Growth factors and fibrogenesis: are they good, bad or both?

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada), B. Crestani (Paris, France)
The role of TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) in fibrotic lung disease
E. McGrath, H. Marriott, A. Lawrie, S. Cross, P. Mercer, P. Hellewell, R. Chambers, D. Dockrell, M. Whyte (Sheffield, London, United Kingdom)
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CCR6 is a receptor for CCL18 expressed on human lung fibroblasts from IPF lungs
G. Zissel, K. Höhne, A. Kilic, C. Maier, T. Ploenes, A. Prasse, M. Trepel, H. Eibel, J. Müller-Quernheim (Freiburg, Heidelberg, Hamburg, Germany)
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Involvement of the Hedgehog signalling pathway in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
N. Cigna, E. Farrokhi Moshai, M. S. Joëlle, L. Stervinou-Wémeau, D. Monique, P. Soler, B. Crestani, A. Mailleux (Paris, France)
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Heat Shock Protein 27 modulate mesothelial and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)
G. Wettstein, P. S. Bellaye, M. Gleave, M. Kolb, C. Garrido, P. Camus, P. Bonniaud (Dijon, France; Vancouver, Hamilton, Canada)
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Long-term effect of hepatocyte growth factor in the normal lung: A stereological assessment
A. Leuenberger, L. Knudsen, A. Gazdhar, T. Geiser, M. Ochs (Bern, Switzerland; Hannover, Germany)
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HGF expressing stem cells in the human fibrotic lung originate from the bone marrow
N. Susuri, A. Gazdhar, M. Gugger, T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland)
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