MEET AND GREET

Albrecht C, Ringshausen F, Ott S, Wagner D, Rademacher J, Schneider M, Welte T, Pletz MW. Should all adult cystic fibrosis patients with repeated nontuberculous mycobacteria cultures receive specific treatment? A 10-year case-control study. Eur Respir J 2016; 47: 1575-1577 doi:  10.1183/13993003.01239-2015.

Avsar M, Jansson K, Sommer W, Kruse B, Thissen S, Dreckmann K, Knoefel AK, Salman J, Hafer C, Hecker J, Buechler G, Karstens JH, Jonigk D, Langer F, Kaever V, Falk CS, Hewicker-Trautwein M, Ungefroren H, Haverich A, Struber M, Warnecke G. Augmentation of Transient Donor Cell Chimerism and Alloantigen-Specific Regulation of Lung Transplants in Miniature Swine. Am J Transplant 2016; 16: 1371-1382 doi:  10.1111/ajt.13629.

Behrsing H, Raabe H, Manuppello J, Bombick B, Curren R, Sullivan K, Sethi S, Phipps R, Tesfaigzi Y, Yan S, D'Ruiz C, Tarran R, Constant S, Phillips G, Gaca M, Hayden P, Cao X, Mathis C, Hoeng J, Braun A, Hill E. Assessment of in vitro COPD models for tobacco regulatory science: Workshop proceedings, conclusions and paths forward for in vitro model use. Altern Lab Anim 2016; 44: 129-166 doi.

Calverley PM, Konen-Bergmann M, Richard F, Bell S, Hohlfeld JM. Tiotropium Respimat((R)) Versus HandiHaler((R)): Comparison of Bronchodilator Efficacy of Various Doses in Clinical Trials. Adv Ther 2016; 33: 786-793 doi:  10.1007/s12325-016-0322-9.

Forstner C, Rohde G, Rupp J, Schuette H, Ott SR, Hagel S, Harrison N, Thalhammer F, von Baum H, Suttorp N, Welte T, Pletz MW. Community-acquired Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia--New insights from the CAPNETZ study. J Infect 2016; 72: 554-563 doi:  10.1016/j.jinf.2016.02.010.

Hadem J, Gottlieb J, Seifert D, Fegbeutel C, Sommer W, Greer M, Wiesner O, Kielstein JT, Schneider AS, Ius F, Fuge J, Kuhn C, Tudorache I, Haverich A, Welte T, Warnecke G, Hoeper MM. Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation After Lung Transplantation-A Single-Center Study. Am J Transplant 2016; 16: 1579-1587 doi:  10.1111/ajt.13632.

Hansmann G, Apitz C, Abdul-Khaliq H, Alastalo TP, Beerbaum P, Bonnet D, Dubowy KO, Gorenflo M, Hager A, Hilgendorff A, Kaestner M, Koestenberger M, Koskenvuo JW, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Kuehne T, Lammers AE, Latus H, Michel-Behnke I, Miera O, Moledina S, Muthurangu V, Pattathu J, Schranz D, Warnecke G, Zartner P. Executive summary. Expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of paediatric pulmonary hypertension. The European Paediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network, endorsed by ISHLT and DGPK. Heart 2016; 102 Suppl 2: ii86-100 doi:  10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309132.

Kaestner M, Schranz D, Warnecke G, Apitz C, Hansmann G, Miera O. Pulmonary hypertension in the intensive care unit. Expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of paediatric pulmonary hypertension. The European Paediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network, endorsed by ISHLT and DGPK. Heart 2016; 102 Suppl 2: ii57-66 doi:  10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307774.

Karch A, Vogelmeier C, Welte T, Bals R, Kauczor HU, Biederer J, Heinrich J, Schulz H, Glaser S, Holle R, Watz H, Korn S, Adaskina N, Biertz F, Vogel C, Vestbo J, Wouters EF, Rabe KF, Sohler S, Koch A, Jorres RA. The German COPD cohort COSYCONET: Aims, methods and descriptive analysis of the study population at baseline. Respir Med 2016; 114: 27-37 doi:  10.1016/j.rmed.2016.03.008.

Peuker K, Muff S, Wang J, Kunzel S, Bosse E, Zeissig Y, Luzzi G, Basic M, Strigli A, Ulbricht A, Kaser A, Arlt A, Chavakis T, van den Brink GR, Schafmayer C, Egberts JH, Becker T, Bianchi ME, Bleich A, Rocken C, Hampe J, Schreiber S, Baines JF, Blumberg RS, Zeissig S. Epithelial calcineurin controls microbiota-dependent intestinal tumor development. Nat Med 2016; 22: 506-515 doi:  10.1038/nm.4072.

Rojas SV, Hanke JS, Haverich A, Schmitto JD. Chronic ventricular assist device support: surgical innovation. Curr Opin Cardiol 2016; 31: 308-312 doi:  10.1097/hco.0000000000000290.

