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SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 1, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 2, 2002
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 3, 2002
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2002
08:30 - 09:15 Hall A
PLENARY SESSION: NOVEL PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS IN AP1
Supported by unrestricted educational grants from La Jolla Pharmaceuticals, USA and
Teva Pharmaceuticals, Israel
Chairpersons:
To Be Advised
08:30 EFFECTS OF aPL UPON THE MORPHOLOGY AND ANTICOAGULANT FUNCTION OF ANNEXIN-V
J.H. Rand, USA
08:45 ROLE OF THE MYD88 TRANSDUCTION SIGNALING PATHWAY INDUCED BY ANTI-BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN I ANTIBODIES IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
E. Raschi, C. Testoni, D. Bosisio, M.O. Borghi, T. Koike, A. Mantovani,
P.L. Meroni, Italy, Japan
09:00 COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED FOR
aPL-INDUCED THROMBOSIS

G. Girardi, J. Salmon, V.M. Holers, R.G. Espinola, X. Liu, E.N. Harris,
S.S. Pierangeli
, USA
 
09:15 - 10:00 Hall A
IVIG IN APS
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from ZLB, Switzerland
Chairpersons:
I. Nur, Israel
H.J.A. Carp
, Israel
09:15 INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN IN PREGNANCY COMPLICATED BY APS
H.J.A. Carp, R.A. Asherson, Y. Shoenfeld, South Africa
09:20 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LONG-TERM IVIG TREATMENT IN PRIMARY APS
M. Galeazzi, R. Sgarlata, G. Morozzi, F. Bellisai, G.D. Sebastiani,
G. Porciello, R. Marcolongo, Italy
09:30 INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN THERAPY IN aPL-ASSOCIATED MISCARRIAGES
E.I. Konova, I.I. Ivanova, P.K. Petrova, H.D. Andreeva, K.N. Popovski,
I.I. Popov, T.H. Lukanov, Bulgaria
09:40 GAMMA-GLOBULIN (IVIG) INHIBITS THE PRODUCTION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 (MMP-9) IN MACROPHAGES
S. Shapiro, Y. Shoenfeld, B. Gilburd, E. Sobel, N. Lahat, Israel
09:50 DISCUSSION
10:00 Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit
 
10:30 - 12:30 Hall A
THERAPIES IN APS
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AFR, Italy and La Jolla Pharmaceuticals, USA
Chairpersons:
T. Exner, Australia
To Be Advised
10:30 DESIGN AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF A BETA-2 GPI B CELL TOLERAGEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
M.D. Linnik, USA
10:50

APLASA STUDY: PRIMARY THROMBOSIS PREVENTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC aPL PATIENTS WITH LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN
D. Erkan, Y. Yazici, M.J. Harrison, M. Peterson, L. Sammaritano,
M.D. Lockshin, USA

11:00 INHIBITION OF RAS BY FARNESYLTHIOSALICYLATE SIGNIFICANLTLY REDUCES THE LEVELS OF AUTOANTIBODIES IN TWO ANIMAL MODELS OF THE APS
A. Katzav, Y. Kloog, A.D. Korczyn, M. Blank, Y. Shoenfeld, J. Chapman, Israel
11:10 ANTIOXIDANT TREATMENT DECREASES THE TITRE OF CIRCULATING ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES
D. Ferro, G. Valesini, F. Conti, L. Iuliano, L. Loffredo, F. Violi, Italy
11:20 ENDOTHELIAL MICROPARTICLES IN RECURRENT EARLY PREGNANCY LOSS
H.J.A. Carp, R. Dardik, O. Salomon, R. Eskaraev, A. Inbal, Israel
11:30 QUINACRINE ADDED TO ONGOING THERAPEUTIC REGIMENS IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL IN ACTIVE SLE AND ATTENUATES aCL PRODUCTION
E. Toubi, A. Kessel, M. Rozenbaum, I. Rozner, D. Paran, T. Golan, Israel
11:40

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH SLE / WITHOUT ANAMNESTIC THROMBOSES: A POSSIBLE INDICATION FOR ASPIRIN
M. Taglietti, G. Balestrieri, M. Vianelli, C. Biasini Rebaioli, I. Cavazzana,
M. Frassi, P. Airo', R. Gorla, F. Franceschini, R. Cattaneo, A. Tincani, Italy

11:50 GESTATIONAL AND NEONATAL OUTCOME IN PRIMARY APS
D. Faden, A. Lojacono, M. Motta, L. Decca, S. Zatti, L. Barbetti, R. Gorla,
M. Taglietti, C. Biasini, G. Balestrieri, G. Chirico, A. Tincani, Italy
12:00 APS IN PREGNANCY: A CONTROLLED TREATMENT TRIAL
R.G. Farquharson, S.M. Quenby, M. Greaves, UK
12:10 GENERATION OF ENDOTHELIAL PROCOAGULANT MICROPARTICLES :
A POTENTIAL PATHOGEN MECHANISM FOR THE THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF APS

F. Dignat-George, V. Combes, L. Camoin-Jau, N. Bardin, M. Sanmarco,
F. Sabatier, J.R. Harle, D. Arnoux, J. Sampol, France
12:20 DISCUSSION
12:30 Lunch Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit
 
