Novel approaches to treatment of lung disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Louis (Liege, Belgium), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)

Optimal dosing of specific immunotherapy (SIT) results in persisting long-term effect L. Jacobsen, J. N. Larsen, H. Løwenstein (Hoersholm, Denmark)
Successful treatment of atopic diseases with allergoids tyrosin S and oralvac N. Mojsoski (Skopje, Fyrom)
Cluster immunotherapy. SR theophylline in prevention of systemic reactions J. Matuska, M. Bajer (Brno, Czech Republic)
Specific immunotherapy in grass-pollen allergic asthma combinated with inhaled steroid therapy vs specific immunotherapy allone M. Boskovska, G. Breskovska, Z. Arsovski, B. Caeva, D. Docic (Skopje, Macedonia)
Evaluation of induced sputum and bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) in influenza vaccinated asthmatic patients L. Andri, V. Kehagia, M. Gaga, K. Dimakou, S. Hamaidi, S. Miyakis, M. Kostadelou, N. Papageorgiou (Athens, Greece)
Inhibitory capacity of different steroids on neutrophil migration across a bilayer of endothelial and bronchial epithelial cells F. J. van Overveld, U. Demkow, J. Zielinski, W. A. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium; Warsaw, Poland)
Study of regulative effect of anti-IL-4 monoclone antibody on Th1/Th2 in the patients of allergic asthma P. Chen, Y. Gao, H. Zhao, L. Shun, X. Lin, X. Ma, H. Xie (Shenyang, China)
Expression, renaturation and purification of human interleukin 4 alternative splicing variant from escherichia coli X. Ti, W. Han, H. Qi, Y. Zhang (Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)
The influence of multiple intervention factors on the secretion of Th-cells in asthma patients Y. Gao, P. Chen, H. T. Zhao (Shenyang, China)
CD4 + T-helper cells engineered to produce IL-10 reverse allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity and inflammation J. W. Oh (Seoul, South Korea)
Change in physical fitness and BMI (body mass index) in adolescents with asthma, a five-year follow up K. Sundell-Celikel, S. E. Bergström, L. Rosenhall, H. Formgren, G. Hedlin (Stockholm, Sweden)
Itraconazole and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: long-term follow-up A. C. Chambellan, E. Maurellet, M. Tessier, E. Chailleux, P. Germaud (Nantes, France)
Aspirin-induced asthma (AIA) as the manifestation of low melatonin production and platelet's pathology H. V. Evsyukova, G. B. Fiedosiejev (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
Negative correlation of NEP activity between bronchial tissue and BALF after an antigen challenge in guinea pigs N. Katayama, M. Fujimura, H. Tachibana, K. Kurashima (Kanazawa, Japan)
Extracellular proteinases of streptomyces thermohygroscopicus in relation to farmer's lung H. Dai, R. Niu (Beijing, Wuhan, China)
Effects of an acute environmental stress on pulmonary mechanics and exhaled nitric oxide in ovalbumin sensitized rats C. P. Portela, D. I. Kasahara, E. A. Leick-Maldonado, C. M. Prado, F. T. Fernandes, M. A. Martins, I. F. L. C. Tibério, J. Palermo-Neto (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Experience of 10-years with churg-strauss syndrome: is this an accompaniment or a transition from analgesic-induced asthma? A. F. Kalyonou, G. Karakaya, A. A. Sahin, M. Artvinli (Ankara, Turkey)
Effects of histamine on free radical homeostasis in patients with atopic diseases A. A. Stremoukhov (Moscow, Russia)
Successful treatment of lung inflammation is associated with elevation of lymphocyte sensitivity to glucocorticoids A. L. Pukhalsky, G. V. Shmarina (Moscow, Russia)