Simonneau G, D'Armini AM, Ghofrani HA, Grimminger F, Jansa P, Kim NH, Mayer E, Pulido T, Wang C, Colorado P, Fritsch A, Meier C, Nikkho S, Hoeper MM. Predictors of long-term outcomes in patients treated with riociguat for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: data from the CHEST-2 open-label, randomised, long-term extension trial. Lancet Respir Med 2016; 4: 372-380 doi:  10.1016/s2213-2600(16)30022-4.

Steffen V, Marsch G, Burgwitz K, Kuehn C, Teebken OE. Resistance to infection of long-term cryopreserved human aortic valve allografts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 151: 1251-1259 doi:  10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.029.

Tran DD, Koch A, Saran S, Armbrecht M, Ewald F, Koch M, Wahlicht T, Wirth D, Braun A, Nashan B, Gaestel M, Tamura T. Extracellular-signal regulated kinase (Erk1/2), mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) and tristetraprolin (TTP) comprehensively regulate injury-induced immediate early gene (IEG) response in in vitro liver organ culture. Cell Signal 2016; 28: 438-447 doi:  10.1016/j.cellsig.2016.02.007.

Tummler B. [Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis with CFTR Modulators]. Pneumologie 2016; 70: 301-313 doi:  10.1055/s-0042-100607.

Vincent JL, Bassetti M, Francois B, Karam G, Chastre J, Torres A, Roberts JA, Taccone FS, Rello J, Calandra T, De Backer D, Welte T, Antonelli M. Advances in antibiotic therapy in the critically ill. Crit Care 2016; 20: 133 doi:  10.1186/s13054-016-1285-6.

Weber S, Haverich A. [Pioneering surgical innovations in Germany : Part 2: public funding and origins of surgical innovations]. Chirurg 2016; 87: 433-437 doi:  10.1007/s00104-016-0179-0.

Weber S, Haverich A. [Pioneering surgical innovations in Germany : Part 1: generation of medical evidence]. Chirurg 2016; 87: 423-432 doi:  10.1007/s00104-016-0178-1.

Welte T. [Severe pneumonia in the intensive care unit]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2016; 111: 279-289 doi:  10.1007/s00063-016-0165-9.

Aggarwal N, Koepke J, Matamala N, Martinez-Delgado B, Martinez MT, Golpon H, Stolk J, Janciauskiene S, Koczulla R. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Regulates Transcriptional Levels of Serine Proteases in Blood Mononuclear Cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2016; 193: 1065-1067 doi:  10.1164/rccm.201510-2062LE.

Ishii A, Ariyasu K, Mitsuhashi T, Heinemann D, Heisterkamp A, Terakawa M. Biodegradable microsphere-mediated cell perforation in microfluidic channel using femtosecond laser. J Biomed Opt 2016; 21: 55001 doi:  10.1117/1.jbo.21.5.055001.

Hoeper MM. Residual Pulmonary Hypertension After Pulmonary Endarterectomy: The Fog Is Clearing. Circulation 2016; 133: 1731-1733 doi:  10.1161/circulationaha.116.022595.

Vachiery JL, Hoeper MM, Peacock AJ, Sitbon O, Cheli M, Church C, Olsson KM, Palazzini M, Waterhouse B, Langley J, Galie N. Ambrisentan use for pulmonary arterial hypertension in a post-authorization drug registry: The VOLibris Tracking Study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2016 10.1016/j.healun.2016.04.013.

Thorn S, Gopalasingam N, Bendtsen TF, Knudsen L, Sloth E. A technique for ultrasound-guided blood sampling from a dry and gel-free puncture area. J Vasc Access 2016; 17: 265-268 doi:  10.5301/jva.5000540.

Beier R, Sykora KW, Woessmann W, Maecker-Kolhoff B, Sauer M, Kreipe HH, Dork-Bousset T, Kratz C, Lauten M. Allogeneic-matched sibling stem cell transplantation in a 13-year-old boy with ataxia telangiectasia and EBV-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant 2016 10.1038/bmt.2016.93.

Gupta SK, Itagaki R, Zheng X, Batkai S, Thum S, Ahmad F, Van Aelst LN, Sharma A, Piccoli MT, Weinberger F, Fiedler J, Heuser M, Heymans S, Falk CS, Forster R, Schrepfer S, Thum T. miR-21 promotes fibrosis in an acute cardiac allograft transplantation model. Cardiovasc Res 2016; 110: 215-226 doi:  10.1093/cvr/cvw030.

Gren ST, Janciauskiene S, Sandeep S, Jonigk D, Kvist PH, Gerwien JG, Hakansson K, Grip O. The protease inhibitor cystatin C down-regulates the release of IL-beta and TNF-alpha in lipopolysaccharide activated monocytes. J Leukoc Biol 2016 10.1189/jlb.5A0415-174R.

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 10.1111/ajt.13876.

Martens A, Beckmann E, Kaufeld T, Umminger J, Fleissner F, Koigeldiyev N, Krueger H, Puntigam J, Haverich A, Shrestha M. Total aortic arch repair: risk factor analysis and follow-up in 199 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2016 10.1093/ejcts/ezw158.