COPD and asthma: models and human studies

E-Communication Session
Chairs: D. Gras (Marseille, France), O. Holz (Hannover, Germany)
Increased inflammatory response and cytokine release (TNF-alpha, IL-8) after environmental tobacco smoke exposure in patients with asthma
R. E. Mikes, B. Lamprecht, F. Grabcanovic-Musija, G. Weiß, H. Dobias, M. Gaisberger, R. Sanovic, A. Hartl, M. Studnicka (Salzburg, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
LSC 2010 Abstract: Increase in serum and sputum perforin expression in persistent asthma: Preliminary results
A. Proklou, E. Neofytou, M. Psarrou, S. Schiza, N. Siafakas, E. Tzortzaki (Heraklion, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Mechanisms responsible for glucocorticoid insensitivity in nasal mucosa and nasal polyps
L. Fernandez-Bertolin, I. Alobid, J. Mullol, C. Picado, L. Pujols (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Cox-2 regulation by IL-1β through MAPKs: A comparison of nasal mucosa and nasal polyps fibroblasts from AIA patients
F. J. Garcia-Garcia, J. Roca-Ferrer, M. Pérez, I. Alobid, J. Mullol, C. Picado (Barcelona, Madrid, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Different profiles of lung and systemic regulatory T cells in mild asthmatics
K. Matsunaga, T. Kawayama, K. Yamaguchi, T. Hoshino, H. Aizawa (Japan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
LSC 2010 Abstract: Experimental asthma: expression and activation of protein kinase C isoenzymes in airway smooth muscles (ASM) & lymphocytes and structural changes in lung tissues during the development of airway hypersensitivity in guinea pig model of asthma
R. K. Mishra, R. Kulshrestha, S. K. Chhabra, S. K Bansal (Delhi, India)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Mechanisms of airway smooth muscle reactivity in an allergen-induced asthmatic reaction in rats
A. Barmina, J. Sehlin, A. Zashikhin (Sweden; Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Airways renin angiotensin system activation during allergic lung disease
I. L. Dumitriu, B. Gurzu, P. Plamadeala, L. Foia (Iasi, Romania)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
LSC 2010 Abstract: Creatine supplementation upregulates chronic allergic airway inflammation and remodeling via activation of epithelial cells
R. de Paula Vieira, S. Cesar Ferreira, M. Hage, A. Choqueta Toledo, A. B. G. Santos, M. C. R. Medeiros, M. Arruda Martins, C. R. F. Carvalho, M. Idzko, S. Cicko, M. Dolhnikoff (Sao Paulo, Brazil; Freiburg, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Bronchial vascularity in the airways of chronic bronchitis and COPD smokers
C. Calabrese, L. Varriale, C. Turino, A. Vatrella, C. Guarino, M. Del Donno, N. Corcione, I. Pedicelli, P. Somma, P. Micheli, S. A. Marsico (Naples, Benevento, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Heat shock proteins and FKBP51 expression in sputum cells of COPD patients during formoterol/budesonide/theophylline therapy
R. Mroz, A. Holownia, E. Chyczewska, J. Braszko (Poland)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Anti-CP antibodies interact with smoke exposure to influence lung function
A. Wood, P. de Pablo, C. Buckley, R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Ionomycin stimulates a synergistic effect of IL-8 and induced sputum on PMN chemotaxis during COPD
A. Babusyte, J. Jeroch, K. Stravinskaite, R. Stakauskas, K. Malakauskas, R. Sakalauskas (Lithuania; Hannover, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Induced sputum, but not BALF stimulated PMN ROS production is enhanced by ionomycin during COPD
A. Babusyte, J. Jeroch, K. Stravinskaite, R. Stakauskas, K. Malakauskas, R. Sakalauskas (Lithuania; Hannover, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Biomarkers in COPD patients: Relationship with severity indices
F. Costa, L. Malagrinò, C. Silvana, P. Tarlà, C. De Simone, B. Vagaggini, P. L. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Caspase-1 pathway in COPD
P. Sobradillo, R. Faner, A. Agustí, E. Ballester, N. Soler, J. Yagüe, M. Juan, J. I. Aróstegui (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Variability of sputum inflammatory mediators in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
H. Stone, E. Sapey, R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Differential involvement of IκB kinases α and β in asthma and COPD
R. Gagliardo, P. Chanez, M. Profita, G. D. Albano, A. M. Montalbano, F. Pompeo, A. Bonanno, A. M. Merendino, M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy; Marseille, France)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract