MEET AND GREET

Dijkstra D, Meyer-Bahlburg A. Human Basophils Modulate Plasma Cell Differentiation and Maturation. J Immunol 2016 10.4049/jimmunol.1601144.

Wilson SJ, Ward JA, Sousa AR, Corfield J, Bansal AT, De Meulder B, Lefaudeux D, Auffray C, Loza MJ, Baribaud F, Fitch N, Sterk PJ, Chung KF, Gibeon D, Sun K, Guo YK, Adcock I, Djukanovic R, Dahlen B, Chanez P, Shaw D, Krug N, Hohlfeld J, Sandstrom T, Howarth PH. Severe asthma exists despite suppressed tissue inflammation: findings of the U-BIOPRED study. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1307-1319 doi:  10.1183/13993003.01129-2016.

Kling KM, Lopez-Rodriguez E, Pfarrer C, Muhlfeld C, Brandenberger C. Aging exacerbates acute lung injury induced changes of the air-blood barrier, lung function and inflammation in the mouse. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2016: ajplung.00347.02016 doi:  10.1152/ajplung.00347.2016.

Konstantinides SV, Barco S, Rosenkranz S, Lankeit M, Held M, Gerhardt F, Bruch L, Ewert R, Faehling M, Freise J, Ghofrani HA, Grunig E, Halank M, Heydenreich N, Hoeper MM, Leuchte HH, Mayer E, Meyer FJ, Neurohr C, Opitz C, Pinto A, Seyfarth HJ, Wachter R, Zapf B, Wilkens H, Binder H, Wild PS. Late outcomes after acute pulmonary embolism: rationale and design of FOCUS, a prospective observational multicenter cohort study. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2016; 42: 600-609 doi:  10.1007/s11239-016-1415-7.

Serpa Neto A, Schmidt M, Azevedo LC, Bein T, Brochard L, Beutel G, Combes A, Costa EL, Hodgson C, Lindskov C, Lubnow M, Lueck C, Michaels AJ, Paiva JA, Park M, Pesenti A, Pham T, Quintel M, Marco Ranieri V, Ried M, Roncon-Albuquerque R, Jr., Slutsky AS, Takeda S, Terragni PP, Vejen M, Weber-Carstens S, Welte T, Gama de Abreu M, Pelosi P, Schultz MJ. Associations between ventilator settings during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory hypoxemia and outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a pooled individual patient data analysis : Mechanical ventilation during ECMO. Intensive Care Med 2016; 42: 1672-1684 doi:  10.1007/s00134-016-4507-0.

Awah CU, Tamm S, Hedtfeld S, Steinemann D, Tummler B, Tsiavaliaris G, Stanke F. Mechanism of allele specific assembly and disruption of master regulator transcription factor complexes of NF-KBp50, NF-KBp65 and HIF1a on a non-coding FAS SNP. Biochim Biophys Acta 2016; 1859: 1411-1428 doi:  10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.09.002.

Fischer S, Greipel L, Klockgether J, Dorda M, Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Tummler B. Multilocus amplicon sequencing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis airways isolates collected prior to and after early antipseudomonal chemotherapy. J Cyst Fibros 2016 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.10.013.

Okon E, Dethlefsen S, Pelnikevich A, Barneveld AV, Munder A, Tummler B. Key role of an ADP - ribose - dependent transcriptional regulator of NAD metabolism for fitness and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Int J Med Microbiol 2016 10.1016/j.ijmm.2016.09.007.

Ziesing S, Suerbaum S, Sedlacek L. Fungal epidemiology and diversity in cystic fibrosis patients over a 5-year period in a national reference center. Med Mycol 2016; 54: 781-786 doi:  10.1093/mmy/myw035.

Espantoso-Romero M, Roman Rodriguez M, Duarte-Perez A, Gonzalvez-Rey J, Callejas-Cabanillas PA, Lazic DK, Anta-Agudo B, Toran Monserrat P, Magallon-Botaya R, Gerasimovska Kitanovska B, Lingner H, Assenova RS, Iftode C, Gude-Sampedro F, Claveria A. External validation of multidimensional prognostic indices (ADO, BODEx and DOSE) in a primary care international cohort (PROEPOC/COPD cohort). BMC Pulm Med 2016; 16: 143 doi:  10.1186/s12890-016-0305-2.

