POSTER SESSION V Wednesday, March 2, 2005   —  9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B PULMONARY PATHOLOGY 188 Ki-67 Expression Differs between Chronic Airway Rejection and Lymphocytic Airway Inflammation in Lung Transplant Biopsies (1431) AH Cermik, AC Laga, DS Zander, R Barrios, TC Allen, A Haque, A Sienko, R Bag, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; UTHSC-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; UTHC-Tyler, Tyler, TX 189 Immunostaining for RSV Antigen in BAL Cell Blocks: A Sensitive Method for Diagnosis of Significant RSV Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients (1459) AF Liang, AP Milstone, JE Johnson - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 190 The Utility of C4d as a Diagnostic Adjunct in Collagen Vascular Disease Associated Pulmonary Fibrosis (1482) L Tsao, D Kass, AC Borczuk - Columbia University, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY 191 Recurrent Sarcoidosis in Lung Transplant Allograft- Are Granulomas of Recipient Origin? (1450) DN Ionescu, JL Hunt, D Lomago, SA Yousem - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 192 Chest Radiograph Stage, Racial and Gender Differences in Granuloma Burden and Distribution in Sarcoidosis (1481) CH Stone, RR Burke, DS Schultz, J McCann, MC Iannuzzi - Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 193 Gene Expression Analysis in Sarcoidosis – Pro-Survival and Anti-Apoptotic Signaling (1468) S Petzmann, C Maercker, E Markert, R Thonhofer, I Kern, K Osolnik, W Pohl, HH Popper - Institute of Pathology, Medical University, Graz, Styria, Austria; German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; University Clinic for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia; Pulmonary Hospital, Grimmenstein, Lower Austria, Austria 194 D2-40 Is Expressed on the Luminal Surface of Pulmonary Airspaces in Normal Developing and Adult Lung but Is Lost in Conditions Associated with Intra-Alveolar Infiltrates (1474) CG Sherman, HJ Kahn, A Marks, P Jani - Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 195 Roles of Wnt/ß-Catenin Pathway Signaling and TGF-beta 1 in Repair and Remodeling of the Lung after Acute Lung Injury (1463) O Matsubara, N Imazeki, Y Nakatani, EJ Mark - National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan; Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 196 CXCR3/CXCL10 Interactions in the Development of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (1430) F Calabrese, C Agostini, V Poletti, F Rea, M Facco, M Miorin, A Cabrelle, R Zambello, L Trentin, G Semenzato, M Valente - University of Padova, Padova, Italy; ForlX Hospital, ForlX, Italy; 197 Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Airway Epithelial Cells Adjacent to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC) Versus in Pulmonary Emphysema without NSCLC (1456) KY Kwon, DS Zander, DE Killen, N Singhal, A Sienko, R Barrios, A Haque, PT Cagle - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; UTHSC-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 198 Epithelial Apoptosis/Proliferation Imbalance in End-Stage Emphysema (1429) F Calabrese, C Giacometti, B BeghP, F Rea, M Loy, R Zuin, G Marulli, S Baraldo, M Saetta, M Valente - University of Padova, Padova, Italy 199 p63 Expression in Tumors of the Mediastinum: Practical Applications and Review of the Literature (1428) TD Bourne, MR Wick - University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 200 Percutaneous Fine Needle Aspiration and Concurrent Core Needle Biopsy of Pulmonary Lesions: A Retrospective Comparison of 362 Patients (1440) Y Gong, N Sneige, ME Hicks, CA Moran - UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 201 Interdigitating and Follicular Reticulum Cell Sarcomas Arising in the Lung and Comparison to Those in Other Sites - A Histological and Immunohistochemical Comparison (1443) U Gruber, KO Leslie, C Beham-Schmid, HH Popper - Teaching Hospital of Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria; Mayo Clinics, Scottsdale, AZ; Medical University, Graz, Styria, Austria 202 Comparative Telomere Analysis of Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma and Uterine Leiomyoma (1465) V Papavero, KT Patton, L Chiang, P Kashireddy, LK Diaz, A Yeldandi, P Hui, XJ Yang - Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN; Yale University School of Medical, New Haven, CT 203 Comparative Immunohistochemical Analysis of Mucoepidermoid and Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas of Pulmonary and Salivary Gland Origin (1475) K Shilo, J Fukuoka, RD Foss, TJ Franks, WD Travis - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 204 Molecular and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Nm-23 and Kai-1 Tumor Metastasis Suppressor Genes in Adenocarcinoma of the Lung (1433) S Dacic, J Murphy, JL Hunt - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 205 New Lung Carcinoma Antibody ES1: An Immunohistochemical Study of the Sensitivity and Specificity (1462) KT Mai, GP Perkins, J Zhang, R MacKenzie - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada 206 Microsatellite Instability, Proliferation and Apoptosis in Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma of the Lung (1434) S Dacic, D Lomago, JL Hunt, A Sepulveda, SA Yousem - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 207 Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1 Expression in 351 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: A Tissue Microarray and Immunohistochemical Assessment of Its Relationship to Patient Survival (1495) DS Zander, C Hannah, N Singhal, J Liu, R Barrios, A Sienko, PT Cagle - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 208 Androgen Receptor Expression Correlates with Improved Survival in Early Stage Squamous Cell Lung Carcinomas: A High-Throughput Tissue Microarray Study (1422) TC Allen, DS Zander, A Sienko, N Singhal, DE Killen, A Haque, PT Cagle - University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX; University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 209 Prognostic Significance of Combined Use of Ki-67 and Angiogenesis (CD-105) in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (1426) FI Aranda, C Alenda, M Niveiro, FM Peiró, G Peiró, M Planelles, S Romero - Hospital General Universitario, Alicante, Spain; Spain 210 Glutathione (GSH2) Expression in 201 Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC): Correlation with Survival (1441) LA Granville, N Singhal, DS Zander, A Haque, R Barrios, PT Cagle - U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX; The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 211 Glutathione-S-Transferase pi (GST-pi) Expression Correlates with Survival in Stage 1 and 2 Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma (1442) LA Granville, N Singhal, DS Zander, A Haque, R Barrios, PT Cagle - U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX; The Methodist Hospitial, Houston, TX 212 Molecular Markers of Prognosis in Stage I and II Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. A Study Using Tissue-Arrays (1472) J Sanz-Ortega, S Hernandez, O Rodriguez, A Gomez, F Hernando, J Sanz-Esponera, L Sanchez, JL Balibrea - Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain; CNIO, Madrid, Spain 213 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Enhanced Expression in Chemoresistant Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) after Platinum-Based Therapy (1483) D Val, J Majo, F Rojo, E Felip, I De Torres, J Baselga, S Ramon y Cajal - Hospital Universitario Vall dáHebron, Barcelona, Spain 214 Significance of ß-Catenin Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (1478) A Sienko, DS Zander, N Singhal, D Killen, R Barrios, A Haque, PT Cagle - The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 215 Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1) Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (1454) JD Krochmal, D Dearmond, K Kernstine, BR DeYoung - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA