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Angiogenesis and Microcirculation

Gordon Research Conference

August 17 - 22, 1997
Chair Harold F. Dvorak
Vice Chair Patricia A. D'Amore
Salve Regina University
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, RI, United States
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Conference Program

Sunday PM

Vascular Development

Chair: Werner Risau
  • Peter Carmeliet - "Analysis of PIGF and VEGF Mutant Mice"
  • Kari Alitalo - "A Family of VEGF's and Receptors Involved in Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis"
  • George Yancopoulos - "The Angiopoietin Family"

Monday AM

Matrix and Angiogenesis

Chair: Helene Sage
  • Roberto Nicosia - "Endothelial-Stromal Cell Interactions in Angiogenesis"
  • Donald R. Senger - "Regulation of VPF/VEGF Directed Angiogenesis by Extracellular Matrix"
  • Michael Pepper - "Context and Balance: Paradigms which Reveal Complexity in the Regulation of Angiogenesis"
  • David Cheresh - "Integrins, Proteases and Angiogenesis: Therapeutic Implications"
  • Marsha Moses - "The Regulation of Neurovascularization by Matrix Metalloproteinases and their Inhibitors"

Monday PM

Pathways of Microvascular Permeability

Chair: Harold F. Dvorak
  • Charles Michel - "How Does Microvascular Permeability Increase?"
  • Donald McDonald - "Endothelial Permeability and Angiogenesis in Chronic Inflammation"
  • Ann Dvorak - "Vesico-Vacuolar Organelles"

Tuesday AM

Growth Factor Regulation

Chair: Noel Bouck
  • Robert Kerbel - "Oncogenes and Proto-Oncogenes as Inducers of Tumor Angiogenesis: Biological and Therapeutic Implications"
  • Sabine Werner - "Regulation and Function of Growth Factors in Inflammation and Repair"
  • Rakesh Jain - "Role of VEGF in Vascular Permeability and Adhesion"
  • Werner Risau - "Initiation and Maintenance of Endothelial Phenotypes"

Tuesday PM

Endothelial Cell Signalling

Chair: Dieter Marme
  • Carl-Henrik Heldin - "Signaling through PDGF Receptors"
  • Martin Schwartz - "Signal Transduction by Integrins"
  • Jan Schnitzer - "Caveolae-Mediated Cell Surface Signaling and Transport: New Targets for Drug and Gene Therapy In Vivo"
  • Martyn Gabbinck (10 min) - "The Role of Receptor Tyrosine Phosphatase RPTP in Endothelial Cells"

Wednesday AM

Endothelial Cell Regulation

Chair: Jack Lawler
  • Luisa Iruela-Arispe - "Regulation of Endothelial Cell Function by Thrombospondin-1 and by Two Novel Members of the Thrombospondin Super-Family of Proteins"
  • Bjorn Olsen - "Endothelial Cell Signaling in Vasculogenesis"
  • Michael Gimbrone - "Vascular Endothelium, Biomechanical Forces and Gene Regulation"
  • Jeffrey Isner - "Therapeutic Angiogenic: Cytokine Enhancement and Stem Cell Grafts"
  • Joseph Madri - "ECM/Integrin Mediated Modulation of PECAM-1 Tyrosine Phosphorylation: Implications for Endothelial Migration and Vasculogenesis"

Wednesday PM

Endothelial Cell Interactions with Other Cells I

Chair: Patricia D'Amore
  • Patricia D'Amore - "Cell-cell Interactions in Vascular Development and Differentiation"
  • Monika Schmelz - "Complexus Adhaerentes, a Special Type of Adhering Junctions in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells"
  • David Paul - "Communication in the Cardiovascular System"

Thursday AM

Endothelial Cell Interactions with Other Cells II

Chair: Ramzi Cotran
  • Denisa Wagner - "Leucocyte Adhesion Receptors in Atherosclerosis and Obesity"
  • Gerd Schmid-Schoenbein - "The Response of Leucocytes to Shear Stress"
  • David Milstone - "Vascular Endothelial Differentiation and Functional Maturation during Normal Ontogeny and in Differentiated Emryonic Stem Cells"
  • Elisabetta Dejana - "Molecular Organization of Endothelial Cell to Cell Junctions and Leucocyte Transmigration"

Thursday PM

Angiogenesis Inhibition

Chair: Judah Folkman
  • Napoleane Ferrara - "Regulation of Angiogenesis by VEGF"
  • Kenneth Thomas - "Therapeutic Control of Angiogenesis"
  • Judah Folkman - "Anti-angiogenic Therapy"

Contributors

We are grateful for financial support from the following:

Biochem-Pharma
Hybridon, Inc.
Abbot Labs
BASF Bioresearch Corp.
Biogen
Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Entremed, Inc.
Merck Darmstadt
Merck & Company
Proctor & Gamble
Scios, Inc.
Searle
Smith Kline Beacham

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