COPD: from bench to bedside

E-Communication Session
Chairs: H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany), M. Saetta (Padova, Italy)

Can retinoic acid protect the development of pulmonary emphysema induced by cigarette smoke in rats? L. An, H. Zhang, B. Pang, S. Niu, X. Weng (Beijing, China)
Merits of spirometry plus bronchodilator reversibility in the diagnosis of air flow obstruction I. Muhammad, A. S. Huque, Z. Waheed, N. A. Rao, A. B. S. Zubairi, J. Husain, N. Salahuddin, J. Khan (Karachi, Pakistan)
Impact of treatment on a number of BALF inflammatory cells and cytokines concentrations in patients with moderate COPD A. Chcialowski, W. Lubinski, I. Toczyska, S. Dudko, E. Pirozynska, W. Kozlowski, W. Stankiewicz (Warsaw, Poland)
Cough in exacerbations of COPD V. Mann, H. Fathi, R. Aul, A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom)
International investigation into the impact of dyspnea on activities of daily living A. Nadjar, A. Jargot, S. Muller, D. A. Mahler (Lyon, France; Lebanon, NH, United States Of America)
Changes of ventilatory function in patients affected by COPD after five years R. Giura, G. Lanati, A. Martinelli, M. Erba (Como, Italy)
Airway wall thickness by HRCT in patients with COPD N. Scichilone, M. Bellia, A. La Sala, F. Cannizzaro, S. Russo, A. Togias, R. Brown, M. Midiri, R. Lagalla, V. Bellia (Palermo, Italy; Bethesda, Baltimore, United States Of America)
Prevalence of COPD with reversible obstruction in first spirometries, among patients with obstructive airways disease in western Maharashtra, India N. Abhyankar, S. Salvi (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Pooled clinical trial analysis of the rate of decline in FEV1 according to perceived dyspnea and health status M. Decramer, D. Tashkin, B. Celli, I. Leimer, S. Kesten (Los Angeles, Boston, United States Of America; Leuven, Belgium; Ingelheim, Germany)
Airway inflammation and fat free mass measurements using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in a population of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients M. Bafadhel, S. Saha, S. McKenna, M. Steiner, P. Newbold, C. E. Brightling (Leicester, Loughborough, United Kingdom)
Association between serum leptin, nutritional status and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) R. Guleria, S. Arora, G. Kumar, T. C. Chawla, A. Mohan (New Delhi, India)
The failure rate of sputum induction following inhaled lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge in healthy subjects S. Greenaway, G. Adcock, W. Y. James, L. Siew, B. O‘Connor (London, United Kingdom)
Breathing pattern monitor using standard ECG electrodes R. Zulkarneev, S. Zagidulin, L. Bakusov, N. Hafizov, G. Abdrahmanova (Ufa, Russian Federation)
Influence of tracheal tube caliber, positive pressure applied, and methacholine inhalation on the flow-volume curve in rats T. Kondo, T. Tanigaki, C. Tsuji (Hachioji Tokyo, Isehara Kanagawa, Japan)
Measurement of pulmonary function in asthmatic rats T. Kondo, T. Tanigaki, C. Tsuji (Hachioji Tokyo, Isehara Kanagawa, Japan)