11th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies
 Sydney,  Australia                                               14 - 18  November  2004
S C I E N T I F I C   P R O G R A M
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CONGRESS PROGRAM: SUNDAYMONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAY

The 11th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies will present new and original developments in the area of Antiphospholipid Syndrome.
Congress Lectures and abstracts will be published in a special issue of Thrombosis Research that will be availible at the start of the congress.

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PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP: SUNDAY 14TH NOVEMBER

14.25-18.10 (supported by an unrestricted grant from the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Associated Inc. (AARDA)

Update on the International Classification Criteria for the Antiphospholipid Syndrome

14.30-14.40

Ricard Cervera

14.40-14.50

Discussion

CARDIAC MANIFESTATIONS 

Ricard Cervera, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Ricardo Forestiero

14.50-15.00

Ware Branch

15.00-15.10

Discussion

OBSTETRIC MANIFESTATIONS, PREGNANCY AND MORBIDITY CRITERIA (A) PRE-ECLAMPSIA (B) HELP SYNDROME (C) INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION

Ware Branch, Roger Levy, Ron Derksen

 

15.10-15.20

Robin Brey

15.20-15.30

Discussion

NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS, STROKE (A) MIGRAINE (B) MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS-LIKE ILLNESS (C) TRANSVERSE MYELOPATHY (D) COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION (E) SEIZURES

Robin Brey, Joab Chapman, Jacob Rand, S. Levine

 

15.30-15.40

Yehuda Shoenfeld

15.40-15.50

Discussion

CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS (A) LIVEDO RETICULARIS (B) CUTANEOUS ULCERS/VASCULITIS

Yehuda Shoenfeld, Ricard Cervera 

15.50-16.00

PierLuigi Meroni

16.00-16.10

Discussion

RENAL MANIFESTATIONS

PierLuigi Meroni, Panayiotis Vlachoyiannopoulos

16.10-16.20

Takao Koike

16.20-16.30

Discussion

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

Takao Koike, Pierre Youinou, Benjamin Brenner

16.30-16.40

Angela Tincani

16.40-16.50

Guido Reber

16.50-17.00

Discussion

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS (A) CURRENT STATUS OF IGA (B) ANTI-BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN I

Angela Tincani and Guido Reber, Robert Roubey, E Nigel Harris, Silvia Pierangeli

SUNDAY 14TH NOVEMBER

17.00-17.10

Flip de Groot

17.10-17.20

Ron Derksen

17.20-17.30

Discussion

LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT/BETA2-GPI/PROTHROMBIN/OTHER PROTEIN SPECIFICITIES

Flip de Groot, Ron Derksen, Tom Exner, Victoria Regnault, P. de Moerloose

17.30-17.40

Takao Koike

17.40-17.50

Discussion

ANTIPROTHROMBIN ANTIBODIES

Takao Koike, Monica Galli, Joyce Rauch, T. Atsumi

17.50-18.00

Michael Lockshin

18.00-18.10

Discussion

Summary of how well the criteria work so far and what are the problems

Michael Lockshin

 

8.25-18.08   MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 2004  

 

IMMUNE MEDIATED MECHANISMS OF THROMBOSIS

CHAIRPERSONS – SA KRILIS, T. KOIKE

8.25

Welcome Speech

S.A. Krilis, Australia

8.30

B CELL BIOLOGY, APOPTOSIS, AND AUTOANTIBODIES TO PHOSPHOLIPIDS

M. Cook, Australia

8.55

THE IMPACT OF THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE ON COAGULATION 

C. Esmon, United States

9.20

INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AND THE ENDOTHELIUM 

PL Meroni, Italy

BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I

9.45

BETA 2 GLYCOPROTEIN I -FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 

S. Krilis, S. Miyakis, Australia

10.10

B2-GLYCOPROTEIN I: ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME AND T-CELL REACTIVITY

M. Kuwana, Japan

 10.35

 COFFEE BREAK

 

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

CHAIRPERSONS – EN HARRIS, R. ROUBEY

10.50

PRIMARY, SECONDARY, CATASTROPHIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?

