Novel mechanisms in the pathogenesis of asthma

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: E. Pace (Palermo, Italy), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)
A novel receptor antagonist, c-027, inhibits airway contraction in human and murine models of allergen, independent of inflammatory mediator release
P. Cooper, G. Damera, H. Fogle, M. Jiang, H. Zhao, J. Zhang, W. Jester, R. Panettieri, Jr. (Philadelphia, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The role of pathogenic bacterial colonisation in neutrophilic airways inflammation in severe asthma
B. Green, D. Sammut, V. Kehagia, S. Wiriyachaiporn, K. Bruce, P. Howarth (Southampton, London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Leptin, adiponectin and asthma: findings from a population-based cohort study
T. J. T. Sutherland, M. R. Sears, C. R. McLachlan, R. Poulton, R. J. Hancox (Dunedin, New Zealand; Hamilton, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Osteopontin deficiency protects from airway remodelling and hyperresponsiveness in chronic asthma
D. C. M. Simoes, G. Xanthou, K. Petrochilou, V. Panoutsakopoulou, C. Roussos, C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Stimulatory behaviours of human pulmonary inkt cells in allergic asthma
C. Casciari, E. Agea, A. M. Russano, F. Spinozzi (Perugia, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Airway remodelling is present in children with asthma regardless of eosinophilic inflammation
S. Baraldo, S. Agostini, G. Turato, E. Bazzan, D. Snijders, A. Ballarin, A. Concas, M. Damin, P. Maestrelli, A. Barbato, M. Saetta (Padua, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Studies into the mechanisms of deficient type I interferon production in asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells
M. Leino, L. Uller, B. Green, P. H. Howarth, S. T. Holgate, D. E. Davies (Southampton, United Kingdom; Lund, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chemokine release in response to Streptococcus pneumoniae, by primary bronchial epithelial cells of patients with severe asthma and healthy controls
B. Thomas, R. Hirst, G. Williams, P. Haldar, A. Wardlaw, C. Brightling, C. O‘Callaghan (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Phospho-STAT-6 levels in nasal scrapings of asthmatic patients increases following nasal challenge with grass but not house dust mite allergen
A. Wilson, T. Wright, F. Germaschewski, D. Sexton, A. Llyod (Norwich, Stevenage, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Activation of TGFβ/Smad signalling pathway in induced sputum of asthmatic children
R. Gagliardo, S. La Grutta, M. Profita, P. Chanez, A. Paterno, L. Riccobono, G. Viegi, M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy; Marseille, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Antigen capture and processing by airway dendritic cells is attenuated in mice following chronic aero-allergen exposure
J. Burchell, M. Wikstrom, F. Blank, V. Fear, D. Strickland, D. Turner, P. Sly, P. Stumbles (Perth, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Gln27glu polymorphism in β2-adrenoreceptor Uzbek population does patients with bronchial asthma
S. Ziyadullayev, N. Khaitova, H. Turdibekov, F. Ahmedov (Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Establishing the effects of chronic exposure to IL-9 alone and in combination with IL-13 on the differentiation of asthmatic and non-asthmatic paediatric bronchial epithelial cells
J. Parker, S. Thavagnanam, L. Heaney, M. Shields, G. Skibinski (Belfast, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Assessment of asthma control in asthmatic patients Brazilian carriers of the Arg16Gly polymorphism of the β2 adrenorreceptor gene
B. M.M. Carvalho, J. H. C. Farias, L. Bernardes, M. Matias, F. M.S. Neto, R. P.M. Lima, F. C. Ferreira, E. R.L. Mesquita, F. G. S. Paes, M. D. R. S.R. Costa (São Luís, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
A novel model for spontaneous T cell-independent steroid-refractory asthma in genetically modified mice
J. Elzer, J. Jones, A. Jarnicki, R. Vlahos, M. Ernst, G. Anderson (Melbourne, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ultrastructure of blood cells during allergic diseases
T. G. Barkhina, V. E. Golovanova, M. Y. Guschin, G. N. Nikitina (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
New morphologic conception of allergic rhinitis (AR) and bronchial asthma (BA)
T. G. Barkhina, V. E. Golovanova, M. Yu. Guschin, G. M. Nikitina (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Airway fibroblasts phenotype markers after pro-inflammatory cytokines challenge
B. Matis, C. A. Tatu, L. Cernescu, F. Bojin, O. Gavriliuc, G. Tanasie, C. Bunu (Timisoara, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Activity of BCL2 and bax genes in bronchial epithelium and annexin-v binding of phosphatidylserine in lymphocytes in bronchial asthma
V. Mineev, I. Nesterovich, V. Trofimov, M. Rybakova, R. Grozov, T. Kashinceva, V. Emanuel, A. Lugovaya (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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