Ferrarotti I, Corsico AG, Stolk J, Ottaviani S, Fumagalli M, Janciauskiene S, Iadarola P. Advances in Identifying Urine/Serum Biomarkers in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency for More Personalized Future Treatment Strategies. Copd 2016: 1-10 doi:  10.1080/15412555.2016.1241760.

Welte T, Nitschmann S. [Cardiovascular outcome in patients with COPD : Study to Understand Mortality and Morbidity (SUMMIT)]. Internist (Berl) 2016; 57: 1139-1141 doi:  10.1007/s00108-016-0139-2.

Schnerch J, Prasse A, Vlachakis D, Schuchardt KL, Pechkovsky DV, Goldmann T, Gaede KI, Muller-Quernheim J, Zissel G. Functional Toll-Like Receptor 9 Expression and CXCR3 Ligand Release in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2016; 55: 749-757 doi:  10.1165/rcmb.2015-0278OC.

Beckmann E, Ismail I, Cebotari S, Busse A, Martens A, Shrestha M, Kuhn C, Haverich A, Fegbeutel C. Right-Sided Heart Failure and Extracorporeal Life Support in Patients Undergoing Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: A Risk Factor Analysis for Adverse Outcome. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016 10.1055/s-0036-1593817.

Haverich A. [Weaknesses of studies in surgery must not be overlooked]. Chirurg 2016; 87: 978-979 doi:  10.1007/s00104-016-0305-z.

Kuehnel M, Maegel L, Vogel-Claussen J, Robertus JL, Jonigk D. Airway remodelling in the transplanted lung. Cell Tissue Res 2016 10.1007/s00441-016-2529-0.

Reiss N, Schmidt T, Workowski A, Willemsen D, Schmitto JD, Haverich A, Bjarnason-Wehrens B. Physical capacity in LVAD patients: hemodynamic principles, diagnostic tools and training control. Int J Artif Organs 2016; 39: 451-459 doi:  10.5301/ijao.5000529.

Ruttens D, Verleden SE, Bijnens EM, Winckelmans E, Gottlieb J, Warnecke G, Meloni F, Morosini M, Van Der Bij W, Verschuuren EA, Sommerwerck U, Weinreich G, Kamler M, Roman A, Gomez-Olles S, Berastegui C, Benden C, Holm AM, Iversen M, Schultz HH, Luijk B, Oudijk EJ, Kwakkel-van Erp JM, Jaksch P, Klepetko W, Kneidinger N, Neurohr C, Corris P, Fisher AJ, Lordan J, Meachery G, Piloni D, Vandermeulen E, Bellon H, Hoffmann B, Vienneau D, Hoek G, de Hoogh K, Nemery B, Verleden GM, Vos R, Nawrot TS, Vanaudenaerde BM. An association of particulate air pollution and traffic exposure with mortality after lung transplantation in Europe. Eur Respir J 2016 10.1183/13993003.00484-2016.

Siemeni T, Knofel AK, Madrahimov N, Sommer W, Avsar M, Salman J, Ius F, Frank N, Buchler G, Jonigk D, Jansson K, Maus U, Tudorache I, Falk CS, Haverich A, Warnecke G. In Vivo Development of Transplant Arteriosclerosis in Humanized Mice Reflects Alloantigen Recognition and Peripheral Treg Phenotype of Lung Transplant Recipients. Am J Transplant 2016; 16: 3150-3162 doi:  10.1111/ajt.13905.

Strueber M, Warnecke G, Fuge J, Simon AR, Zhang R, Welte T, Haverich A, Gottlieb J. Everolimus Versus Mycophenolate Mofetil De Novo After Lung Transplantation: A Prospective, Randomized, Open-Label Trial. Am J Transplant 2016; 16: 3171-3180 doi:  10.1111/ajt.13835.

