THOMAS L. PETTY
ASPEN LUNG CONFERENCE
THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LUNG:
DETECTION, PREVENTION, AND MECHANISMS OF DISEASE
June 10 - 13, 2009
Lee S. Newman, M.D., M.A., Chair
Lisa A. Maier, M.D., M.S.P.H., Co-Chair
Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Given Institute - www.giveninstitute.org
Aspen, Colorado
- Tuesday evening
- Wednesday morning
- Wednesday afternoon
- Thursday morning
- Friday morning
- Friday afternoon
- Saturday morning
- Wednesday Poster Session
- Friday Poster Session
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 -- Evening
5:00-7:00 PM Evening Registration -- Wine and Cheese Reception Given Institute
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 -- Morning
8:00-8:20 AM
Introduction/Welcome
Lee S. Newman, M.D., Chair
Lisa A. Maier, M.D., M.S.P.H., Co-Chair
Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D., Co-Chair
8:20-8:30 AM
Perspective
Thomas L. Petty, M.D.
Moderator: Paul D. Blanc, M.D., MSPH
8:30-9:15 AM
REUBEN M. CHERNIACK LECTURE
"WHEN SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES (AND LUNGS)”
John R. Balmes, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California
9:15-9:30 AM
Discussion
9:30-9:45 AM
CIGARETTE SMOKE INCREASES CERAMIDE GENERATION THROUGH NSMASE2 TO AUGMENT APOPTOSIS AND ENHANCE LUNG INJURY.
E. Khan, N. Kenyon, K., Pinkerton, T. Goldkorn*, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, CA.
9:45-10:00 AM
ADAM15 IN CIGARETTE SMOKE-INDUCED EMPHYSEMA.
S.P. Lonak*, Y. Zhuang, J.,Mollon, C.A. Owen, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
10:00-10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Moderator: W. Michael Foster, Ph.D.
10:30-11:15 AM
STATE OF THE ART
“Indoor Air Pollution and Asthma” Patrick N. Breysse, Ph.D.,C.I.H.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
11:15-11:30 AM
Discussion
11:30-11:45 AM
HOUSING AND ASTHMA: INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGIES FROM SEATTLE.
T.K. Takaro1*, J.W. Krieger, D.T. Sharify, L. Song, T. Phillips, 1Vancouver, BC; 2Seattle, WA.
11:45-12:00
THE OCCUPATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO COPD RISK IN A POPULATION-BASED STUDY.
P.D. Blanc*, M.D. Eisner, G. Earnest, L. Trupin, J.R. Balmes, E.H. Yelin, P.P. Katz, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 -- Afternoon
Moderator: Karen B. Mulloy, D.O., MSCH
1:30-2:15 PM
PARKER B. FRANCIS LECTURESHIP
"INORGANIC DUST EXPOSURE AND RESPIRATORY
DISEASE AMONG AGRICULTURAL WORKERS”
Marc B. Schenker, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
2:15-2:30 PM
Discussion
2:30-2:45 PM
CYCLIC AMP INHIBITS SWINE CONFINEMENT BARN DUST-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON IN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS.
D.J. Romberger*, A.J. Heires, T.A. Wyatt, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy Section, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Research Service, Omaha, NE.
2:45-3:00 PM
LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN (LBP) POLYMORPHISMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SERUM LEVELS OF LBP IN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.
T.D. LeVan1*, R.E. Slager3, D.J. Romberger1,2, S.G. Von Essen1, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; 2Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, NE and 3Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
3:00-3:15 PM
ENDOTOXIN EXPOSURE AND RESPIRATORY OUTCOMES AMONG DAIRY, CATTLE FEEDLOT, AND GRAIN ELEVATOR WORKERS IN COLORADO AND NEBRASKA.
S.J. Reynolds*, B. Cranmer, T. Keefe, J. Mehaffy, A. S. Martinez, M. Bradford, R. Saito, J. Tessari, Colorado State University; N. Koehncke, University of Saskatchewan; P.D., Siegel, NIOSH; J. Burch, University of S. Carolina; E. Svendson, University of S. Carolina; S. Von Essen, University of Nebraska Medical Center.
