Cell proliferation, Differentiation and Carcinogenesis, Estoril 2009

The Lung Science Conference is at the forefront of basic and translational respiratory science and it is an essential event for budding respiratory researchers looking to boost their career.

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To present the very best of international lung science research
To highlight new discoveries likely to impact on the future of respiratory medicine
To encourage debate and interaction between young postdoctoral scientists and established investigators

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Lung development, disease and repair E. Morrisey (Philadelphia, Pa , United States of America)
Oral presentation: Stem cells are dispensable for lung homeostasis but restore airways after injury A. Giangreco, E. Arwert, I. Rosewell, J. Snyder, F. Watt, B. Stripp (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Wnt and TGF-beta signaling in lung development P. Minoo (Los Angeles, Ca, United States of America)
Oral presentation: The bone morphogenetic protein antagonist Gremlin in pulmonary hypertension E. Cahill, C. Costello, K. Howell, M. Leonard, M. Southwood, N.W. Morrell, P. McLoughlin (Dublin, Ireland)
Signalling systems in lung vascular disease N. Morrell (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Oral presentation: TGF-Beta-1 as a differentiating factor for airway smooth muscle N.L. Stephens, S.Y. Ji (Winnipeg, Canada)
Stem cells for lung vascular repair D. Stewart (Ottowa, On, Canada)
Oral presentation: Identification of a novel subpopulation of virus-resistant progenitor epithelial type II cells in mice M. O'Reilly, M. Yee, P. Vitiello, J. Finkelstein, B.P. Lawrence (Rochester, USA)
Wnt signalling and parenchymal fibrosis O. Eickelberg (Neuherberg / Muenchen, Germany)
Oral presentation: Increased CXCR4 expression and short telomeres in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis F. Economidou, K. Antoniou, G. Soufla, A. Proklou, R. Lymbouridou, H. Papadaki, N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
Oral presentation: Mesenchymal induction of lung endoderm progenitor cells from embryonic stem cells E. Fox, J. Liu, M. Post (Toronto, Canada)
Oral presentation: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition occurs in undifferentiated basal bronchial epithelial cells in normal and asthmatic subjects T.-L. Hackett, D. Stefanowicz, F. Shaheen, L. Murray, A. kicic, S. Stick, T.R. Bai, D.A. Knight (Vancouver, Canada)
From Bench to edside: Development of a drug to treat lung disease from a basic research start K. Adler (Raleigh, Nc, United States of America)
Oral presentation: Hypoxia-induced EMT in primary human small airway epithelium is controlled by extracellular matrix interactions J. Baugh, M. Dubourd, L. Li (Belfield, Ireland)
Matrix interaction with the epithelium – clinical outcomes S. Shapiro (Pittsburgh, Pa, United States of America)
Oral presentation: Endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EnMT) as a mechanism of alveolar septal fibrosis/ remodelling in emphysema L.S. Mackay, L.A. Borthwick, K. Pinnion, C. Ward, J. Lordan, M. Foster, A.J. Fisher, P.A. Corris (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
Oral presentation: Mesenchymal stem cells reduce lung metastases by controlled targeted delivery of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) M. R. Loebinger, S.M. Janes (London, United Kingdom)
Oral presentation: Human lung parenchyma cells: a potential therapeutic cell source for lung disease G. Karoubi, A. Huber, L. Cortes-Dericks, I. Breyer, R. Schmid, A. Dutly (Berne, Switzerland)
Oral presentation: Evolution of miRNAs expression during lung squamous carcinogenesis C. Mascaux, J.-F. Laes, G. Anthoine, A. Haller, V. Ninane, A. Burny, J.-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium)
Oral presentation: Crosstalk of TGF-beta and Ect2, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rho GTPases, controls alveolar epithelial cell proliferation M. Konigshoff, S. Becker, W. Seeger, O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany)
Cell adhesion, cell survival and response to therapy T. Sethi (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Oral presentation: Activation of transforming growth factor-beta by human airway smooth muscle cells via alpha-v-beta5 integrin A. Tatler, M.Y. Xu, J. Porte, A. Knox, L. Pang, G. Jenkins (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Oral presentation: Truncated isoforms of BRCA1-associated protein BARD1 are expressed in NSCLC and are potential targets for treatment I. Irminger-Finger, L. Li, F. Molica, J.-C. Pache, G. Laurent, A. Bianco (Geneva, Switzerland)
The pathogenesis of pre-invasive lesion development E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France)
Oral presentation: Evolution of gene expression profiling at successive steps of lung squamous carcinogenesis C. Mascaux, B. Haibe-Kains, G. Anthoine, F. Rothe, B. Stamatopoulos, C. Desmedt, J.-F. Laes, A. Haller, V. Ninane, A. Burny, J.-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium)
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