Twenty-First Transatlantic Airway Conference: Extracellular Matrix in Lung Disease:

Adam Wanner, Laurent P. Nicod, André Perruchoud, and Steven D. Shapiro

Purpose of the Conference
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 395. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven D. Shapiro

Chairman's Summary
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 397-400. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regulation of Cell Behavior by Extracellular Matrix and Proteinases:

Paul W. Noble and Dianhua Jiang

Matrix Regulation of Lung Injury, Inflammation, and Repair: The Role of Innate Immunity
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 401-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Extracellular Matrix Genetics and Lung Disease:

Edwin K. Silverman

Progress in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Genetics
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 405-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yingying Guo, Paul Weller, John Allard, Jonathan Usuka, Mohammad Masjedizadeh, Shao-Yong Wu, Bill Fitch, Douglas Clark, J. David Clark, Steve Shafer, Jianmei Wang, Guochun Liao, and Gary Peltz

Understanding Our Drugs and Our Diseases
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 409-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

At the Interface of Fibrosis-Emphysema:

Dean Sheppard

Transforming Growth Factor ß: A Central Modulator of Pulmonary and Airway Inflammation and Fibrosis
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 413-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chun Geun Lee, Hye-Ryun Kang, Robert J. Homer, Geoffrey Chupp, and Jack A. Elias

Transgenic Modeling of Transforming Growth Factor-ß₁: Role of Apoptosis in Fibrosis and Alveolar Remodeling
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 418-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felix Chua and Geoffrey J. Laurent

Neutrophil Elastase: Mediator of Extracellular Matrix Destruction and Accumulation
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 424-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrian Shifren and Robert P. Mecham

The Stumbling Block in Lung Repair of Emphysema: Elastic Fiber Assembly
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 428-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Airway Fibrosis in Asthma, COPD, and Bronchiolitis Obliterans: Similarities,Differences, and Role of Inflammation:

Dirkje S. Postma and Wim Timens

Remodeling in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 434-439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen T. Holgate, Youwen Yang, Hans-Michael Haitchi, Rob M. Powell, John W. Holloway, Hajime Yoshisue, Yun Yun Pang, Julie Cakebread, and Donna E. Davies

The Genetics of Asthma: ADAM33 as an Example of a Susceptibility Gene
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 440-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent P. Nicod

Mechanisms of Airway Obliteration after Lung Transplantation
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 444-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Implications:

John Reilly

Using Computed Tomographic Scanning to Advance Understanding of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006 3: 450-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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