Experimental pulmonary hypertension

Poster Discussion
Chairs: A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany), S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Effect of interferon α preparations on IP10 and ET-1 release from human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells
R. Badiger, T. Manigold, H. Gashaw, H. J. Hinton, T. Singer, P. M. George, T. T. Hansel, J. A. Mitchell (London, United Kingdom; Basel, Switzerland)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Could platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) predict adverse event in pulmonary hypertension?
R. Quarck, H. Durand, E. Ninio, M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium; Paris, France)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Hypoxia-mediated alterations in adenosine receptor expression in rat lung
J. Salys, A. Kratzer, M. Zamora, L. Taraseviciene-Stewart (Aurora, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Potential contribution of precursor cells to vascular remodeling in the AdTGF-β1 model of lung fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension
L. Farkas, D. Farkas, D. Kraskauskas, J. Gauldie, M. Kolb, N. Voelkel (Richmond, United States Of America; Hamilton, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Caspase inhibition reduces severe pulmonary hypertension in the AdTGF-1β/SU5416 model of angioproliferative pulmonary hypertension and lung fibrosis
L. Farkas, D. Farkas, D. Kraskauskas, J. Gauldie, M. Kolb, N. Voelkel (Richmond, United States Of America; Hamilton, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Effects of type I, II and III interferons on endothelin-1 release by human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells
P. M. George, R. Badiger, H. Gashaw, N. Galloway-Phillipps, T. T. Hansel, J. A. Mitchell (London, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Roles of sex hormones on bone morphogenetic protein signaling in pulmonary artery differed between testosterone and estrogen
H. Ichimori, S. Kogaki, K. Takahashi, K. Ozono (Suita, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Pulmonary hypertension in the newborn GTP-cyclohydrolase 1 deficient mouse is unrelated to endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation potential
J. Belik, B. McIntyre, J. Pan, J. Vasquez-Vivar (Toronto, Canada; Milwaukee, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Autoimmunity and pulmonary arterial hypertension: The role of leptin
A. Huertas, D. Montani, N. Gambaryan, F. Perros, B. Girerd, S. Cohen-Kaminsky, M. Humbert (Le Plessis-Robinson, Clamart, France)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Risk factors for elevated liver function tests (eLFTs) in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treated with sitaxentan and followed in a European safety registry
L. J. Hwang, J. Teeter, M. Louie, H. Toft Sørensen, C. de Luise (New York, United States Of America; Aarhus, Denmark)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Increased p130Cas activity induces smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
L. Tu, F. De Man, F. Lecerf, C. François, P. Dartevelle, G. Simonneau, E. Fadel, M. Humbert, S. Eddahibi, C. Guignabert (Le Plessis-Robinson, France; Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Ghrelin effects on local renin angiotensin from pulmonary vessels
I. L. Dumitriu, E. Cojocaru, L. G. Vata, M. Costuleanu, B. Gurzu, S. M. Slatineanu (Iasi, Romania)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Nestin expressing progenitor cells in pulmonary vasculature
F. Saboor, C. Berndt, N. Weissmann, R. Schermuly, D. Müller, R. Middendorff (Giessen, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Endothelial cell mechanics are altered in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
C. Hardin, R. Krishnan, D. Tambe, S. Sheik, G. Manomohan, J. Fredberg, A. Waxman (Boston, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Involvement of cytoskeletal protein paxillin in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension
C. Veith, W. Seeger, N. Weissmann, G. Kwapiszewska (Giessen, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Determination of cell-derived microparticles in patients with pulmonary hypertension and connective-tissue diseases using flow cytometry
X. Kqiku, G. Kovacs, E. Rohde, D. Strunk, H. Olschewski (Graz, Salzburg, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
The role of the accessory type III transforming growth factor-β receptors in the regulation of pulmonary vascular development
G. Niess, M. Michiels-Corsten, W. Seeger, R. Morty (Bad Nauheim, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Elevated levels of adenosine in the lungs lead to chronic lung injury and pulmonary hypertension
H. Karmouty-Quintana, H. Zhong, D. Zeng, L. Belardinelli, M. Blackburn (Houston, Palo Alto, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract