Abnormal vitamin D status negatively affects lung function and inflammation in smoking mice

N. Heulens, N. Cielen, E. De Smidt, K. Maes, C. Mathieu, G. Gayan-Ramirez, W. Janssens, H. Korf (Leuven, Belgium)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Animal models: asthma, COPD and beyond
Session: Animal models: asthma, COPD and beyond
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 868
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
N. Heulens, N. Cielen, E. De Smidt, K. Maes, C. Mathieu, G. Gayan-Ramirez, W. Janssens, H. Korf (Leuven, Belgium). Abnormal vitamin D status negatively affects lung function and inflammation in smoking mice. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 868

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Immunoaging augments sensitivity to cigarette smoke-induced COPD
Source: International Congress 2014 – Effect of cigarette smoke on cell behaviour: cell biology, signalling and senescence
Year: 2014


Vitamin C inhibits the diisocyanate-induced lung inflammatory response in mice
Source: International Congress 2015 – Therapeutic approaches in inflammatory lung disease
Year: 2015

Impact of cigarette smoke on function and expression of immunoproteasomes
Source: International Congress 2014 – Effect of cigarette smoke on cell behaviour: cell biology, signalling and senescence
Year: 2014

Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency improves lung function in allergen-induced asthma in mice
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Cell biology and murine models of asthma and inflammation
Year: 2013

LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: E-cigarette exposure induces pathological responses that result in lung tissue destruction and airway hyper reactivity in mice.
Source: International Congress 2014 – E-cigarettes in different populations
Year: 2014


Acute cigarette smoke induces accelerated emphysema development in bENaC-overexpressed mice
Source: International Congress 2014 – Animal models: asthma, COPD and beyond
Year: 2014


Muscarinic M3 receptors on structural cells regulate neutrophilic inflammation in mice
Source: International Congress 2014 – Animal models: asthma, COPD and beyond
Year: 2014

Smoking alters alpha1-antitrypsin in alveolar macrophages possibly promoting misfolding
Source: International Congress 2014 – New studies into pulmonary proteases and antiproteases
Year: 2014

Cigarette smoke-induced iBALT mediates macrophage activation in a B cell-dependent manner in COPD
Source: International Congress 2014 – New studies into pulmonary proteases and antiproteases
Year: 2014

Markers of cell proliferation contributes to the therapeutic effect of growth factor-LGF on experimental emphysema
Source: International Congress 2014 – Mechanisms of COPD: proteases and a whole lot more
Year: 2014


Effects of chronic cigarette smoke exposure on lung inflammation in ovalbumin-sensitized mice
Source: International Congress 2014 – Asthma: clinical problems
Year: 2014


25-hydroxyvitamin D promotes the long-term effects of specific immunotherapy (SIT) in allergic airway inflammation in mice
Source: International Congress 2014 – Animal models: asthma, COPD and beyond
Year: 2014

Relationship between vitamin D status and lung function in the Baltimore longitudinal study of aging
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Environment and lifestyle: associations with respiratory disease
Year: 2013


Systemic inflammation, diet, and place of residence modify lung function in Greenland Inuit
Source: International Congress 2014 – New insights into the epidemiology of COPD
Year: 2014


ADAM9 is upregulated in human COPD lungs and in human and murine lung in response to cigarette smoke
Source: International Congress 2014 – New studies into pulmonary proteases and antiproteases
Year: 2014

A novel non-human primate model of cigarette smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Source: International Congress 2014 – Animal models: asthma, COPD and beyond
Year: 2014

Humoral immunity parameters in smoking and non-smoking patients with COPD
Source: International Congress 2014 – Translational studies in COPD
Year: 2014


The role of lL-17 in the OVA-LPS driven model of lung inflammation
Source: International Congress 2015 – Immune aspects of asthma and other airway diseases
Year: 2015

Phenotype in murine offspring is altered by maternal smoke exposure
Source: International Congress 2014 – Mechanistic murine studies of asthma and lung inflammation
Year: 2014

Cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation is skewed in estrogen receptor-alpha deficient mice
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –The role of hormones and cytokines in lung injury
Year: 2013