3:15-3:45 PM
Break
Moderator: Stephen J. Reynolds, Ph.D., MS, CIH
3:45-4:30 PM
STATE OF THE ART
"How Much, How Long, What and Where….Air Pollution Exposure Assessment for Epidemiologic Studies of Respiratory Disease"
Michael Brauer, Sc.D.
School of Environmental Health
University of British Columbia
4:30-4:45 PM
Discussion
4:45-5:00 PM
OF MICE AND MEN: TRANSLATIONAL STUDY OF OZONE-INDUCED CHANGES IN EPITHELIAL INTEGRITY AS MODULATED BY SURFACTANT PROTEIN A.
J.W. Hollingsworth1*, E.N. Potts1, Z. Li1, J. Stiles1, K.V. Shianna3, J.R. Wright2, W.M. Foster1, 1Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 2Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 3Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
5:00-5:15 PM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO PERSONAL EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION: A CASE-STUDY OF ASTHMATIC CHILDREN IN DENVER.
C. Adams1*, N. Rabinovitch, M. Strand, K. Marquart, P. Riggs1, J. Volckens, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.
5:15 PM
POSTER VIEWING --- SOCIAL HOUR
Thursday, June 11, 2009 -- Morning
Moderator: Lisa A. Maier, M.D., MSPH
8:00-8:45 AM
ROGER S. MITCHELL LECTURE
"GENE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
AND AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION"
Isabelle Romieu, M.D., M.P.H., ScD.
Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica
Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
8:45-9:00 AM
Discussion
9:00-9:15 AM
GENE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION INFLUENCES LUNG FUNCTION IN LABORATORY ANIMAL WORKERS.
K. Pacheco*, C. Rose, L. Silveira, K. Goelz, K. MacPhail, L. Maier, Denver, CO.
9:15-9:30 AM
TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION (TRAP) AND INCIDENT ASTHMA IN A HIGH-RISK BIRTH COHORT: INTERACTIONS WITH KEY CANDIDATE GENES.
C. Carlsten*, A. Dybuncio1, A.B. Becker, M. Chan-Yeung, M. Brauer, D. Daley, University of British Columbia, University of Manitoba, Canada.
9:30-10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Moderator: Tricia D. LeVan, Ph.D.
10:00-10:45 AM
STATE OF THE ART
"Epigenetics and Environmental Lung Disease”
David A. Schwartz, M.D., M.P.H.
National Jewish Health
10:45-11:00 AM
Discussion
11:00-11:15 AM
INTERACTION BETWEEN MATERNAL STRESS METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE
REDUCTASE (MTHFR) POLYMORPHISMS INCREASE THE RISK FOR CHILDHOOD ASTHMA.
D. Daley*, J. Park, D. Stefanowicz, B. Tripp, A. Becker, A. Kozyrskyj,
James Hogg iCAPTURE Center, UBC, Canada; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, UM, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Canada.
11:15-11:30 AM
ROLE OF NATURALLY OCCURRING CD4+FoxP3+ REGULATORY T CELLS IN CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE.
D.G. Mack*, A.M. Lanham, L.A., Maier, A.P. Fontenot, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO.
11:30-12:00 AM
GENETIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES INFLUENCE PULMONARY INFLAMMATORY
RESPONSES TO OXIDANT POLLUTANTS – INSIGHTS FROM TRANSCRIPTION PROFILING.
U.P. Kodavanti*, W.O. Ward, M.E. Schladweiler, A. Ledbetter, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US EPA, Durham, NC.
12:30 PM
Picnic at East Maroon Bells Portal
Friday, June 12, 2009 -- Morning
Moderator: Tim K. Takaro, M.D., MPH, MS
8:00-8:45 AM
STATE OF THE ART
“Environment and Immunology: Defending Self”
Andrew P. Fontenot, M.D.
University of Colorado Denver
8:45-9:00 AM
Discussion
9:00-9:15 AM
Yo T CELLS DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESS IL-17A AND IL-22 IN RESPONSE TO B. SUBTILIS.
