Pulmonary circulation: basic mechanisms, animal models and cell biology

Poster Discussion
Chairs: R. Schermuly (Giessen, Germany), N. Galie (Bologna, Italy)
Hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension: Synergistic effects of sildenafil and erythropoietin in mice
V. Samillan, T. Haider, J. Vogel, M. Gassmann, L. Ostergaard (Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Myocardial prostacyclin effects in experimental acute afterload-induced right ventricular failure
C. Dewachter, L. Dewachter, M. Vercruyssen, B. Rondelet, D.P. Schraufnagel, S. Brimioulle, F. Kerbaul, R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Screening for biomarkers in pulmonary hypertension
S.L. Tiede, S.S. Pullamsetti, A. Sydykov, G. Lochnit, H. Tiede, H.A. Ghofrani, N. Weissmann, F. Grimminger, W. Seeger, R.T. Schermuly (Bad Nauheim, Giessen, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effects of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulation in guinea pigs chronically exposed to cigarette smoke
B. Lobo, R. Puig-Pey, E. Ferrer, D. Dominguez, N. Coll, J. García, V.I. Peinado, J.A. Barberà (Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Contribution of stem-like cells to angioproliferative pulmonary arterial hypertension in the SU5416/chronic hypoxia model
L. Farkas, D. Farkas, D. Kraskauskas, A. Alhussaini, V. Kraskauskiene, H. Bogaard, N. Voelkel (Richmond, United States Of America; Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of long-term imatinib treatment in a severe preclinical PAH rat model: An insight into pulmonary perfusion using a novel casting method
O. Bonneau, N. Duggan, M. Hussey, L. Ciuclan, C. Tomlins, S. Roberts, L.D. Dang, R. Allen, D. Rowlands, M. Thomas (Horsham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Cell cooperation between human fibrocytes and endothelial progenitor cells during neoangiogenesis is driven by the CXCR4 pathway
D. Smadja, P. Gaussem, P. Dorfmuller, I. Bieche, M. Kambouchner, E. Boscolo, M. Humbert, J. Bischoff, D. Israel-Biet (Le Plessis-Robinson, Bobigny, France; Boston, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
miR 16 modulates human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell phenotype
P. Tamarapu parthasarathy, G. Kollongod Ramanathan, R.F. Lockey, N. Kolliputi (Tampa, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) promoter polymorphisms are associated with favorable hemodynamic indices in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
T. Kolb, D. Boyce, N. Lechtzin, N. Rafaels, L. Gao, K. Barnes, R. Girgis, A. Zaiman, S. Mathai, L. Hummers, T. Housten, R. Damico, P. Hassoun (Baltimore, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Dexamethasone induces anti-remodelling effects in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells
L. Price, F. Perros, D. Shao, J. Zhu, D. Montani, P. Dorfmuller, J. Wharton, M. Humbert, I. Adcock, J. Wort (London, United Kingdom; Clamart, Paris, France)
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Exogenous BMPR2 modulates TGF-β signalling in human small airway epithelium and smooth muscle cells
F. Feng, P. N. Reynolds (Adelaide, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Increased right ventricular cardiomyocyte stiffness in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
S. Rain, M.L. Handoko, N. Westerhof, C. dos Remedios, M. Humbert, P. Dorfmuller, C. Guignabert, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf, J. van der Velden, F.S. de Man (Amsterdam, Netherlands; Sydney, Australia; Paris, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
BMPR2 gene delivery shifts intracellular Smad activation profile
R. Harper, P. Reynolds, A. Reynolds (Adelaide, Australia)
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The role of bromodomain-containing protein 4 in the constitutive activation of nuclear factor-kappa B in endothelial cells from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
N. Gambaryan, C. Guignabert, L. Tu, F. Perros, I. Adcock, M. Humbert, S. Wort (Le Plessis-Robinson, France; London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The combined therapy of HGF and G-CSF for pulmonary hypertension in rats
Y. Guo, L. Su, Y. Li, N. Guo, C. Liu (Beijing, China)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
A critical role for p130Cas in the progression of pulmonary hypertension in humans and rodents
L. Tu, F. de Man, B. Girerd, M.C. Chaumais, F. Lecerf, C. Francois, F. Perros, P. Dorfmuller, E. Fadel, D. Montani, M. Humbert, E. Saadia, C. Guignabert (Le Plessis-Robinson, Orsay, Clamart, France; Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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