Environmental and genetic risk factors for asthma and COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: B. Lundback (Göteborg, Sweden), H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: 17q21 variants modify the effect of early viral infections on childhood asthma
L. A. M. S. Smit, E. B. Bouzigon, I. P. Pin, V. S. Siroux, F. M. Monier, H. A. Aschard, J. B. Bousquet, F. G. Gormand, J. J. Just, N. L. M. Le Moual, R. N. Nadif, P. S. Scheinmann, D. V. Vervloet, M. L. Lathrop, F. D. Demenais, F. K. Kauffmann (Villejuif, Paris, Grenoble, Montpellier, Pierre Bénite, Marseille, Evry, France)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Occupational exposures increase the risk of cough in asthmatic adults in interaction with TRPV1 polymorphisms
L. A. M. Smit, N. Le Moual, J. M. Antó, E. Bouzigon, H. Kromhout, I. Pin, R. Vermeulen, F. Demenais, F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, Paris, Grenoble, France; Barcelona, Spain; Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Genetic influences on the age at onset of asthma: a twin study
S. F. Thomsen, D. L. Duffy, K. O. Kyvik, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Odense, Denmark; Brisbane, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Genetically elevated C-reactive protein and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
M. Dahl, J. Vestbo, J. Zacho, P. Lange, A. Tybjærg-Hansen, B. Nordestgaard (Herlev, Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
α-1 antitrypsin PI MZ heterozygotes have reduced lung function in two large cohorts
I. C. Sørheim, P. Bakke, A. Gulsvik, A. Johannessen, S. G. Pillai, P. I. Gaarder, E. J. Campbell, H. Coxson, D. A. Lomas, C. P. Hersh, E. K. Silverman, International COPD Genetics Network (ICGN) Investigators (Boston, North Carolina, Salt Lake City, United States Of America; Bergen, Oslo, Norway; Vancouver, Canada; Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Interleukin 6 modulates the risk to develop COPD: a prospective population-based cohort study
Y. van Durme, K. Verhamme, A. Uitterlinden, M. Breteler, G. Joos, A. Hofman, B. Stricker, G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Determinants of the 9-year incidence of COPD in an international cohort of young non-asthmatic adults. Preliminary results from ECRHS II
R. De Marco, S. Accordini, A. Marcon, I. Cerveri, A. Corsico, J. Anto, A. Gulsvik, J. Heinrich, C. Janson, D. Jarvis, N. Kuenzli, C. Svanes, M. Wjst, P. Burney (Verona, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Emphysema estimated by quantitative HRCT is related to DLCO and KCO
T. Grydeland, E. Thorsen, H. Coxson, A. Dirksen, S. Sharma, S. Pillai, W. Anderson, R. Jensen, A. Gulsvik, P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway; Vancouver, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark; RTP, Salt Lake City, United States Of America)
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