eALTA Award Recipients
Award Recipients 2010

  Adriana Ordóñez González

Department of Medicine,
University of Cambridge,
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research,
Wellcome Trust/ MRC Building
CB2 2XY Cambridge, UK


Defining the effect of small molecules that block the polymerisation of Z alpha-1 antitrypsin


  Sandra Pelz

Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
1st Dept. of Internal Medicine
Center of Applied Medical and Human Biological Research
Molecular Hepatology
Heinrich-Damerow-Straße 1
06097 Halle/Saale, Germany


Therapeutic potential of adult stem cell-derived hepatocytes in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency


Award Recipients 2009

  Devipriya Subramaniyam

Medical School Hannover
Pneumology Department
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
30625 Hannover
Germany


Anti-inflammatory role of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin – insights on the mechanisms involved


  David A. Bergin

Respiratory Research Division
Department of Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Education and Research Centre
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin 9
Ireland


Coupling endoplasmic reticulum stress to neutrophil dysfunction in Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency


Award Recipients 2008

  Laura Pini, MD, PhD

Medicina Interna I e Clinica Medica
Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1
25125 Brescia
Italy


Role of Alpha1-Z-AT polymers in the lung


  Andreas Hector, MD

Research Center Kubus
Children’s Hospital of the University of Munich
Pediatric Pneumology
Lindwurmstr. 2a
80337 Munich
Germany


Role of Bronchial Epithelial Cells in Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency


Award Recipients 2007

  Karin F. Kok, MD

University Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Nijmegen, The Netherlands


Heterozygosity for Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: underestimated in chronic liver disease?


  Tomás Patrick Carroll, PhD

Respiratory Research Division –
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Education and Research Centre
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin, Ireland


Immune cell function in Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency


Award Recipients 2006

  Andreas Rembert Koczulla, MD

University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg
Department for Internal Medicine,
Division for Pulmonology Diseases
35043 Marburg, Germany


Quantification of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin (AAT) in exhaled breath condensate of patients with Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, smokers and COPD patients


  Ilaria Ferrarotti, Bi.Sci., PhD

Clinica di Malattie Apparato Respiratorio
IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
27100 Pavia, Italy


New confidence intervals for AAT plasma levels by identification of SERPINA1 gene recurrent haplotypes


Award Recipients 2005

  Meera Mallya, PhD

Department of Medicine,
University of Cambridge,
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research,
Wellcome Trust/ MRC Building
CB2 2XY Cambridge, UK


Development of small molecule inhibitors to block the polymerisation of Z Alpha-1-Antitrypsin


  Sabina Marija Janciauskiene, PhD

Lund University
Department of Clinical Science
20502 Malmö, Sweden


New anti-inflammatory activities of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin and their role in COPD


Award Recipients 2004

  Robert Bals, MD, PhD

University Clinic Marburg
Internal Medicine
35043 Marburg, Germany


Chaperone based therapy of alpha-1-antitrypsin-deficiency in a smoke-induced murine model of emphysema


  Oliver Senn, MD
University Hospital of Zurich
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and Pathology
8006 Zurich, Switzerland
Association between Plasma Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Concentration and 11-Year Course of Lung Function among Adult Smokers in the SAPALDIA Cohort





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