Conference Program
 
PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION & EXTRACELLULAR PROTEOLYSIS

February 8-13, 2004
Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
Ventura, CA

Chairs:
Daniel A. Lawrence & Peter Andreasen

Vice Chair:
Steven L. Gonias

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmWelcome reception
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCell Surface Proteolysis
Discussion Leader: Toni Antalis (American Red Cross Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmToni Antalis (Introduction)
7:35 pm - 8:10 pmThomas Bugge (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD)
"Matriptase/MT-SP1 in Epidermal Development and Squamous Cell Carcinogenesis"
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmDavid Ginsburg (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
"ADAMTS13 and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmQingyu Wu (Berlex Biosciences, Richmond, CA)
"Biochemical and Genetic Studies of the Cardiac Transmembrane Serine Protease Corin"
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmProteases and Inhibitors in Neurobiology
Discussion Leader: Sidney Strickland (Rockefeller University, New York)
9:00 am - 9:05 amSidney Strickland (Introduction)
9:05 am - 9:40 amSidney Strickland (Rockefeller University)
"tPA in the Nervous System"
9:40 am - 10:15 amManuel Yepes (American Red Cross Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD)
"The Role of tPA and Neuroserpin in Cerebral Ischemia"
10:15 amCoffee Break
10:45 am - 11:20 amStella Tsirka (SUNY, Stony Brook)
"tPA and Neuronal Cell Death"
11:20 am - 11:55 amDenis G. Vivien (Université de Caen, CAEN, France)
"Tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA), a key partner for the working brain"
11:55 am - 12:30 pmFlorence Molinari (Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France)
"Neurotrypsin Defect Associated with Cognitive Impairments in Humans"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmFibrinogen and Fibrinolysis
Discussion Leader: Nuala Booth (University of Aberdeen, UK)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmNuala Booth (Introduction)
7:35 pm - 8:10 pmNuala Booth (University of Aberdeen, UK)
"Cross-Linking and Inhibitors - What Really Stabilizes Fibrin?"
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmJay Degen (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati)
"Genetic Dissection of the Hemostatic and Inflammatory Systems"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmJohn W. Weisel (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
"The Physical Process of Fibrinolysis Visualized in Real Time"
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmPlasminogen-Independent Extracellular Proteolysis
Discussion Leader: Sharon Stack (Northwestern University, Chicago)
9:00 am - 9:05 amSharon Stack (Introduction)
9:05 am - 9:40 amSharon Stack (Northwestern University, Chicago)
"Adhesion Regulated Proteinase Activity"
9:40 am - 10:15 amPeter Brooks (New York University, New York)
"PEXSTATIN accelerates autocatalytic processing of MMP-2 and inhibits angiogenesis and tumor growth in vivo"
10:15 amCoffee Break
10:45 am - 11:20 amPeter Friedl (University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany)
"Widening the Space: 5D Imaging of Pericellular Collagenolysis in Cancer Invasion"
11:20 am - 11:55 amWilliam G. Stetler-Stevenson (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD)
"TIMP-2 Inhibition of Cell Growth"
11:55 am - 12:30 pmBarbara Furie (Harvard Medical School, Boston)
"Microparticles and a P-selectin dependent pathway of blood coagulation"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmRational Drug Design and the Plasminogen Activation System
Discussion Leader: Ed Madison (Dendreon, San Diego)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmEd Madison (Introduction)
7:35 pm - 8:10 pmDavid Crandall (Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA)
"Development of Small Molecule PAI-1 Inactivators"
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmPeter A. Andreasen (University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark)
"PAI-1 and uPA as Therapeutic Targets"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmStephen Leppla (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD)
"Protease-activated cytotoxins with high specificity for tumor cells"
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmExtracellular Proteolysis and Disease
Discussion Leader: Keld Danø (Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark)
9:00 am - 9:05 amKeld Danø (Introduction)
9:05 am - 9:40 amWilliam Fay (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
"The Role of the PA-System in the Pathogenesis of Streptococcal Infection"
9:40 am - 10:15 amDavid Loskutoff (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA)
"Leptin and Thrombosis"
10:15 amCoffee Break
10:45 am - 11:20 amHartmut Weiler (Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI)
"Regulation of Placental Cell Death by Fibrin Degradation Products"
11:20 am - 11:55 amDouglas Vaughan (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN)
"Functional Insights from Structural Mutations in PAI-1 Transgenic Mice"
11:55 am - 12:30 pmNiels Behrendt (Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Plasminogen System in Cancer"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmAfternoon Trip to Santa Barbara (bus transportation provided)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmLate Breaking Hot Topics from Abstracts
Discussion Leaders: Peter A. Andreasen (University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark) & Hartmut Weiler (Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmKaterina Akassoglou (University of California, San Diego)
"p75 Neutrophin Receptor Inhibits Fibrinolysis"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pmNathalie Lebeurrier (Université de Caen, Caen, France)
"Neuroserpin in Excitotoxic Neuronal Death"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pmTodd Hembrough (Entremed, Inc., Rockville, MD)
"Novel Antagonists of PAR-2: Inhibition of Tumor Growth, Angiogenesis and Inflammation"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm Junfeng Liang (Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ)
"Use of Mutant tPAs to Avoid Plasminogen Activator Treatment Associated Bleeding Risks"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pmRalf-Peter Czekay (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA)
"PAI-1 Initiates Cell Detachment by Selectively Targeting Matrix-Engaged Integrins: Critical Role of uPAR"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pmGerald Prager (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
"Regulatory Role of the Urokinase Receptor (uPAR) in Integrin beta-1 Redistribution upon Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-induced Endothelial Cell Stimulation"
9:00 pm - 9:15 pmKhalid Bajou (Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA)
"Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Promotes Angiogenesis in Neuroblastoma by Protecting Endothelial Cells from Apoptosis"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pmElena Deryugina (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA)
"Collagenolysis-Dependent Angiogenesis Mediated by Plasmin-Activated MMP-13"
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmProtease Receptors and Cell-Signaling
Discussion Leader: Steve Gonias (University of Virginia, Charlottesville)
9:00 am - 9:05 amSteve Gonias (Introduction)
9:05 am - 9:40 amSteve Gonias (University of Virginia)
"Urokinase Receptor-initiated Cell Signaling"
9:40 am - 10:15 amFrancesco Blasi (DIBIT, Milano, Italy)
"Urokinase Receptor Signaling: New Insights in the Mechanisms Involved in Anti-HIV Effects and in Cancer Cell Proliferation"
10:15 amCoffee Break
10:45 am - 11:20 amDudley Strickland (American Red Cross Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD)
"LRP Mediated Cell Signaling"
11:20 am - 11:55 amJoachim Herz (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas)
"Control of Vessel Wall Stability by ApoE Receptor Signaling"
11:55 am - 12:30 pmKatherine Hajjar (Cornell University, New York)
"Annexin II and Vascular Homeostasis"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmFree Time
4:30 pm - 5:00 pmBusiness Meeting
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmFarewell Reception
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmProteolysis in the Post Genomic Era
Discussion Leader: Bruce Furie (Harvard Medical School, Boston)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pmBruce Furie (Introduction)
7:35 pm - 8:10 pmBruce Furie (Harvard Medical School, Boston)
"In Vivo Biochemistry and Cell Biology: High Speed Confocal and Widefield Fluorescence Imaging of the Microcirculation of a Living Mouse"
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmStephen G. Young (University of California, San Francisco)
"BayGenomics, a Gene-trapping Resource"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmChristopher M. Overall (University of British Columbia)
"Degradomics: Protease substrate discovery by Isotope Coded Affinity Tag-Mass Spectrometry"
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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