Cellular and molecular mechanisms in COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Gillissen (Leipzig, Germany), B. Crestani (Paris, France)

Experimental emphysema: effect of tocopherol on serum lipid profile and iron content in lung tissue D. B. Vucevic, B. C. Pesic, D. M. Djermati, S. S. Zunic, T. S. Radosavljevic, G. V. Djordjevic-Denic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
Inflammatory cells composition of bronchial brush-biopsies in dependence on infectional agent species at COPD exacerbation S. V. Nesterovich, E. B. Bukreeva, B. V. Shilov (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
Tumor necrosis factor-α gene polymorphisms in COPD in a Spanish population E. Cordoba-Lanus, C. Lopez-Aguilar, J. P. de Torres, A. Montejo de Garcini, S. Mendez-Alvarez, C. Casanova (S/C de Tenerife, Spain)
Macrophage enrichment/isolation from induced sputum. A comparison between magnetic bead and percoll density isolation techniques and their potential for cell activation L. I. Sikkeland, A. Stangeland, T. Haug, J. Kongerud, N. Alexis (Oslo, Norway; Chapel Hill, United States Of America)
Cell wall deficiency: a novel mechanism for methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus E. R. Fuller, F. A. Nattress, G. M. Horne, P. J. Cook, T. Fawcett (Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
Stability of housekeeping genes in alveolar macrophages from COPD patients T. Ishii, R. Abboud, A. Sandford, P. D. Paré (Vancouver, Canada)
Steroids and airway mucosal vascularity in COPD patients A. Zanini, A. Chetta, A. Tipa, R. D‘Ippolito, C. Castagnetti, A. Castagnaro, M. Neri, D. Olivieri (Tradate, Parma, Italy)
Effects of menadione on human blood neutrophil CD11b levels assessed by whole blood flow cytometry H. Neighbour, G. C. Nicholson, I. Rahman, O. M. Kon, L. E. Donnelly, P. J. Barnes, T. T. Hansel (London, United Kingdom; Rochester, United States Of America)
Lymphocyte subsets in induced sputum (IS) from heavy smokers R. D‘Ippolito, A. Verduri, A. Chetta, A. Tipa, A. Castagnaro, O. Torre, A. Foresi, E. Marangio, D. Olivieri (Parma, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy)
Effects of testosterone replacement and resistance exercise training on expression of NOS isoforms in skeletal muscles of men with COPD B. Chavoshan, M. Fournier, M. I. Lewis, T. Storer, X. Da, R. Casaburi (Torrance, Los Angeles, United States Of America)
Eosinophils are increased in induced sputum from subjects with GOLD Stage 0 A. Foresi, C. Leone, E. Ansaldo, A. Corsico, R. D‘Ippolito, D. Olivieri, I. Cerveri (Sesto San Giovanni, Pavia, Parma, Italy)
Association of TNF, IL8, NOS1, NOS3 and NRAMP1 gene polymorphisms with COPD exacerbation etiology G. N. Seitova, O. Y. Bychkova, E. B. Bukreeva, V. P. Puzyrev (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
Association of NRAMP1 gene polymorphisms with COPD clinical signs in Russians and Siberian Tatars G. N. Seitova, O. Y. Bychkova, E. B. Bukreeva, V. P. Puzyrev (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
The role of C/T polymorphism of NOS1 gene in COPD pathogenesis G. N. Seitova, O. Y. Bychkova, E. B. Bukreeva, V. P. Puzyrev (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
Endothelium functional and vasomotor activity and collagen COL1A1 gene polymorphism in COPD patients E. V. Motkina, V. A. Nevzorova, E. A. Kochetkova (Vladivostok, Russian Federation)
TGF-β1 type II receptor (TGF-βRII) expression in pulmonary arteries of patients with severe COPD B. Beghé, S. Baraldo, F. Calabrese, E. Bazzan, F. Rea, M. Loy, R. Zuin, P. Maestrelli, G. Turato, L. Fabbri, M. Saetta (Padova, Modena, Italy)
Molecular anatomy of the non-neuronal cholinergic system of the rat respiratory epithelium K. Lips, U. Pfeil, L. Eberling, R. Haberberger, A. Wagner, W. Kummer (Giessen, Germany)
Diseases, mortality and morphology of the chronic diffusion lung diseases in persons living in radioactive-polluted territories of Semipalatinsk region over a long period of time G. E. Sagindikova, E. A. Kogan (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Hemoglobin couples vasoactive S-nitrosothiol content in erythrocytes to O2 gradients A. Doctor, M. Sheram, T. Mcmahon, A. Gow, B. Gaston (Charlottesville, Durham, Philadelphia, United States Of America)
Integrity of cytoskeleton is essential for human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell resistance against mechanical stress U. Raaz, S. Georgi, H. Kuhn, H. Wirtz, S. Hammerschmidt (Leipzig, Germany)