Lung structure: current concepts

Oral Presentation
Chairs: R. Farre (Barcelona, Spain), Z. Hantos (Szeged, Hungary)
Alveolar size in healthy smoking and non-smoking subjects determined by 3He-magnetic resonance
B. Waters, J. Owers Bradley, M. Silverman (Nottingham, Leicester, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Airway responsiveness to methacholine does not change in mice between 2 and 8 weeks of age
P. D. Sly, L. Bozanich, T. Janosi, G. Zosky, D. Turner, Z. Hantos (Perth, Australia; Szeged, Hungary)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Actin cytoskeleton and myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation modulate thrombin-induced contraction of alveolar epithelial cells
N. Gavara, D. Biedma, R. Sunyer, R. Farre, D. Navajas (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Mice lacking both M2 and M3 muscarinic receptors display airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to serotonin
J. T. Fisher, V. F. Barrette, S. G. Vincent, J. Wess (Kingston, Canada; Bethesda, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Altered lung volume dependency of respiratory system conductance in COPD
S. Baldi, R. L. Dellaca‘, A. Aliverti, C. Fracchia, A. Caporizzo, C. Mazzei, C. Bruschi, V. Brusasco, R. Pellegrino (Montescano, Milan, Genoa, Cuneo, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Expression of MIC-A in bronchial epithelium associates with cigarette smoking: a sign of induced autoimmune mechanisms?
M. Orozco-Levi, B. Abeijón, C. Coronell, A. Ramirez-Sarmiento, J. M. Broquetas, V. Curull (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Lung hyperinflation in COPD attenuates airway distension by deep inspiration (DI) measured with HRCT
N. Scichilone, A. La Sala, M. Bellia, G. Marino, A. Togias, R. Brown, M. Midiri, V. Bellia (Palermo, Italy; Baltimore, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Marked increase in intrathoracic gas volumes can be achieved by breathhold divers
L. M. Seccombe, P. G. Rogers, Z. Puthucheary, C. K. Wong, C. R. Jenkins (Sydney, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation