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FRIDAY,
MARCH 9, 2001
SATURDAY,
MARCH 10, 2001
SUNDAY,
MARCH 11, 2001
LIST OF POSTERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2001
08:00-10:00

ENDOTHELIAL CELL AND ANTI-ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODY
Chairpersons:
P. Youinou, Brest Cedex, France
P.L. Meroni, Milano, Italy
08:00  PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS OF ANTI-ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODY
P. Youinou, Brest Cedex, France
08:30  PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF CHOLESTEROL LOWERING AGENTS ON ENDOTHELIAL CELL ACTIVATION
P.L. Meroni, Milano, Italy
09:00  IMMUNOGLOBULINS G INHIBIT ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION INDUCED BY ATHEROGENIC STIMULI
N. Ronda, R. Giacosa, R. Gatti, G. Orlandini, F. Bernini, C. Buzio, Parma, Italy
09:10  CD40 LIGAND ENHANCES PROSTAGLANDIN E2 AND THROMBOXANE A2 BY STIMULATING CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
C.D. Garlichs, A. Schmeisser, T. Geis, G. Goppelt-Strube, S. Eskafi, J. Ludwig, W. Daniel, Erlangen, Germany
09:20  DIFFERENT PATHWAYS OF T CELL ACTIVATION INDUCE DIFFERENTIAL FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF T CELLS IN TERMS OF ENDOTHELIAL CELL ACTIVATING CAPACITY: A NOVEL MECHANISM IN ATHEROGENESIS
C. Monaco, S. Young, M. Feldmann, E. Paleolog, London, UK
09:30  ANTIENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODIES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, M.G. Tektonidou, G. Anastasiadis, M. Kriakidis, P. Youinou, A.M. Moutsopoulos, Athens, Greece, France
09:40  ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC VASCULITIDES
V. Stvrtinova, J. Rovensky, A. Tuchynova, Piestany, Slovak Republic
10:00  Coffee Break
10:30-13:20 ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
Chairpersons: 
O. Vaarala, Helsinki, Finland
G.R.V. Hughes, London, UK
M. Maislos, Israel
10:30  INTRODUCTION
G. Hughes, London, UK
10:40  SLE AS A MODEL OF AUTOIMMUNE ATHEROSCLEROSIS
O. Vaarala, Helsinki, Finland
11:10  ANTI-PHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (HUGHES SYNDROME) AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
M.A. Khamashta, O. Amengual, T. Atsumi, G. Hughes, London, UK
11:40  CERAMIDE MEDIATED APOPTOSIS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS
T. Goldkorn, Davis, CA, USA
12:00  ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN 1° VASCULITIS - A MODEL FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS?
P.A. Bacon, K. Raza, A. Filer, D. Carruthers, J. Gardner-Medwin, J. Townend, Birmingham, UK
12:10  PARAOXONASE ACTIVITY IS DRAMATICALLY DECREASED IN PATIENTS POSITIVE FOR ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES
M. Lambert, A. Bouillier, P. Duriez, V. Queyrel, U. Michon-Pasturel, M. Hebbar, E. Hachulla, J-C. Fruchart, P-Y. Hatron, B. Devulder, Lille, France
12:20  AUTO-IMMUNITY IN PATIENTS WITH PREMATURE ATHEROSCLEROSIS; THE ROLE OF ANTI NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMATIC ANTIBODIES (ANCA)
P.L. Van Haelst, F.W. Asselbergs, J.J. Van Doormaal, J.F. May, R. Gans, J.W. Cohen Tervaert, Groningen, The Netherlands
12:30  ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASES.
P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, P. Kanellopoulos, R. Mastorakou, A. Tektonidou, H. Moutsopoulos, Athens, Greece
12:40  A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE E-SELECTIN A561C POLYMORPHISM, A CANDIDATE GENETIC RISK FACTOR FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS, IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE)
I.N. Bruce, M. El-Magadmi, A. Ansari, L. Teh, A.H. Hajeer, Manchester, UK
12:50  ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES FROM PATIENTS WITH THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME RECOGNIZE EPITOPES IN BOTH b2GP1 AND OXIDIZED LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
S. Horko, P.P. Chen, D.W. Branch, W. Palinski, J. Witztum,  San Diego, CA, USA
13:00  REDUCED PROLIFERATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (ECS) CULTURED IN THE PRESENCE OF SERA FROM PATIENTS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, C. Petrovas, C. Murphy, T. Fotsis, H. Moutsopoulos, Athens, Greece
13:10  CLOSING REMARKS
D. Harats, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Y. Shoenfeld, Tel Hashomer, Israel
G. Wick, Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
 

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