Novel insights into the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: C. Taube (Mainz, Germany), J. H. J. Vernooy (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Late Breaking Abstract: Alveolar epithelial function in mouse lungs: A novel real-time measurement of barrier properties
R. Ruehl, W. Seeger, I. Vadasz (Giessen, Germany)
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Chronic iron overload modifies differentially airway responsiveness in normal- and allergen sensitized- lungs
N. Loos, B. V. Le, B. Véronique, G. Jérôme (Amiens, France)
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Quantitative estimates of collagen accumulation and immune inflammatory response in relation to structural changes in COPD
M. Suzuki, W. M. Elliott, J. E. McDonough, S. Hayashi, P. G. Sanchez, J. D. Cooper, J. C. Hogg (Vancouver, Canada; Philadelphia, United States Of America)
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Lipid serum profile and copper content in serum and pulmonary tissue in experimental pulmonary emphysema
S. Zunic-Bozinovski, S. Zunic, S. Vucicevic, I. Milovanovic, D. Djarmati, G. Djordjevic-Denic (Belgrade, Republic Of Serbia)
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Claudins in COPD: Effect of cigarette smoke exposure on claudin expression in vivo and in vitro
H. Merikallio, Y. Soini, T. Harju (Oulu, Kuopio, Finland)
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Clara cells directly inhibit alveolar epithelial cell wound repair by inducing apoptosis
K. Akram, M. Spiteri, N. Forsyth (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
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Bone marrow progenitor cells in patients with COPD
A. Jahn, C. Balaguer, M. A. Duran, J. Iglesias, A. Rios, F. Polverino, A. Iglesias, C. Crespi, E. Sala, A. Agusti, B. G. Cosio (Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Spain)
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Single and combined effects of budesonide and formoterol on oxygen dependent metabolism of blood cells
U. Farkhutdinov, S. Farkhutdinov (Ufa, Russian Federation)
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Serum and sputum perforin and granzymes A and B expression in persistent asthma
A. Proklou, E. Neofytou, S. Schiza, I. Mitrouska, N. Siafakas, E. Tzortzaki (Herakleion, Greece)
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Different role of p21 in the remodelling of central and peripheral airway epithelium in smokers with and without COPD
G. Chiappara, E. Pace, A. Virzì, A. M. Montalbano, M. Ferraro, A. Bruno, M. Profita, M. I. Minervini, P. Vitulo, L. Pipitone, B. Gridelli, M. Gjomarkaj (Palermo, Italy)
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Epithelial-mesenchymal (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) of primary human alveolar epithelial cells? Observations in an injury repair-model using time-lapse imaging
K. Hostettler, M. Gencay, H. Bodmer, M. Tamm, M. Roth (Switzerland)
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The senescence and impaired elastic synthesis in pulmonary fibroblasts from subjects with COPD
J. Zhang, L. Wu, C. Bai, J. Qu, M. J. Merrilees, P. N. Black (Shanghai, Auckland, China; Auckland, New Zealand)
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Nitrosative and oxidative stress in COPD and chronic cerebrovascular diseases (CCVD)
S. Soodaeva, I. Klimanov, A. Lisitsa, T. Li, O. Mironova, A. Fedin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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The influence of N-acetylcysteine on oxidative stress in patients with COPD
V. Kapustina, S. Ovcharenko, P. Litvicki (Russian Federation)
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Age related increases in the oxidising status of airway lining fluids are not acerbated in COPD
N. Larsson, P. Leong-Smith, A. F. Behndig, E. Roos-Engstrand, A. Blomberg, R. Dove, I. S. Mudway (Umeå, Sweden; , United Kingdom)
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C-reactive protein and systemic oxidant/antioxidant imbalance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with pulmonary arterial hypertension
C. Cristóvão, L. Cristóvão, F. Nogueira, M. Bicho (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Hyperoxia-induced changes of glutathione system in red blood cells and alveolar macrophages
I. Katovich, Z. Rutkovskaya, A. Tahanovich (Minsk, Belarus)
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Ceruloplasmine in reactions of free radical oxidation
U. Farkhutdinov, S. Farkhutdinov (Ufa, Russian Federation)
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The effect of antioxidant tetrapeptide UPF1 on enzymes involved in glutathione metabolism in human bronchial epithelial cells exposed to oxidative stress
S. Altraja, R. Mahlapuu, U. Soomets, A. Altraja (Tartu, Estonia)
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