Hot topics in molecular pathology and functional genomics of COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: B. Crestani (Paris, France), O. Eickelberg (Neuherberg / Muenchen, Germany)
NADPH oxidases are regulated in a mouse model of tobacco smoke induced COPD
M. Seimetz, N. Parajuli, M. Roth, R. Schermuly, A. Ghofrani, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger, N. Weissmann (Giessen, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Decreased hyaluronan in airway smooth muscle cells of asthma and COPD patients
E. Papakonstantinou, I. Klangas, G. Karakiulakis, M. Roth (Thessaloniki, Greece; Basel, Switzerland)
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Decreased expression of VEGFR-2 mRNA in pulmonary vessels of COPD patients
A. Haruna, E. Ogawa, N. Tanabe, M. Kudo, S. Marumo, D. Kinose, Y. Hoshino, T. Hirai, H. Sakai, S. Muro, M. Mishima (Kyoto, Japan)
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Divergent expression of claudin -1, -3, -4, -5 and -7 in developing human lung
R. Kaarteenaho, Y. Soini (Oulu, Kuopio, Finland)
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Skeletal muscle gene expression in COPD patients with normal and low FFMI and healthy controls. A microarray gene expression analysis
R. Rabinovich, E. Drost, D. Dunbar, J. Manning, R. Bastos, W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Barcelona, Spain)
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Association of vitamin D deficiency with COPD and vitamin D binding proteins
W. Janssens, R. Bouillon, B. Claes, C. Carremans, A. Lehouck, J. Coolen, K. Debent, C. Mathieu, M. Decramer, D. Lambrechts (Leuven, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Gene expression in bronchial biopsies from mild to moderate COPD patients
A. L. Durham, A. McLaren, J. Zhu, B. P. Hayes, A. Torrego, C. L. Clayton, I. M. Adcock, K. F. Chung (London, Stevenage, United Kingdom)
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