Airway response to infection

Thematic Poster
Chairs: Louise Donnelly (London, United Kingdom), Mazen Al-Alawi (Dublin, Ireland)

What is the optimal sampling technique for assessing the microbiota with bronchoscopy? Rune Grønseth (Morvik, Norway), Rune Grønseth, Christine Drengenes, Øistein Svanes, Gunnar Husebø, Sverre Lehmann, Harald Wiker, Per Bakke, Ingvild Haaland, Yaxin Xue, Inge Jonassen, Eli Nordeide, Tomas Eagan
Influenza A virus causes vascular endothelial cell oxidative stress via NOX2 oxidase Keshia Hendricks (Clayton, Australia), Keshia Hendricks, Eunice To, Ross Vlahos, Brad Broughton, Hitesh Peshavariya, Stavros Selemidis
Expression of X chromosome-linked TLR4 signalling molecules in female versus male neonatal cord blood Catherine Greene (Dublin, Ireland), David O’Driscoll, Paul McKiernan, Chiara de Santi, Victoria McEnaeaney, Molloy Eleanor, Catherine Greene
Genome-wide chromatin profiling of legionella pneumophila-infected human macrophages reveals activation of the pro-bacterial host factor TNFAIP2 Wilhelm Bertrams (Marburg, Germany), Ilona DuBois, Annalisa Marsico, Wilhelm Bertrams, Michal Schweiger, Brian Caffrey, Alexandra Sittka-Stark, Martin Eberhardt, Julio Vera, Martin Vingron, Bernd Schmeck
Human eosinophil toll-like receptor 7-induced nitric oxide is antiviral against parainfluenza Matthew Drake (Portland, United States of America), Matthew Drake, Becky Proskocil, Zhenying Nie, Fryer Allison, Jacoby David
A.fumigatus and the bronchial epithelium - A permissive relationship? Gemma Hayes (Manchester, United Kingdom), Gemma Hayes, Nicola Overton, Sara Gago, David Denning, Paul Bowyer
A new model for analysis of chronic bronchial interleukin-8 expression Rosemary J. Boyton (London, United Kingdom), Rosemary J. Boyton, Kathryn Quigley, Catherine Reynolds, Michael Poidinger, Daniel Altmann, Rosemary Boyton
Differentiation of macrophages with cigarette smoke extract alters bacterial phagocytosis Adam Loveridge (London, United Kingdom), Adam Loveridge, Peter Barnes, Louise Donnelly
Colony stimulating factors cannot correct defective phagocytosis in COPD lung tissue macrophages Jessica Tilman (London, United Kingdom), Jessica Tilman, Peter Barnes, Louise Donnelly
Interactions of BPIFA1 and BPIFB1 with S. aureus Chloe Marshall (Rotherham, United Kingdom), Chloe Marshall, Lynne Bingle, Colin Bingle
Cytokine production of leukocytes in response to respiratory syncytial virus is suppressed by cigarette smoking and in COPD Sarah Yanik (Bochum, Germany), Sarah Yanik, Max Liedtke, Marleen Zickfeld, David Jungck, Thomas Grunwald, Matthias Tenbusch, Andrea Koch, Jürgen Knobloch
Alveolar macrophage in protracted bacterial bronchitis Alice Chen (Brisbane, QLD, Australia), Alice Chen, Olga Pena, Hanno Nel, Susan Pizzuto, Helen Petsky, Samantha Gardiner, Stephanie Yerkovich, Katie Baines, Peter Gibson, Greg Hodge, Sandra Hodge, Helen Buntain, Anne Chang, John Upham
Differential effects of budesonide and fluticasone propionate on bacterial recognition receptors in COPD macrophages Karin Provost (Orchard Park, United States of America), Karin Provost, Miyuki Smith, Anna Miller-Larsson, Gregory Gudleski, Sanjay Sethi
Upregulation of CCL5 production in the airway epithelium at the time of the viral infection Mitsuru Sada (Mitaka-city,Tokyo, Japan), Mitsuru Sada, Masato Watanabe, Toshiya Inui, Keitaro Nakamoto, Masuo Nakamura, Hirotaka Matsuzaki, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Hajime Takizawa
Assesment of the effects of tocilizumab, adalimumab and steroid in LPS induced acute lung inflammation Nurhan Sarioglu (Balikesir, Turkey), Nurhan Sarioglu, Fatma Bahar Sunay, Oguzhan Korkut, Fuat Erel, Adnan Adil Hismiogullari, Mehmet Köse
Identification of novel pathogenic mechanisms triggered by arginase activation in patients with COPD Marcel José Rodriguez Guzman (Las Rozas (Madrid), Spain), Marcel José Rodriguez Guzman, Felipe Villar Álvarez, Cristina Serrano del Castillo, Miguel Ángel Palomero Rodríguez, Yolanda Laporta Báez, Germán Peces-Barba Romero
Relationship of blood eosinophil count to exacerbations in COPD Trung Tran (Gaithersburg, United States of America), Trung Tran, Michael Schatz, Wansu Chen, Ekaterina Sadikova, Qiaowu Li, Aniket A. Kawatkar, Deepak Khatry, Ubaldo Martin, Robert S. Zeiger
microRNAs constitute a negative feedback loop in streptococcus pneumoniae induced macrophage activation Wilhelm Bertrams (Marburg, Germany), Kathrin Griss, Wilhelm Bertrams, Alexandra Sittka-Stark, Kerstin Seidel, Christina Stielow, Stefan Hippenstiel, Norbert Suttorp, Martin Eberhardt, Jochen Wilhelm, Julio Vera, Bernd Schmeck
Laboratory contamination in airway microbiome studies Christine Drengenes (Bergen, Norway), Christine Drengenes, Tomas Eagan, Harald Wiker, Ingvild Haaland, Eli Nordeide, Øistein Svanes, Gunnar Husebø, Sverre Lehmann, Per Bakke, Rune Grønseth
D-tryptophan is a probiotic substance influencing the gut microbiome and in vitro Th2 differentiation Sabine Bartel (Borstel, Germany), Sabine Bartel, Gregor Jatzlauk, Inge Kepert, Juliano Fonseca, Constanze Müller, Katrin Milger, Kerstin Hochwind, Matea Kostric, Oliver Eickelberg, Michael Schloter, Anton Hartmann, Philipp Schmitt-Kopplin, Susanne Krauss-Etschmann