EN Harris, SS Pierangeli, United States

 11.10

PRIMARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME AS A MODEL OF B CELL-INDUCED AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE   

P. Youinou, France

MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 2004

 

11.30

CELL SIGNALLING PATHWAYS UNDERLYING PATHOGENIC AUTOIMMUNITY

M. Zouali, France

11.50

ANTI-PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND APOPTOSIS

J. Rauch, R. Subang, JS Levine, Canada

12.10

ANTIBODY-MEDIATED INTERFERENCE WITH ANNEXINS IN THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

J. Rand, X-X Yu, United States

12.30

MECHANISMS OF AUTOANTIBODY- INDUCED MONOCYTE TISSUE FACTOR EXPRESSION

R. Roubey, AS Wolberg, United States

 

12.50      LUNCH  & POSTER VIEWING

CHAIRPERSONS – J. MCINTYRE, SS PIERANGELI, S. LEVINE

13.50

EFFECTS OF FLUVASTATIN ON UPREGULATION OF TISSUE FACTOR BY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES ON ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

SS Pierangeli, DE Ferrara, R. Swerlick, M. Vega-Ostertag, K. Casper,PL  Meroni, EN Harris 

14.02

CONCORDANCE AMONG APL ASSAYS IN ISCHEMIC STROKE: A SUBSET ANALYSIS OF THE WARSS/APASS COLLABORATION

SR Levine, RL Brey, BC Tilley, JLT Thompson, RL Sacco, PA Padilla, E Du, JP Mohr, & The APASS Investigators, United States/Italy

14.14

COMPLEMENT C5 ACTIVATION MEDIATES ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID-INDUCED THROMBOSIS

SS Pierangeli, ME Vega-Ostertag, G. Giradi, X. Liu, JE Salmon, United States

 14.26

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID-INDUCED THROMBOSIS IS MEDIATED BY GPIIB/IIIA IN PLATELETS IN AN IN VIVO MOUSE MODEL

M. Vega-Ostetag, FL Pianciola, A. Liu, V. Henderson, EN Harris, SS Pierangeli, United States

MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 2004

 14.38

 EFFECT OF BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I NULL MUTATION ON REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOME AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY-MEDIATED PREGNANCY PATHOLOGY IN MICE

T. Shi, S. Robertson, C. Roberts, D. Bjeiring, k. pensa, y. Sheng, S. Krilis, Australia

14.50

ANTI-BETA2GLYCOPROTEIN I ANTIBODIES POTENTIATE THE INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF BETA2GLYCOPROTEIN I ON THE ACTIVATION OF FXI BY FIIa: EFFECTS OF CLIPPED BETA2GLYCOPROTEIN I

Q. Yang, T. Shi, C. Bester, B. Giannakopoulos, S. Krilis, Australia

15.02

BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN I BINDS FXI BY ITS C-TERMINAL DOMAIN & INHIBITS ITS ACTIVATION BY THROMBIN & FXIIa. PLASMIN CLEAVAGE OF B2-GPI ABOLISHES ITS INHIBITION OF FXIIa ACTIVATION OF FXI

C. Bester, T. Shi, GM Iverson, KA Cockerill, MD Linnik, P. Konecny, S. Krilis, Australia/United States

15.14

BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN I BINDS FXI & INHIBITS ITS ACTIVATION BY THROMBIN AND FXIIa: LOSS OF INHIBITION BY CLIPPED B2-GPI

C. Bester, T. Shi, Q. Yang, B. Giannakopoulos, GM Iverson, JC Qi, KA Cockerill, MD Linnik, P. Konecny, S. Krilis, Australia/ United States

15.26

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES DECREASE PLAQUE FORMATION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS-PRONE MICE

M. Monestier, D. Nicolo, S-A Kang, United States

15.38

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME NEPHROPATHY IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES

MG Tektonidou, F. Sotsiou, L. Nakopoulou, PG Vlachoyiannopoulos, HM Moutsopoulos, Greece

15.50

RITUXIMAB REDUCES ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY TITERS & IMPROVES HYPERCOAGULABLE STATE WITHOUT RECURRENT THROMBOSES: 2-YEARS FOLLOW UP

M. Yamazaki, Y. Kawashima, A. Asakura, S. Nakao, Japan

MONDAY NOVEMBER 15 2004

16.02

THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: IMMUNOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS

TM Reshetnyak, EN Alexandrova, IB Shtivelband, LV Kondrateva, AA Novikov, LA Kalashnikova, TA Lisitsyna, IE Shirokova, ZS Alekberova, EL Nassonov, Russia

16.14

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES FOLLOWING VACCINATION WITH RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE

B. Bozic, T. Avcin, J. Martinuc, M. Kuhar, S. Cucnik, M. Zupancic, T. Kveder, B. Rozman, Slovenia

16.26

COFFEE BREAK

 

CHAIRPERSONS – Y. SHOENFELD, P. VLACHOYIANNOPOULOS

16.56

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN-60 REACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN VASCULITIS-RELATED AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

P. Youinou, Y. Renaudinaeu, C. Dugué, J. Arvieux, R. Perrault, S. Krilis, France/Australia

17.08

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN REACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN VASCULITIS-RELATED AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

P. Youinou, C. Dugué, JC Piette, D. Mottier, L. Guillevin, C. Jamin, France

17.20

T LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS IN PRIMARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

PRJ Ames, C. Tommasino, G. Fossati,  LR Lopez, E. Matsuura, A. Margarita, G. Scenna, V. Brancaccio, Italy/United States/Japan/United Kingdom

17.32

THE INFECTIOUS ETIOLOGY OF APS: NOVEL CROSS REACTIVE EPITOPES ON YEASTS, BACTERIA AND VIRUSES

Y. Shoenfeld, M. Blank, I. Krause, R. Cervera, J. Font, M. Torsten, Israel

17.44

BOTH C4A & C4B NULL ALLELES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH APLIN CHILDREN WITH IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (ITP)

BL Myones, KAB Marzan, JM Moulds, United States

17.56

A STUDY OF ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES IN ECLAMPSIA

EG Dachlan, A. Sulistyono, Indonesia

8.30-18.13 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 2004

PREGNANCY AND  ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES

CHAIRPERSONS – E. BENSON, RHWM DERKSON

8.30

GROWTH AND FUNCTION OF THE NORMAL HUMAN PLACENTA 

N. Gude, Australia

8.55

MATERNAL HEMOSTASIS IN THE NORMAL PREGNANCY

B. Brenner, Israel

9.20

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND FETAL COMPROMISE

DW Branch, United States

9.40

TREATING OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME IN PREGNANCY – A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THERAPEUTIC TRIALS

MN Lassere, M. Empson Australia

10.00

IMMUNOLOGIC MANIPULATION FOR THE THREATENED FOETUS

E. Benson, Australia

10.20

COFFEE BREAK & POSTER VIEWING

 

YOUNG INVESTIGATORS

CHAIRPERSONS – C. ESMON, B. BRENNER, M. ZOUALI

 10.50

 HUMAN MONOCLONAL IGG ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES INDUCE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE EXPRESSION

J. Delgado Alves, BR Clapp, R. Stidwill, PP Chen, AD Hingorani, M Singer, DA Isenberg, United States

11.05

P38 MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE IS INVOLVED IN UPREGULATION OF TISSUE FACTOR IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS BY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES

ME Vega-Ostertag, V. Henderson, EN Harris, SS Pierangeli, United States  

11.20

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES CAN REDUCE THE IN VITRO CLEAVAGE OF DOMAIN V OF BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN I BY PLASMIN.

MJ Nash IJ Mackie H. Cohen SJ Machin, United Kingdom

11.35

INDUCTION OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME IN FACTOR V    LEIDEN MICE

A. Katzav, CG Pick, M. Blank,Y. Shoenfeld, J.Chapman

11.50

IDENTIFICATION OF THE DOMAIN OF BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN I INVOLVED IN BINDING TO LRP

M. Van Lummel, RHWM Derksen, BCH Lutters, E. Westein, PJ Lenting, PhG de Groot, Netherlands

12.05

IGG’S ISOLATED FROM PATIENT PLASMA OF APS PATIENTS BIND TO DOMAIN 1 OF BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN 1

MTT Pennings HB de Laat RHWM Derksen GM Iverson PhG de Groot, Netherlands/United States

12.20

ROLES OF ADHESION MOLECULES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THROMBOSIS AND PREGNANT MORBIDITY IN ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS): STUDIES USING APS MODEL MICE DEFICIENT OF ADHERENT MOLECULES

M. Yamazaki, Y. Kawashima, H. Asakura, S. Nakao, Japan

12.35

LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING

CHAIRPERSONS – MD LOCKSHIN, PL MERONI, T. BRIGHTON
13.35 HOW MUCH WARFARIN IS ENOUGH IN APS-RELATED THROMBOSIS?
M. Lockshin, D. Erkan, United States
13.50 OPTIMAL THERAPY OF PATIENTS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND THROMBOSIS: THE NEXT STEPS
M. Crowther, Canada
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14.05 APLASA STUDY UPDATE: PRIMARY THROMBOSIS PREVENTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC APL (+) PATIENTS WITH ASPIRIN (ASA)
D. Erkan, L. Sammaritano, R. Levy, MJ Harrison, M. Peterson, Y. Yazici, MD Lockshin, United States/Brazil

14.17

RELATIVE RISK OF BLEEDING AND RETHROMBOSIS IN PRIMARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME AT A TARGET INR OF 2-3. A 9 YEAR COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH INHERITED THROMBOPHILIA AND MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT PATIENTS. 

PRJ Ames, A. Ciampa, M. Margaglione, A. Margarita, L. Iannaccone, G. Scenna, V. Brancaccio, United Kingdom/Italy 

14.29

THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME COLLABORATIVE REGISTRY: INITIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY COHORT

RAS Roubey, G. Buxton, The APSCORE Investigators, United States

14.41

KALLIKREIN IS ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY CLEAVE BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN I IN DOMAIN V

MJ Nash, IJ Mackie, SJ Machin, United Kingdom

14.53

IN-VITRO STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HEPARINS ON TROPHOBLAST PROLIFERATION

C. McLintock, L. Chamley, A. Moore, P. Stone, New Zealand

15.05

BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I DEPENDENT LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT HIGHLY CORRELATES WITH THROMBOSIS IN THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

HB de Laat, RHWM Derksen, RT Urbanus, M. Roest, PhG de Groot, Netherlands

15.17

PATHOGENIC ANTI-BETA2-GLYCOPROTEIN I ANTIBODIES RECOGNIZE A POSITIVE CHARGED EPITOPE ON DOMAIN I

HB de Laat, RHWM Derksen, RT Urbanus, GM Iverson, PhG de Groot, Netherlands/United States

15.29

THE EFFICACY AND SPECIFICITY OF ANTI-ANTI- BETA-2GPI-IVIG FRACTION IN-VITRO AND IN AN ANIMAL MODEL.

Y. Shoenfeld, M. Blank, L. Ashkenazi, I. Nur, L. Bar, Israel

15.41

FLUVASTATIN INCREASES THE EXPRESSION OF ADHESION MOLECULES, MCP-1 AND TISSUE FACTOR IN HUVEC STIMULATED BY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES

G. Reber, S. Dunoyer-Geindre, RJ Fish, N. Satta, EKO Kruithof, P. de Moerloose, Switzerland

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 2004                    

CHAIRPERSONS- J. RAUCH, DW BRANCH, M-C BOFFA

 

15.53

ARE ENDOTHELIAL MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH NEW THROMBOSIS? 

