Insights into asthma and COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: A. Hamzaoui (Ariana, Tunisia), I. Rahman (Rochester, United States of America)
Down-regulation of allergic reactions by stimulation of prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype
T. Kunikata, T. Oga, E. Segi, T. Kobayashi, S. Narumiya (Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Inhaled recombinant alpha 1-antitrypsin ameliorates cigarette-induced lung damage in the smoking mouse model
P. A. Pemberton, J. S. Cantwell, B. J. Wilk, J. M. Henstrand, J. Fink, D. Kobayashi, S. D. Shapiro, P. J. Barr (Alameda, Mountain View, St. Louis, Boston, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Increased levels of apoptosis of alveolar wall cells and concurrent airspace enlargement do not necessarily indicate emphysema
G. Zimmermann, A. Fehrenbach, T. Rausch, H. Fehrenbach (Marburg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
BALB/c mice develop lung fibrosis after six months of cigarette smoke-exposure
A. S. Scott, L. Jubany, M. G. Cosio (Montreal, Canada; Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Cigarette smoking alters histone acetylation in healthy smokers and patients with COPD
E. M. Drost, P. Szulakowski, A. Jimenez, A. Crowther, K. Donaldson, W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Increased matrix metalloproteinase-9 concentration and activity after stimulation with interleukin-17A in mouse airways
O. L. Prause, S. Bozinovski, G. P. Anderson, A. Lindén (Gothenburg, Sweden; Melbourne, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Characterisation of the T cell receptor repertoire (TCR) in interstitial lung and peripheral blood lymphocytes in smokers
S. Korn, Y. Walz, K. Becker, R. Wiewrodt, R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The effects of long-term smoking on pre-existing asthma in mice
B. N. Melgert, D. S. Postma, M. Geerlings, M. Luinge, B. W. Strate, H. A. Kerstjens, W. Timens, M. N. Hylkema (Groningen, The Netherlands)
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