Modulation of bronchial hyperreactivity and immune response in the airways

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Chairs: G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Dissociated systemic tolerance induced by repeated low doses of inhaled endotoxins in healthy humans
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Relationship between allergen-induced increase of AHR to bradykinin, expression of the proliferation marker Ki-67 and eosinophils in bronchial mucosa of atopic asthmatics
F. L. M. Ricciardolo, A. Di Stefano, A. van Schadewijk, T. Mauad, K. F. Rabe, C. F. Donner, P. J. Sterk (Leiden, The Netherlands; Bergamo, Veruno, Italy)
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Bronchial challenge tests in asthmatics sensitized to cats: influence of the particle size on systemic inflammatory markers
F. Lieutier-Colas, A. Purohit, P. Meyer, A. Verot, G. Pauli, F. de Blay (Strasbourg, France)
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IL-5 and IL-10 in induced-sputum of asthmatic subjects after influenza-vaccination
V. Kehagia, E. Zervas, L. Andri, E. Anastasakou, S. Mavrea, S. Hamaidi, M. Gaga, N. Papageorgiou (Athens, Greece)
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Immunomodulatory treatment of severe persistent asthma with interferon-αcon-1 (IFN-αcon-1). Effect on the clinical course of oral corticosteroid dose and eosinophil numbers
N. Bergmann, M. Foerster, A. Reissig, B. Mock, G. Workalemahu, C. Kroegel (Jena, Germany)
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Use of antagonist peptides to modulate bronchoconstriction induced by specific bronchial challenge in rabbits sensitized to Parietaria judaica
B. D‘Agostino, R. De Palma, G. Marrocco, G. De Rosa, M. De Nardo, F. Del Galdo, F. Cristiano, G. F. Abbate, F. Rossi (Naples, Italy)
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Abnormal pituitary-adrenal interaction in nocturnal asthma
E. R. Sutherland, M. C. Ellison, M. Kraft, R. J. Martin (Denver, United States Of America)
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