14:00 - 16:00 Hall A
DIAGNOSTIC KITS
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Menarini/INOVA (Italy, USA)
Chairpersons:
S. Pierangeli, USA
P. von Landenberg, Germany
14:00 INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS: B2GPI AND ANTI-B2GPI ANTIBODIES
P. De Groot, The Netherlands
14:10 (aCL) AND A-B2GPI ELISAS: THE STATE OF THE ART IN 2002
A. Tincani, M. Taglietti, M. Spunghi, M. Cinquini, F. Allegri, G. Balestrieri,
G. Reber, T. Koike, K. Ichikawa, P. Meroni, M.C. Boffa, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, France
14:20 ASSAY CONDITIONS FOR THE DETECTION OF IgG-ANTIPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE ANTIBODIES
M. Sanmarco, K. Mazodier, V. Roux, France
14:30 THE CORRELATION OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST B2GPI AND VARIOUS B2GPI PEPTIDES WITH CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE APS
I. Krause, Y. Shoenfeld, J. Sulkes, M. Blank, Israel
14:40 APPLICATIONS OF PHOSPHOLIPASES IN TESTING FOR LUPUS ANTICOAGULANTS AND PHOSPHOLIPIDS
T. Exner, D. Ma, Australia
14:50 THE ORIENTATION OF B2GPI ON THE PLATE IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BINDING OF A-B2GPI AUTOANTIBODIES BY ELISA
G.M. Iverson, E. Matsuura, E.J. Victoria, K.A. Cockerill, M.D. Linnik, USA, Japan
15:00 ANTI-PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND MONOCLONAL A-B2GPI INHIBIT aPC ANTICOAGULANT ACTIVITY ON OXIDIZED PHOSPHOLIPID
O. Safa, K. Hensley, C.T. Esmon, N.L. Esmon, USA
15:10 PROTEIN C GLOBAL ASSAY IN THE EVALUATION OF WOMEN WITH IDIOPATHIC PREGNANCY LOSS
G. Sarig, N. Lanir, R. Hoffman, B. Brenner, Israel
15:20 USE OF PLASMA SPIKED WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AS A REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT SCREENING; EXPERIENCE WITH THE UK NEQAS (BLOOD COAGULATION) PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEME
I. Jennings, S. Kitchen, T.A.L. Woods, J. Arnout, F.E. Preston, UK, Belgium
15:30 DETERMINATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF AUTOANTIBODIES TO OXLIG-1/B2GPI COMPLEX IN PATIENTS WITH APS
D. Lopez, I. Garcia-Valladares, K. Dier, C. Fink, K. Kobayashi,
E. Matsuura, L. Lopez, USA, Japan
15:40 A SIMPLE SEMI-QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT ACTIVITY USING PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DEPENDENT MONOCLONAL ANTIPROTHROMBIN ANTIBODY
T. Atsumi, M. Ieko, K. Ichikawa, T. Horita, S. Jodo, Y. Amasaki,
T. Koike, Japan
15:50 HETEROGENEITY OF ANTI-PROTHROMBIN ANTIBODIES, DETECTED BY DIFERENT ELISAs
S. Cucnik, T. Kveder, B. Bozic, Slovenia
16:00 Coffee Break, Poster Viewing and Exhibition Visit
 
16:30 - 18:00 Hall A
APOPTOSIS, ANTIBODIES AND APS
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Pharmacia Diagnostics, Germany
Chairpersons:
A.E. Gharavi, USA
M. Blank
, Israel
16:30 PROTHROMBIN-DEPENDENT LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT ANTIBODIES BIND TO APOPTOTIC CELLS
J. Rauch, P. D'Agnillo, R. Subang, J.S. Levine, Canada, USA
16:45 PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE EXTERNALIZATION DURING DIFFERENTIATION AND APOPTOSIS ARE INDEPENDENT PROCESSES IN TROPHOBLAST
N.S. Rote, B. Xu, L. Lin, V. Shivaswamy, M.N. Kent, USA
17:00 ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND RECURRENT FIRST TRIMESTER MISCARRIAGE: ARE aPL CAUSITIVE? IS TREATMENT EFFICACIOUS?
H.J.A. Carp, Y. Shoenfeld, Israel
17:10 OXIDIZED LDL AS A RISK FACTOR OF THROMBOSIS IN APS
E. Matsuura, Japan
17:20 ANTI-PIG B2GPI ANTIBODIES IN APS SERA
A. Gries, Austria
17:30 INCREASED LEVELS OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED LYMPHOCYTE APOPTOSIS IN LUPUS PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH DIFFUSE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE
L.M. Silva, W. Sarti, A.B. Garcia, E.A. Donadi, Brazil
17:40 ANTI-PAF ANTIBODIES AND OTHER NON-TRADITIONAL AND TRADITIONAL RISK FACTORS IN BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION
J. Frostegard, G-Z. Fei, R. Wu, G. Pockley, C. Lemne, U. De Faire, Sweden, UK
17:50
EVALUATION OF A RENEWED CARDIOLIPIN ABS
ASSAY - REQUIREMENTS OF GMP CONFIRM PRODUCTION

W. Papisch, T. Frey, B. Berg, Germany

SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 1, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 2, 2002
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 3, 2002
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