THOMAS L. PETTY ASPEN LUNG CONFERENCE

Asthma: Insights and Expectations

Richard J. Martin, Monica Kraft, and E. Rand Sutherland

Introduction and Perspective
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 247-248 [Full Text] [PDF]  

State of the Art

Get checked abstract Yvonne M. W. Janssen-Heininger, Matthew E. Poynter, Scott W. Aesif, Cristen Pantano, Jennifer L. Ather, Niki L. Reynaert, Karina Ckless, Vikas Anathy, Jos van der Velden, Charles G. Irvin, and Albert van der Vliet

Nuclear Factor B, Airway Epithelium, and Asthma: Avenues for Redox Control
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 249-255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger S. Mitchell Lecture

Get checked abstract John V. Fahy

Eosinophilic and Neutrophilic Inflammation in Asthma: Insights from Clinical Studies
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 256-259 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

State of the Art

Get checked abstract Patricia W. Finn and Timothy D. Bigby

Innate Immunity and Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 260-265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Get checked abstract Dawn C. Newcomb and R. Stokes Peebles, Jr.

Bugs and Asthma: A Different Disease?
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 266-271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Get checked abstract Fernando D. Martinez

The Origins of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Early Life
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 272-277 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Get checked abstract Erwin W. Gelfand

Pediatric Asthma: A Different Disease
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 278-282 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Get checked abstract Dirkje S. Postma and Gerard H. Koppelman

Genetics of Asthma: Where Are We and Where Do We Go?
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 283-287 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giles F. Filley Lecture

Get checked abstract Robert P. Schleimer, Atsushi Kato, Anju Peters, David Conley, Jean Kim, Mark C. Liu, Kathleen E. Harris, Douglas A. Kuperman, Rakesh Chandra, Silvio Favoreto, Jr., Pedro C. Avila, Leslie C. Grammer, and Robert C. Kern

Epithelium, Inflammation, and Immunity in the Upper Airways of Humans: Studies in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 288-294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

State of the Art

Get checked abstract Tera L. Lavoie, Maria L. Dowell, Oren J. Lakser, William T. Gerthoffer, Jeffrey J. Fredberg, Chun Y. Seow, Richard W. Mitchell, and Julian Solway

Disrupting Actin-Myosin-Actin Connectivity in Airway Smooth Muscle as a Treatment for Asthma?
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 295-300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Get checked abstract Céline Bergeron, Wisam Al-Ramli, and Qutayba Hamid

Remodeling in Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 301-305 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parker B. Francis Lectureship

Get checked abstract Charles G. Irvin and Jason H. T. Bates

Physiologic Dysfunction of the Asthmatic Lung: What's Going On Down There, Anyway?
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 306-311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas A. Neff Lecture

Get checked abstract Robert F. Lemanske, Jr.

Asthma Therapies Revisited: What Have We Learned?
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 312-315 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Homer A. Boushey

Conference Summary
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 316-320 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abstracts

Caroline McFadden, Lillian Cross, Daniel S. Green, Xiaoyi Jin, David M. Center, Frederic F. Little, and William W. Cruikshank

Interleukin-16 Stimulation Results in Recruitment and Potential Induction of De Novo FoxP3+ Treg Cells in the Lungs
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 321 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhuowei Li, Stavros Garantziotis, Wei Jia, Erin Potts, Sikander Lalani, Zhi Liu, You-Wen He, W. Michael Foster, and John W. Hollingsworth

The Role of Mindin in Allergic Airways Disease
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 321 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karin A. Pacheco, Lisa A. Maier, Lori J. Silveira, Kelly C. Goelz, Kristyn E. MacPhail, and Cecile S. Rose

Association between Lung Function, Laboratory Animal Research Work, and the CD14/-1619 G Allele
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 322 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mari Nakamura, Hong Wei Chu, Takayuki Nakamura, Amanda Evans, Edward D. Chan, and Dennis R. Voelker

Anionic Pulmonary Surfactant Lipids Suppress Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 322 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel H. Fertel, Tony D. Church, Ying Wang, Hong Wei Chu, Dennis R. Voelker, Jo Rae Wright, and Monica Kraft

Surfactant Protein A Function in Asthma Is Defective as a Modulator of Inflammation during Infection
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 323 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pedro Xavier-Elsas, Túlio Queto, Carla Jones, Bianca de Luca, Daniela Masid, Maria C. Santos, Fernando Q. Cunha, Bing K. Lam, Yoshihide Kanaoka, and Maria Ignez Gaspar-Elsas

Novel Pathway for Control of Eosinophil Differentiation by Drugs, Cytokines, and Allergen
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 323-324 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dallas M. Hyde, Lisa A. Miller, Ed S. Schelegle, Michelle V. Fanucchi, Laura S. Van Winkle, Nancy K. Tyler, Mark V. Avdalovic, Mike J. Evans, Alan R. Buckpitt, Kent E. Pinkerton, Jesse P. Joad, Laurel J. Gershwin, Reen Wu, and Charles G. Plopper

Inhaled Corticosteroids Alter Pulmonary Function and Lung Growth in Monkeys Exposed to House Dust Mite Allergen and O₃
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 324 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Denise Daley, Mathieu Lemire, Loubna Akhabir, Moira Chan-Yeung, JianQing He, Treena McDonald, Andrew Sandford, Dorota Stefanowicz, Ben Tripp, David Zamar, Yohan Bosse, Vincent Ferretti, Alexandre Montpetit, Marie-Catherine Tessier, Allan Becker, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, John Beilby, Pamela A. McCaskie, Bill Musk, Nicole Warrington, Alan James, Catherine Laprise, Lyle Palmer, Peter D. Paré, and Thomas J. Hudson

Analyses of Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Asthma and Atopy in Four Population Samples
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 324-325 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teal S. Hallstrand, Mark M. Wurfel, Ying Lai, Richard P. Beyer, Jr., Moira L. Aitken, and William R. Henderson, Jr.

