachol
C. Dimitropoulou (Augusta, United States of America)
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