P.L. Simonian*, W.K. Born, R.L. O’Brien, A.P. Fontenot, Department of Medicine and †Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.
9:15-9:30 AM
COMBINED ENVIRONMENTAL (EM) AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING (BM) IN WORKERS EXPOSED TO BERYLLLIUM (Be).
E. Fireman*, Y. Lerman, M. Stark, A. Pardo, Y. Schwarz1, M. VanDyke, J. Elliot, B. Quinn, L. Newman, L. Maier, The Institute of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases, National Laboratory Service for ILD, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Occupational Health Department Clalit Medical Services; Department of Epidemiology; Preventive Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Medical and Research Center; Environmental Occupational Health Department, Colorado School of Public Health and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO.
9:30-10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Moderator: Kenneth B. Adler, Ph.D.
10:00-10:45 AM
THOMAS A. NEFF LECTURE
"MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND THE MECHANISMS
OF INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS: POTENTIAL FOR
INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT"
Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
North Carolina State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Raleigh, North Carolina
10:45-11:00 AM
Discussion
11:00-11:15 AM
ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL DIFFERENTIATION DURING REPAIR INVOLVES FOXA1, WNT7A, AND TGFB.
D.R. Newman, H. Zhang, K. Bortoff., J.C. Bonner, P.L. Sannes*, Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences and Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
11:15-11:30 AM
PLATELET AND ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION FOLLOWING INHALATION OF ULTRAFINE CARBON PARTICLES IN PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES.
M.W. Frampton*, D.C. Chalupa, R.B. Devlin, L.M. Frasier, S.M. Lee, E.L. Little, G. Oberdörster, A.P. Pietropaoli, J.C. Stewart, M.J. Utell, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
11:30-11:45 AM
MECHANISMS OF OZONE-INDUCED TOXICITY IN CF AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS.
S. Ahmad1*, A. Ahmad1, T.N. Jones1, J.E. Loader1, S.D. Reynolds1, S.H. Randell2*, C.W. White1*, 1Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO; 2Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research Treatment Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.
11:45-12:00
LOW LEVEL ARSENIC ALTERS LUNG EPITHELIAL WOUND REPAIR.
S. Boitano*, R.C. Lantz, C.L. Sherwood, J.L. Burgess, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ.
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch
Friday, June 12, 2009 -- Afternoon
Moderator: Mark J. Utell, M.D.
1:30-2:15 PM
STATE OF THE ART
"Skin Exposure and Asthma: Is There a Connection?"
Carrie A. Redlich, M.D., M.P.H.
Yale University School of Medicine
2:15-2:30 PM
Discussion
2:30-2:45 PM
RUST BELT REFORMED? LOCAL STEEL MILL ACTIVITY AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) VISITS FOR ASTHMA.
J. Castro*, S. Chiang, C. Newman, R. Sharma, K. Fagan, D. Einstadter, R. Cydulka, D. Dearborn, S.B. Khatri, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
2:45-3:00 PM
DELETERIOUS AND BENEFICIAL EOSINOPHILS AFFECT LUNG FUNCTION AFTER A SINGLE EXPOSURE TO OZONE.
A.D. Fryer*, J.K. Lorton, Z. Nie, D.B. Jacoby, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR.
3:00-3:15 PM
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IRRITANT RECEPTOR TRPA1 IS ESSENTIAL FOR AIRWAY INFLAMMATION AND HYPERREACTIVITY IN ASTHMA.
A. Caceres, M. Brackmann, M.D. Elia, B.F. Bessac, D. del Camino, M. D’Amours, J.S. Witek, C.M. Fanger, J.A. Chong, N.J. Hayward, L. Cohn, X. Huang, M.M. Moran, S-E. Jordt*, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Hydra Biosciences, Inc., Cambridge, MA; Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Lung Biology Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
3:15-3:45 PM
Break
Moderator: Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D.
3:45-4:30 PM
STATE OF THE ART
“Nanoparticles as a Potential Cause of Pleural and Interstitial Lung Diseases”
James C. Bonner, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University
4:30-4:45 PM
Discussion
4:45-5:00 PM
AN IMPROVED MODEL OF PARTICULATE MATTER DEPOSITION AND TOXICOLOGY IN THE HUMAN LUNG IN VITRO.