Differential Epithelial and Mast Cell Gene Expression in Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 325-326 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Freishtat, Angela S. Benton, Zuyi Wang, Alan Watson, Mary C. Rose, and Eric P. Hoffman

TIMP-1 Nucleates a Critical Bronchial Epithelial Response Network to Tobacco Smoke in Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 326 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fei Huang, Shinichiro Wachi, Philip Thai, Artem Loukoianov, and Reen Wu

Airway Epithelia Up-Regulate IL-19 in Response to IL-17A/IL-13: A Potential Cytokine Axis in Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 326 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahito Ebina

Decreased Distribution of Airway Lymphatics in Individuals with Fatal Asthma: Another View of Airway Remodeling
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 327 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ellen C. Riemer, Huandong Yan, Anna M. Misior, Rodolfo M. Pascual, Deepak A. Deshpande, and Raymond B. Penn

Mechanisms Underlying β-Agonist and Prostaglandin E2 Inhibition of Airway Smooth Muscle Growth
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 327 [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Slade, Tony D. Church, and Monica Kraft

MMP Inhibition Blocks Interleukin-13–induced Elastin mRNA Suppression in Human Airway Fibroblasts
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 328 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne E. Dixon, Richard E. Pratley, Laurie Spaulding, David A. Kaminsky, Laurie A. Whittaker, Patrick M. Forgione, Lorraine M. Bourassa, Danielle M. Raymond, Deborah Wachtel, and Charles G. Irvin

Pathophysiological Changes in Asthma Induced by Weight Loss
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 328 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger A. Johns, Li Gao, Nicholas M. Rafaels, Audrey V. Grant, Maria L. Stockton-Porter, Harold R. Watson, Terri H. Beaty, and Kathleen C. Barnes

Polymorphisms in Resistin and Resistin-like Beta Predict Bronchial Hyperreactivity in Human Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 329 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc J. Massanari, Pablo A. Jimenez, Farid Kianifard, Robert J. Maykut, and Robert K. Zeldin

Omalizumab Decreases Eosinophils in Allergic Asthma and Is Sustained after Inhaled Steroid Reduction
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 329-330 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gail M. Kieckhefer, Martha J. Lentz, Shao-Yu. Tsai, and Teresa M. Ward

Trajectory of Change in ENO, FEV₁, and FEV_25-75 in Children with Asthma During Usual and Delayed Bedtime
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 330 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eleen Daley, Claire Emson, Christophe Guignabert, Jennifer Louten, Rene de Waal Malefyt, Viswanath P. Kurup, Cory Hogaboam, Laimute Taraseviciene-Stewart, Norbert F. Voelkel, Marlene Rabinovitch, Ekkehard Grunig, and Gabriele Grunig

IL-13 and Pulmonary Smooth Muscle Biology
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 330-331 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheldon Spector, Sandra D. Anderson, Brett Charlton, John M. Weiler, Sara Nichols and Members of the A-305 Study Team

Mannitol Inhalational Challenge: Will it Replace Methacholine or Histamine?
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 331 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Long, Richard McCarthy, Lian Rundell, Christian Goess, and Carolyn A. Cuff

The Efficacy of TNF Blockade in Asthma Models Depends on Endotoxin Levels in the Allergic Challenge
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 331-332 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra M. Wells, Mary C. Buford, Christopher T. Migliaccio, and Andrij Holian

Elevated Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Alters Lung Function and Induces Collagen Deposition in Mice
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 332 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer M. Bratt, Lisa M. Franzi, Angela L. Linderholm, and Nicholas J. Kenyon

Arginase Expression in Airways of Mice Exposed to Ovalbumin
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 332-333 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying Wang, Kenneth B. Adler, Daniel Fertel, Hong Wei Chu, Denise M. Beaver, Anne Crews, and Monica Kraft

A Marcks-related Peptide Inhibits MUC5AC Expression in Airway Epithelial Cells Isolated from Subjects with Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 333 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer L. Ingram, David J. Slade, Tony D. Church, Denise M. Beaver, and Monica Kraft

Dexamethasone and IL-13 Modulate IL-13R2 and IL-13R1 Expression in Airway Fibroblasts in Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 333-334 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip J. Wexler, Walter L. Siqueira, Eva J. Helmerhorst, Timothy M. Blicharz, Ryan B. Hayman, Chak Chow, Frank G. Oppenheim, David R. Walt, and Frederic F. Little

Saliva Diagnostics in Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 334 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan M. Watson, Wai-Man Ngor, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Robert J. Freishtat, and Mary C. Rose

Genetic Polymorphism of the MUC7 Mucin Gene in Association With Asthma and Ethnicity
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 334-335 [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Kaminsky, Lennart K. A. Lundblad, Anne E. Dixon, Ronald Olivenstein, Sherburn E. Lang, Danielle M. Raymond, Jason H. T. Bates, Qutayba Hamid, James G. Martin, and Charles G. Irvin

Airway Closure and its Relation to Neutrophilic and Eosinophilic Inflammation in Acute Asthma
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2009 6: 335 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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