Travel Awards have been provided by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Tatsiana Palvinskaya, MD
University of Vermont, Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care
Abstract Title: Low Density Lipoprotein Activate Neutrophils
Rafael Firszt, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Abstract Title: MMP-2 Inhibition Attenuates IL-13 Induced Collagen Type-1 Expression In Human Airway Fibroblasts In Asthma
Travel Awards have been provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Dhananjay Desai, MBBS, MRCP
Glenfield Hospital
Abstract Title: Cytokine Profiling In Severe Asthma Subphenotypes Using Factor And Cluster Analysis
Jianmin Xue, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Title: Decreased Survival Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients With Heat Shock Protein 70 Autoreactivity
Travel Awards have been provided by Merck member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Farida Ahangari, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract Title: Chitotriosidase (Chitinase 1) Plays An Essential Role In IL-13-Induced Inflammation, Fibrosis And Alternative (M2) Macrophage Activation
Bettina Levänen, BSc
Karolinska Institutet
Abstract Title: Differences In Exosomal Micrornas In Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid From Asthmatics And Healthy Individuals
The Travel Award has been provided by nSpire Health, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Jennifer K. Clune, MD
Vanderbilt University
Abstract Title: Microparticles Isolated From ARDS Patients Have Proinflammatory And Procoagulant Effects On The Alveolar Epithelium
Travel Awards have been provided by Pearl Therapeutics member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Paul Cardenas, MD, MSc, DIC
Imperial College
Abstract Title: Upper Airways Bacterial Microbiota Profiling In A Case/Control Study Of Early Onset Wheezing Infants And Healthy Controls From The Tropics Of Ecuador
Johnson Thomas, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract Title: Anthrax Lethal Toxin Activates A Novel ATP-P2X7 Independent K+ Efflux Signaling Pathway To Induce IL-1ß Secretion In Macrophages
Travel Awards have been provided by Pfizer, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Jing Liu, BA
Stanford University
Abstract Title: Diesel Exhaust Particles Induce Conversion Of CD4+CD25HICD127LO Regulatory T Cells To CD4+CD25NEG Effector T Cells
Leslie Cachola, BA
Stanford University
Abstract Title: Epigenetic Changes In The FOXP3 And Other Key Gene Locii For Treg Development And Function In Twins Due To Environmental Exposure
The Travel Award has been provided by ResMed member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Suphagaphan Ratanamaneechat, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Abstract Title: Imaging Inflammation With 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT/CT In Asthma
Travel Awards have been provided by United Therapeutics Corporation member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Gayathriy Balamayooran, DVM
Louisiana State University
Abstract Title: Novel Role Of CXCL5 In Regulating Macrophage-Mediated Lung Inflammation Following Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Mohammed Al-Hijj, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Abstract Title: Smoking-Related Up-Regulation Of OSGIN1 In The Human Airway Epithelial Cells
The Travel Award has been provided by ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research.
Indra Adrianto, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Abstract Title: A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Candidate Loci Associated With Sarcoidosis In European Americans