J. Volckens*, L. Dailey, G. Walters, R.J. Devlin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
5:00-5:15 PM
DELINEATION OF THE BERYLLIUM PEPTIDE-HLA-DP2 COMPLEX.
M.T. Falta*, D.G. Mack, J.W. Kappler, A.P. Fontenot1, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, and Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Saturday, June 13, 2009 -- Morning
Moderator: Elizabeth M. Fireman, Ph.D.
8:00-8:45 AM
GILES F. FILLEY LECTURE
"EMERGING EXPOSURES AND RESPIRATORY HEALTH”
William N. Rom, M.D.,M.P.H.
Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor of Medicine
Professor of Environmental Medicine
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York New York
8:45-9:00 AM
Discussion
9:00-9:15 AM
LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF PULMONARY FUNCTION AND RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AMONG FLAVOR INDUSTRY WORKERS. S. Hines*, G. Zerbe, J. Martyny, M. VanDyke, M. Towle, D. Khadem, C. Rose, The University of Colorado Denver and National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.
9:15-9:30 AM
USING SERUM DERIVED PROTEIN BIOMARKERS FROM ASBESTOSIS PATIENTS TO PREDICT CANCER PROGRESSION.
B.C. Tooker*, R.P. Bowler, L.S. Newman, P.W. Brandt-Rauf, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, and Columbia University, New York, NY.
9:30-10:00 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO METHAMPHETAMINE: ROLE OF THE SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM IN LUNG FUNCTION.
S.M. Wells*, M.C. Buford, V.M. Porter, H.L. Brunell, M. Bunderson-Schelvan, A.B. Nevin, F. Cardozo-Pelaez, A. Holian, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupation Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Montana.
10:00-10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 AM
CONFERENCE SUMMARY
David Christiani, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Professor of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
POSTER VIEWING -- SOCIAL HOUR
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
5:00-7:00 PM - POSTERS
POSTERS
IMPACT OF GONADAL HORMONES ON SURVIVING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIA INFECTION AFTER OZONE EXPOSURE IN MICE.
F. Durrani*, D.S. Phelps, J. Weisz, J. Floros, Penn State University College of Medicine, Penn State Center for Host Defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research, Hershey, PA.
AIRBORNE ENZYME MEASUREMENTS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MOLDY BUILDINGS.
R. Rylander*, M. Reeslev, T. Hulander, BioFact Environmental Health Research Center, Lerum, Sweden, Mycometer A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, Fuktskadeteknik, Frillesås, Sweden.
FUNGI IN HOMES OF PATIENTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS.
M. Tecelj*, B. Salobir1, R. Rylander, Clinic of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia, BioFact Environmental Health Research Center, Lerum, Sweden.
POTENTIAL ROLE OF IL-17 IN DECREASING EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DEPOSITION AND SUPPRESSION OF EPITHELIAL TO MYOFIBROBLAST TRANSFORMATION.
T.J. Kottom*, F. Maldonado, A.H. Limper, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
P-GLYCOPROTEIN IN RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM CONTRIBUTES TO DRUG EFFLUX.
J.S.Cohen*, A.S. Benton, F. Nwachukwu, R.J. Freishtat, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
INNATE IMMUNE GENE DISCOVERY USING MACROPHAGE RESPONSE TO PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERNS (PAMPS).
I.V. Yang*, L.A. Warg, E.J. Davidson, S.N.P. Kelada, K. Kubalanza, F.S. Collins, D. Miller, E. Chesler, G. Churchilll, D.Aylor, F.P-M. de Villena, D.A. Schwartz, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health; Molecular Genetics Section, Genome Technology Branch, NHGRI, NIH; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; The Jackson Laboratory; Department of Genetics, UNC-Chapel Hill
EGF RECEPTOR EXPOSED TO CIGARETTE SMOKE UNDERGOES ABERRANT ACTIVATION AND TRAFFICKING.
