Airway smooth muscle and cell biology

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: B. Mirkovic (Dublin, Ireland), C. Bingle (Sheffield, United Kingdom), E. Pace (Palermo, Italy), M. Mall (Heidelberg, Germany)

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Plasminogen-stimulated inflammatory cytokine production by airway smooth muscle cells is regulated by annexin A2 M. Schuliga, S. Langnenbach, Y. Xia, T. Harris, A. Stewart (Melbourne, Australia)
Endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs) neutralize LPS-induced cytokine release from pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells (PVSMCs) by down-regulation of CD14 D. Jungck, M. Feldmann, C. Wahl, J. Behr, E. Stoelben, J. Knobloch, A. Koch (Bochum, Cologne, Germany)
TGF-beta alters TRPC6 expression and calcium handling via smad2/3 in human airway smooth muscle D. Wright, Y. Shaifta, V. Snetkov, J. Ward (London, United Kingdom)
The effect of adenosine on VEGF release from airway smooth muscle from subjects with asthma V. Kanabar, R. Brown, D. Spina, C. Page (London, United Kingdom)
MNK-1 inhibition reduces proliferation and CXCL10 in airway smooth muscle cells P. Khan, L. Keglowich, M. Tamm, M. Roth (Basel, Switzerland)
The NLRP3 inflammasome is not activated in airway smooth muscle upon TLR2 ligation H. Im, J. Hirota, M. M. Rahman, N. Rumzhum, M. Manetsch, C. Pascoe, B. Oliver, A. Ammit (Sydney, Australia; Vancouver, Canada)
Effect of oxidative stress on mitochondrial function in airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells from COPD patients C. Michaeloudes, P. Narang, C. H. C. Wiegman, P. A. Kirkham, K. F. Chung, I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)
Resveratrol is superior to dexamethasone in suppressing cytokine release from human airway smooth muscle cells exposed to lipoteichoic acid in COPD J. Knobloch, C. Wahl, M. Feldmann, E. Stoelben, D. Jungck, A. Koch (Bochum, Cologne, Germany)
The effect of gamma-tocotrienol on human airway smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration T. Harada, A. Yamasaki, H. Chikumi, K. Hashimoto, R. Okazaki, Y. Hasegawa, M. Watanabe, A. Halayko, E. Shimizu (Yonago, Japan; Winnipeg, Canada)
Long-acting beta₂-agonists increase fluticasone propionate-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1 (MKP-1) in airway smooth muscle cells M. Manetsch, M. M. Rahman, B. Patel, E. Ramsay, N. Rumzhum, H. Alkhouri, Q. Ge, A. Ammit (Sydney, Australia)
Tocotrienol inhibits TGF-beta1-induced human airway smooth muscle cell differentiation A. Yamasaki, T. Harada, R. Okazaki, H. Chikumi, K. Hashimoto, Y. Hasegawa, M. Watanabe, A. Halayko, E. Shimizu (Yonago, Japan; Winnipeg, Canada)
Impaired inhibitory action of corticosteroids on chemokine expression induced by TNFalpha in airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells from patients with severe asthma L. Chachi, O. Tliba, A. Gavrila, C. Brightling, Y. Amrani (Leicester, United Kingdom; Philadelphia, United States Of America)
FGF-2 modulates human airway smooth muscle contractile protein expression and cell stiffness M. Schuliga, T. Harris, Y. Xia, Z. Wang, X. Zhang, P. Lee, A. Stewart (Melbourne, Australia)
WNT-5A and WNT-11 as novel regulators of the contractile airway smooth muscle phenotype K. Kumawat, A. Prins, M. Menzen, A. Halayko, M. Schmidt, R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands; Winnipeg, Canada)
Exaggerated airway narrowing is related to increased airway smooth muscle mass in bronchial segments from subjects with a history of asthma P. Noble, R. Jones, A. Cairncross, J. Elliot, H. Mitchell, A. James, P. McFawn (Perth, Australia)
Substrate stiffness and geometry differentially regulate proliferation in airway smooth muscle cells A. West, D. Cole, E. Cowley, G. Maksym (Halifax, Canada)
Distribution of increased airway smooth muscle thickness and airway inflammation in asthma A. James, R. Jones, T. Mauad, M. Abramson, K. McKay, T. Bai, F. Green (Perth, Victoria, Sydney, Australia; Piracicaba, Brazil; Vancouver, Calgary, Canada)
Tiotropium and olodaterol exert anti-proliferative effects on pulmonary fibroblasts of asthmatic patients in vitro L. Costa, M. Roth, M. Tamm, P. Borger (Basel, Switzerland)
Characteristics of endobronchial dendritic cells in patients with stable COPD P. Stoll, A. S. Heinz, K. Bratke, A. Bier, J. C. Virchow, M. Lommatzsch (Rostock, Germany)
Cigarette-smoking is associated with reduced airway compliance and increased volume fraction of extracellular matrix in human bronchi R. Jones, A. James, H. Mitchell, A. Cairncross, J. Elliot, P. McFawn, P. Noble (Perth, Australia)