Novel pathogenic aspects of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M. Takata (London, United Kingdom)

Mining the ARDS proteome: identification of IGF/IGFBP-3 pathway in acute lung injury L. M. Schnapp, S. Donohoe, J. Chen, D. A. Sunde, P. M. Kelly, J. Ruzinski, T. R. Martin, D. R. Goodlett (Seattle, United States Of America)
Hsp90 binding inhibitors improve survival in a murine model of sepsis induced acute lung injury A. Chatterjee, C. Snead, J. D. Catravas (Augusta, United States Of America)
The growth factors HGF and KGF prevent mechanical stretch-induced apoptosis of alveolar Type II cells by restoration of mechanical stretch-induced decreased phosphatidylinositol 3-OH kinase (PI3K) activity S. Hammerschmidt, H. Kuhn, C. Gessner, H. J. Seyfarth, A. Gillissen, H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany)
Low dose inhaled carbon monoxide attenuates LPS-induced pulmonary inflammation in mice M. R. Wilson, M. E. Goddard, H. Yamamoto, K. P. O‘Dea, M. Takata (London, United Kingdom)
Cytochrome c levels in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in lung injury K. Kuwano, N. Hamada, M. Yamada, J. Fukumoto, Y. Kaneko, T. Maeyama, M. Yoshimi, M. Aoyama, Y. Nakanishi (Fukuoka, Tsukuba, Japan)
Suppressed pulmonary expression of leptin in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute and chronic lung inflammation J. H. J. Vernooy, R. H. E. Cloots, M. A. Dentener, E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Preserved compliance and reduced inflammation after activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)a in a murine model of acute lung injury A. Pose, M. B. Schaefer, J. Ott, M. Bi, A. Mohr, F. Grimminger, W. Seeger, K. Mayer (Giessen, Germany; Bejing, China)