Studying novel biomarkers in asthma and COPD

Thematic Poster
Chairs: I. Adcock (London, United Kingdom), G. Hynes (Oxford (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom), S. Hardy (Bruxelles, Belgium), I. Kammerl (München, Germany)

Lymphocyte senescence in COPD is associated with decreased sirtuin 1 expression in steroid resistant pro-inflammatory lymphocytes G. Hodge (Adelaide, Australia), H. Jersmann (Adelaide, Australia), H. Tran (Adelaide, Australia), R. Hamon (Adelaide, Australia), E. Roscioli (Adelaide, Australia), M. Holmes (Adelaide, Australia), P. Reynolds (Adelaide, Australia), S. Hodge (Adelaide, Australia)
Cytogenetic analysis  in peripheral blood lymphocytes from allergic and non-allergic asthmatic patients A. Lintsov (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation), B. Uslontsev (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation), N. Pleskach (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation), V. Mikhelson (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Consistently low blood lymphocytes in smokers are associated with worse clinical outcomes. U. Semenzato (Padova, Italy), G. Turato (Padova, Italy), M. Bonato (Padova, Italy), M. Tinè (Padova, Italy), D. Biondini (Padova, Italy), E. Bazzan (Padova, Italy), J. Marin (Zaragoza, Spain), M. Saetta (Padova, Italy), M. Cosio (Montreal, Canada)
Airway eosinophilia in severe asthma is associated with smoking history A. Silberbrandt (Copenhagen, Denmark), A. Von Bülow (Copenhagen, Denmark), V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark), C. Porsbjerg (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Blood eosinophils do not reliably reflect airway eosinophils in asthmatic children M. Bonato (Padova, Italy), E. Bazzan (Padova, Italy), D. Snijders (Padova, Italy), G. Turato (Padova, Italy), C. Rigobello (Padova, Italy), D. Biondini (Padova, Italy), M. Tiné (Padova, Italy), M. Cosio (Montreal, Canada), A. Barbato (Padova, Italy), M. Saetta (Padova, Italy), S. Baraldo (Padova, Italy)
Blood vs sputum eosinophils as predictors of exacerbations in a cohort of severe asthmatics B. Sposato (Grosseto, Italy), M. Latorre (Pisa, Italy), M. Scalese (Pisa, Italy), M. Bradicich (Pisa, Italy), S. Brighindi (Pisa, Italy), M. Daniele (Pisa, Italy), R. Del Cesta (Pisa, Italy), F. Dente (Pisa, Italy), A. Di Franco (Pisa, Italy), E. Bacci (Pisa, Italy), P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Periostin expression in the U-BIOPRED severe asthma bronchoscopy cohort S. Wilson (Southampton, United Kingdom), A. Faruqi (San Francisco, United States of America), J. Ward (Southampton, United Kingdom), J. Norman (Southampton, United Kingdom), A. Sousa (Stevenage, United Kingdom), J. Corfield (Nottingham, United Kingdom), P. Sterk (Amsterdam, Netherlands), F. Chung (London, United Kingdom), R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), B. Dahlen (Stockholm, Sweden), P. Chanez (Marseille, France), D. Shaw (Nottingham, United Kingdom), N. Krug (Hannover, Germany), T. Sandstrom (Umea, Sweden), P. Howarth (Southampton, United Kingdom), C. Holweg (San Francisco, United States of America)
The influence of smoking on the formation of cold airway hyperresponsiveness and destructive-cytolytic profile of goblet cells in asthma patients J. Perelman (Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation), A. Pirogov (Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation), A. Prikhodko (Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation), V. Kolosov (Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation), S. Zinovyev (Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation), A. Kolosov (Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation), E. Karapetyan (Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation), X. Zhou (Haikou, China), Q. Li (Haikou, China)
Galectn-3 : marker of airway inflammation in bronchial asthma R. Elkolaly (Tanta, Egypt), D. Ali (Tanta, Egypt)
PECULIARITIES OF CYTOKINE DYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA S. Bazarova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), G. Dzhambekova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), E. Ismailova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Bacterial load and contamination in lung microbiota studies C. Drengenes (Bergen, Norway), H. Wiker (Bergen, Norway), T. Kalananthan (Bergen, Norway), T. Eagan (Bergen, Norway), R. Grønseth (Bergen, Norway)
Endotypes of severe allergic asthma patients who clinically benefit from Anti-IgE therapy C. Huang (Taipei, Taiwan), Y. Huang (Taipei, Taiwan), C. Weng (Taipei, Taiwan), M. Lee (Taipei, Taiwan), C. Wang (Taipei, Taiwan), H. Kuo (Taipei, Taiwan)
Cytokine profiles in the lungs of patients with interstitial and obstructive lung diseases P. Korosec (Golnik, Slovenia), K. Osolnik (Golnik, Slovenia), D. Polak (Golnik, Slovenia), M. Marc Malovrh (Golnik, Slovenia), S. Skrgat (Golnik, Slovenia)
T-cell subsets in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from adults with a history of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) P. Um-Bergström (Stockholm, Sweden), M. Pourbazargan (Stockholm, Sweden), B. Levänen (Stockholm, Sweden), M. Ström (Stockholm, Sweden), E. Berggren-Broströom (Stockholm, Sweden), E. Melén (Stockholm, Sweden), Å. Wheelock (Stockholm, Sweden), A. Lindén (Stockholm, Sweden), M. Sköld (Stockholm, Sweden)
Relationship between circulating serpina 3g, activity of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1, 2 with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity P. Uysal (Istanbul, Turkey), H. Uzun (Istanbul, Turkey)
Serum periostin is not a good biomarker to identify Th2-driven inflammation in COPD O. Carpaij (Groningen, Netherlands), F. Muntinghe (Groningen, Netherlands), M. Wagenaar (Groningen, Netherlands), J. Habing (Groningen, Netherlands), W. Timens (Groningen, Netherlands), H. Kerstjens (Groningen, Netherlands), M. Nawijn (Groningen, Netherlands), L. Kunz (Leiden, Netherlands), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, Netherlands), C. Holweg (South San Francisco, California, United States of America), W. Tew (South San Francisco, California, United States of America), M. Van Den Berge (Groningen, Netherlands)
Sputum cytokine profiling according to the type of airway inflammation in obstructive pulmonary diseases M. Proboszcz (Warsaw, Poland), P. Nejman-Gryz (Warsaw, Poland), M. Paplinska-Goryca (Warsaw, Poland), K. Górska (Warsaw, Poland), R. Krenke (Warsaw, Poland), T. Przybylowski (Warsaw, Poland)
Peroxide tone in nasal exhaled breath condensate after nasal provocation M. MIWA (Tokyo, Japan), Y. Ohkubo (Tokyo, Japan), A. Sakanushi (Tokyo, Japan), K. Sato (Tokyo, Japan), R. Murakami (Tokyo, Japan), K. Okubo (Tokyo, Japan), S. Iijima (Tokyo, Japan), K. Okumura (Tokyo, Japan)