E. Khan, T. Goldkorn*, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, CA.
OMALIZUMAB (XOLAIR) MAY NORMALIZE IGE PRODUCTION RATES IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE-TO-SEVERE ATOPIC ASTHMA.
M. Massanari*, P.J. Lowe, S. Tannenbaum, A. Gautier, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Inc., East Hanover, NJ; Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
CELLULAR AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN BRONCHO- ALVEOLAR LAVAGE OF RATS EXPOSED TO LIBBY AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS.
D.J. Padilla-Carlin*, M.C.J. Schladweiler, U. P. Kodavanti, J.H. Shannahan, J.H. Richards, R.H. Jaskot, S.H. Gavett, Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina-School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC; Pulmonary Toxicology Branch, ETD, NHEERL, ORD, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.
DIESEL FUEL CATALYST CERIUM OXIDE-INDUCED PULMONARY FIBROSIS.
J.Y. Ma*, R. Mercer, M. Rao, M. Barger, T. Meighan, V. Castranova, J.K. Ma, HELD, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV; School of Pharmacy, WVU, Morgantown, WV.
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SAHARAN DUST EPISODES AND VISITS TO EMERGENCY ROOMS IN PUERTO RICO.
Z.N. Pietri*, C.M. Nazario, R. Armstrong, Y. Detrés, Á.R. Franco, R. Rios, E. Suárez, M. Vernon, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR; Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR.
STRAIN-DEPENDENT DISSOCIATION OF AIRWAY HYPER-RESPONSIVENESS FROM INFLAMMATION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF ASTHMA.
S.N.P. Kelada*, K. Kubalanza, G. Whitehead, D.A. Schwartz, F.S. Collins, Molecular Genetics Section, Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH; Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH; National Jewish Health.
GENDER INFLUENCES SENSITIVITY TO SILICA-INDUCED PULMONARY INFLAMMATION IN MICE.
M. Dunkel, G. Striseck, S. Reilly, T.D. Oury, C.L. Fattman*, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
TASK-SPECIFIC AIRBORNE MOUSE ALLERGEN AND ENDOTOXIN EXPOSURES IN ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES.
M. Van Dyke, K. Pacheco, K. Goelz, P. Thorne, N. Metwali, A. Ridder, C. Rose*, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.
OZONE EXACERBATES ACETAMINOPHEN-INDUCED LUNG AND LIVER INJURY IN MICE.
D. Ibrahim Aibo*, N. Birmingham, J. Maddox, R. Roth, P. Ganey, J. Wagner, J. Harkema, Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
INTER-a-TRYPSIN INHIBITOR PROMOTES EPITHELIAL RECOVERY AFTER INJURY THROUGH VITRONECTIN BINDING.
J. Adair, V. Stober, M. Sobhany, L. Zhuo, J. Roberts, M. Negishi, K. Kimata, S. Garantziotis*, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC; Research Complex for Medicine Frontiers, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
THE HUMAN LUNG MICROBIOME.
J.K. Harris*, E.T. Zemanick, S.D. Sagel, B.D. Wagner, F.J. Accurso, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO.
OTITIS, RHINITIS AND ATOPY IN RELATION TO DOMESTIC EXPOSURE TO ENDOTOXIN AND ß-GLUCAN EXPOSURE.
A.W.L. Yan, L.L.H. Yee, R. Rylander*, Department of Otolaryngology, National University of Singapore; BioFact Environmental Health Research Center, Lerum, Sweden.
EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE (ETS) EXPOSURE ON NPY AND NEUROTROPHINS IN AIRWAY OF EARLY POSTNATAL MICE.
Z.X Wu*, D.D. Hunter, K.M. Benders, R.D. Dey, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
DEFENDING SELF: PROTECTIVE ROLE OF T LYMPHOCYTES AGAINST ANGIOGENIC POTENTIAL OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS.
L. Taraseviciene-Stewart*, L. Slepikas, E. Gerasimovskaya$. University of Colorado Denver, Department of Medicine and $Pediatrics, Aurora, CO.
IL-13 ACTIVATES LUNG DENDRITIC CELLS.
E. Daley, K. Robinson, G. Grunig*, J.P. Mara Center for Lung Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY.
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