Suhling H, Dettmer S, Greer M, Fuehner T, Avsar M, Haverich A, Welte T, Gottlieb J. Phenotyping Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Using Body Plethysmography and Computed Tomography. Am J Transplant 2016; 16: 3163-3170 doi:  10.1111/ajt.13876.

Tongers J, Sieweke JT, Napp LC, Zauner F, Berliner D, Kuhn C, Haverich A, Bauersachs J, Schafer A. TCT-22 Dual Mechanical Support Combining Impella Microaxial Pump and Veno-arterial ECMO Rescues High-risk Patients in Refractory Cardiogenic Shock. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016; 68: B9-b10 doi:  10.1016/j.jacc.2016.09.898.

Serpa Neto A, Schmidt M, Azevedo LC, Bein T, Brochard L, Beutel G, Combes A, Costa EL, Hodgson C, Lindskov C, Lubnow M, Lueck C, Michaels AJ, Paiva JA, Park M, Pesenti A, Pham T, Quintel M, Marco Ranieri V, Ried M, Roncon-Albuquerque R, Jr., Slutsky AS, Takeda S, Terragni PP, Vejen M, Weber-Carstens S, Welte T, Gama de Abreu M, Pelosi P, Schultz MJ. Associations between ventilator settings during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory hypoxemia and outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a pooled individual patient data analysis : Mechanical ventilation during ECMO. Intensive Care Med 2016; 42: 1672-1684 doi:  10.1007/s00134-016-4507-0.

Hoeper MM, Klinger JR, Benza RL, Simonneau G, Langleben D, Naeije R, Corris PA. Rationale and study design of RESPITE: An open-label, phase 3b study of riociguat in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension who demonstrate an insufficient response to treatment with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. Respir Med 2016 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.11.001.

Hoeper MM, McLaughlin VV, Barbera JA, Frost AE, Ghofrani HA, Peacock AJ, Simonneau G, Rosenkranz S, Oudiz RJ, White RJ, Miller KL, Langley J, Harris JH, Blair C, Rubin LJ, Vachiery JL. Initial combination therapy with ambrisentan and tadalafil and mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a secondary analysis of the results from the randomised, controlled AMBITION study. Lancet Respir Med 2016; 4: 894-901 doi:  10.1016/s2213-2600(16)30307-1.

Nathan SD, Behr J, Cottin V, Collard HR, Hoeper MM, Martinez FJ, Wells AU. Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia-associated pulmonary hypertension: A target for therapy? Respir Med 2016 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.11.003.

Opitz C, Rosenkranz S, Ghofrani HA, Grunig E, Klose H, Olschewski H, Hoeper M. [ESC guidelines 2015 pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and treatment]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2016; 141: 1764-1769 doi:  10.1055/s-0042-117784.

Rosenkranz S, Ghofrani HA, Grunig E, Klose H, Olschewski H, Opitz C, Hoeper M. [Pulmonary Hypertension: Cologne Consensus Conference 2016]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2016; 141: 1778-1782 doi:  10.1055/s-0042-117785.

Voskrebenzev A, Gutberlet M, Becker L, Wacker F, Vogel-Claussen J. Reproducibility of fractional ventilation derived by Fourier decomposition after adjusting for tidal volume with and without an MRI compatible spirometer. Magn Reson Med 2016; 76: 1542-1550 doi:  10.1002/mrm.26047.

Voskrebenzev A, Gutberlet M, Kaireit TF, Wacker F, Vogel-Claussen J. Low-pass imaging of dynamic acquisitions (LIDA) with a group-oriented registration (GOREG) for proton MR imaging of lung ventilation. Magn Reson Med 2016 10.1002/mrm.26526.

Hinrichs JB, Renne J, Hoeper MM, Olsson KM, Wacker FK, Meyer BC. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty: applicability of C-Arm CT for procedure guidance. Eur Radiol 2016; 26: 4064-4071 doi:  10.1007/s00330-016-4280-z.