Respiratory and peripheral muscles: From basic mechanisms to altered function

Oral Presentation
Chairs: A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy), S. Zakynthinos (Athens, Greece)
Ambivalent effects of TNF-α in myogenic cells from the quadriceps muscle of COPD patients
C. Casadevall, S. Pascual, J. M. Martínez-Llorens, P. Ausin, M. Orozco-Levi, E. Barreiro, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Systemic inflammation and NF-κB-dependent muscle atrophy in response to acute pulmonary inflammation
R. Langen, A. Haegens, J. Vernooy, E. Wouters, A. Schols (Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Inspiratory threshold loading: Effects on damage, inflammation and remodelling of the rat diaphragm
M. Domínguez-Alvarez, J. B. Gáldiz, F. Sánchez, F. J. Alvarez, J. Marín-Corral, C. Casadevall, J. Gea, E. Barreiro (Barcelona, Barakaldo, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Chest wall kinematics in tetraplegic subjects during different ventilatory demands
S. K. Illi, S. Hostettler, A. Aliverti, R. Brown, G. Mueller, C. M. Spengler (Zurich, Nottwil, Switzerland; Milan, Italy; Boston, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Relationship between diaphragm and chest wall motion in COPD patients
R. Priori, A. L. P. de Albuquerque, M. Quaranta, P. M. Calverley, A. Aliverti (Italy; Liverpool, United Kingdom; , Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Intercostal muscle blood flow limitation during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
I. Vogiatzis, D. Athanasopoulos, H. Habazettl, A. Aliverti, Z. Louvaris, E. Herouvim, H. Wagner, C. Roussos, P. D. Wagner, S. Zakynthinos (Greece; Berlin, Germany; , Italy; San Diego, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Inspiratory muscle strength predicts mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A. Ramirez Sarmiento, S. Pascual Guardia, J. Martinez Llorens, J. Gea, M. Orozco Levi (Barcelona, Spain)
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