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302.O2.8 Vascular Wall Biology and Endothelial Progenitor Cells

Monday, December 8, 2008: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
2002-2004 - West (Moscone Center)
Moderators:
Elaine Majerus, MD, PhD and Robert Handin
3:30 PM
Platelets Regulate Tumor-Induced Angiogenesis

Yali Chang*, Jing Zhang, Huifeng Lin*, Joseph Italiano* and Robert I. Handin*

Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

3:45 PM
In Vivo Imaging of Large-Vessel Thrombosis

Brian C. Cooley, Ph.D.

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

4:00 PM
Endothelium but Not Platelet-Derived Protein Disulfide Isomerase Is Required for Fibrin Generation during Thrombus Formation in Vivo.

Reema Jasuja, PhD1*, Jaehyung Cho, PhD2, Bruce Furie, MD2 and Barbara Furie2*

1Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA
2Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr., Boston, MA

4:15 PM
Protein Phosphatase 2B Inhibition Promotes the Secretion of Von Willebrand Factor from Endothelial Cells

Leticia Nolasco1*, Francisca C. Gushiken, MD2, Vimal Patel, BS3*, Nancy Turner1*, Subhashree Pradhan, Ph.D.2*, Jing-fei Dong, MD, PhD2, Joel L. Moake, MD4 and K. Vinod Vijayan, PhD5

1Rice University, Houston, TX
2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
3Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
4Rice Univ., Baylor College of Medicine, Bellaire, TX
5Thrombosis Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

4:30 PM
In Vitro and in Vivo Characterization of Human Embryonic Stem Cell- Derived CD34+ Cells That Function as Pericytes with Endothelial Cell and Smooth Muscle Cell Potential

Katherine L. Hill1*, Petra Obrtlikova, MD1*, Diego F Alvarez, MD, PhD2*, Judy A King, MD2*, Qinglu Li, DVM1*, Jianyi Zhang, MD, PhD1* and Dan S. Kaufman, MD, PhD1

1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2Internal Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

4:45 PM
Depletion of Vascular Endothelial Progenitor Cells Inhibits Inflammation

Olaf Penack1*, Erik Henke1*, David Suh1*, Christopher King1*, Marsinay O Smith1*, Il-Kang Na, MD1*, Amanda Holland1*, Arnab Ghosh1*, Sydney X Lu1*, Robert Jenq2*, Chen Liu3*, George F Murphy4*, Theresa Lu5*, Chad May6*, David A. Scheinberg, MD, PhD1*, Ding Cheng Gao5*, Vivek Mittal5*, Robert Benezra1* and Marcel Van Den Brink, MD, PhD1

1Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY
2Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
3Department of Pathology, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
4Harvard Medical School
5Weill Cornell Medical College
6ImClone Systems Incorporated

5:00 PM
Activation of the PI3K-Akt Pathway by Activated Protein C Occurs Via a Novel Receptor, Apolipoprotein E Receptor 2 (ApoER2)

Xia V. Yang, PhD1*, Yajnavalka Banerjee, PhD1*, Jose A. Fernandez, MD, PhD1, Hiroshi Deguchi, MD, PhD1*, Xiao Xu1*, Laurent O. Mosnier, PhD1, Rolf T Urbanus, MD2*, Phillip G deGroot, PhD2*, Tara C White3*, Owen J.T. McCarty, PhD3* and John H. Griffin, PhD1

1Molecular & Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
2Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
3Division of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR

5:15 PM
TRAF-1 Deficient Mice Show Impaired Monocyte Recruitment and Decreased Atherogenesis

Anna Missiou, MD1*, Natascha Köstlin, MS1*, Christian Münkel, MA1*, Dietmar Pfeifer, PhD2*, Katja Zirlik, MD2, Christoph Bode, MD1*, Peter Libby, MD3* and Andreas Zirlik, MD1*

1Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

*signifies non-member of ASH