C. Neville, S. Solymoss, J. Rauch, J. Kassis, L. Joseph, P. Belisle, E. Chang, R. Subang, M. Le Comte, PR Fortin, Canada

16.05

COFFEE BREAK

16.25

PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DEPENDENT ANTIPROTHROMBIN ANTIBODIES ARE NOT USEFUL FOR IDENTIFICATION WITH A HIGH RISK OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM RECURRENT MISCARRIAGES

MS Sugiura-Ogasawara, TA Atsumi, KK Katano,YO Ozaki, TN Nakanishi, TK Koike, KS Suzumori, Japan

16.37

THROMBOTIC AND VASCULAR EVENTS IN BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WITH APS OR APLA

MCBoffa, E. Lachassinne, MH Aurousseau, M. Uzan, O. Fain, R. Rai, S. Sangle, T. Avcin, D. Farge, P. Douart, JC Piette, L. Regan, GRV Hughes, France/UnitedKingdom

16.49

IGG ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY PROFILE ON SEVERE PREECLAMPSIA

A. Sulistyono, EG Dachlan, Indonesia

17.01

ARE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES CONCENTRATED IN FOLLICULAR FLUID?  

LW Chamley, AM Moore, PR Stone, New Zealand

17.13

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN THE FOLLICULAR FLUID  AND IVF OUTCOME

LW Chamley, K. Buckingham, PR Stone, New Zealand

17.25

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND THROMBOPHILIA IN WOMEN WITH RECURRENT ABORTION AND FETAL LOSS. OUTCOME OF THERAPY WITH HEPARIN OR LMWH IN COMBINATION WITH ASPIRIN

KLT Tambunan, EW Wijono, NK Kampono, EJS Suryana, JJE Endjun, JW Witjaksono, Indonesia 

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 2004         

17.37

ANTIBODIES TO TFPI IN WOMEN WITH PREGNANCY

MORBIDITY OR IMPLANTATION FAILURES

RR Forastiero, ME Martinuzzo, ML Iglesias Varela, YP Adamczuk, GJ Broze, Argentina/United States

17.49

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS IN PATIENTS UNDER 50

B. Owlia, Z. Dehghani, F. Fallah, Iran

18.01

ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN PRIMARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

PRJ Ames, A. Margarita, L. Iannaccone, G. Scenna, United Kingdom/Italy

8.30-13.18 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17TH 2004

PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS

CHAIRPERSONS – PhG de GROOT, J. RAND

8.30

PLATELET PHYSIOLOGY AND THROMBOSIS

RK Andrews, EE Gardiner, JF Arthur, MC Berndt, Australia

8.55

b2-GLYCOPROTEIN I AND LDL-RECEPTOR FAMILY MEMBERS

PhG de Groot, M. van Lummel, M. Pennings, R. Urbanus, HB de Laat, PJ Lenting, RHWM Derksen, Netherlands

9.20

b2-GLYCOPROTEIN I, ANTI-ß2-GLYCOPROTEIN I AND FIBRINOLYSIS

S. Yasuda, T. Atsumi, T. Koike, Japan

9.40

INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING TRIGGERED BY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN PLATELETS AND ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: A PATHWAY TO TARGETED THERAPIES

SS Pierangeli, ME Vega-Ostertag, EN Harris, United States

CNS AND CARDIOVASCULAR MANIFESTATION OF APS

10.00

THE INTERFACE OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES 

J. Chapman, Israel

10.20

CONTROVERSIES IN THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME AND STROKE

PA Gatenby, Australia

10.40

MANAGEMENT OF THE NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF APS – WHAT DO THE TRIALS TELL US?

RL Brey, United States

11.00

CORONARY AND VALVULAR SYNDROMES AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES

R. Cervera, Spain

11.20

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE IN ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

PG Vlachoyianopoulos, Greece

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17TH 2004

 

11.40

COFFEE BREAK

CHAIRPERSONS – R. CERVERA, ROBIN L. BREY

12.00

ASSOCIATION OF SEVERE VALVULAR REGURGITATION WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

R. Cervera, J. Font, F. Pérez-Villa, M. Azqueta, C. Paré, G. Espinosa, JC Reverter, M. Ramos-Casals, M. Ingelmo, G. Sanz, Spain

12.12

RISK FACTORS FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN SLE: SAN ANTONIO LUPUS STUDY OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE

SL Holliday, AR Saklad, R. Garcia-Cavasos, M. Fischbach, PA Padilla, D. McGlasson, RL Brey, United States

12.24

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY (APL) IN SERUM AND CSF FROM PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOSIS

RS O'Brien, DK Sokol, DR Wagenknecht, TV Rao, JA McIntyre, United States

12.36

APS EXACERBATES AMYLOID DEPOSITION AS WELL AS MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

A. Katzav, CG Pick, DM Michaelson, M. Blank, Y. Shoenfeld, J. Chapman, Israel  

12.48

MECHANISMS OF NEURONAL DAMAGE IN SLE AND APLS: THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS

JA Denburg, MM Sidor, MM Cyr, D. Ballock, L. Doering, H. Szechtman, B. Sakic, Canada

13.03

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION: PATTERNS AND PREDICTION

SD Denburg, JA Denburg, Canada

Wednesday 17th November

 

14.00-1600

 


HARBOUR CRUISE WITH LATE LUNCH AND AUSTRALIAN WINES AND BEER.
Start the afternoon with a short walk to the steps of the Opera House where you will embark on a state of the art trimaran for a leisurely cruise around one of the most admired harbours in the world. During the cruise partake of the best of Australian wines, beers and a light lunch.

 

19.30-11.30  

CONGRESS BANQUETAll Ticket Holders

8.30-17.48 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18TH 2004

 

MEASUREMENT OF AUTOANTIBODIES IN APL, WHICH ONES?

CHAIRPERSONS – T. EXNER, R. LEVY

8.30

TESTS FOR LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT REVISITED

RHWM Derksen, PhG de Groot, Netherlands

8.55

ANTI-ß2-GLYCOPROTEIN I ANTIBODIES – WHEN AND HOW SHOULD THEY BE MEASURED ?

G. Reber, P. de Moerloose, Switzerland

9.20

ANTIPROTHOMBIN ANTIBODIES – ARE THEY WORTH ASSAYING ? –

T. Atsumi, O. Amengual, S. Yasuda, T. Koike, Japan

9.45

PHENOTYPING THE HAEMOSTATIC SYSTEM BY THROMBOGRAPHY – PROSPECTS TO THE ESTIMATION OF THE THROMBOTIC RISK

V. Regnault, HC Hemker, D. Wahl, T. Lecompte, France/Netherlands

10.10 COFFEE BREAK

CHAIRPERSONS – A. TINCANI, J. MCINTYRE

10.30

DETECTION OF PROCOAGULANT PHOSPHOLIPID INTERFERING IN TESTS FOR LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT

T. Exner, J. Low, Australia

10.45

MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS OF APL ELISAS 

A. Tincani, F. Allegri, G. Balestrieri, G. Reber, M. Sanmarco, PL Meroni, MC Boffa, Italy/Switzerland/France

11.00

CONSENSUS GUIDELINES FOR ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY TESTING

RCW Wong, Australia

11.20

ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY TEST IN DIAGNOSIS OF THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

EN Harris, SS Pierangeli, United States

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18TH 2004

11.35

AN ADAPTED ELISA METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING PATHOGENIC FROM NON-PATHOGENIC APL BY A  b2-GLYCOPROTEIN I DEPENDENCY ANTI-CARDIOLIPIN ASSAY.

RA Levy, E. de Meis, SS Pierangeli, Brazil/United States

11.50

THE APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF APL AUTOANTIBODIES SUBSEQUENT TO OXIDATION – REDUCTION (REDOX) REACTIONS

JA McIntyre, United States

12.10

LIBMAN-SACKS ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME AND INFECTION

Y. Shoenfeld, M. Blank, A. Shani, I. Goldberg, J. Kopilovic, MC Amigo, L. Magrini, Israel/Mexico/Italy

12.30        LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING

CHAIRPERSONS – M. GALLI, SS PIERANGELI

13.30

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES ARE A RISK FACTOR FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (BUT NOT ATHEROSCLEROSIS): HOPKINS LUPUS COHORT

M. Petri, United States

13.50

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND THROMBOSIS: DO TEST PATTERNS IDENTIFY THE PATIENTS’ RISK?

M. Galli, Italy

14.10

REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES(APL): HOW STABLE ARE APL OVER TIME?

W. Derksen, D. Erkan, V. Kaplan, L. Sammaritano, SS Pierangeli, MD Lockshin, Netherlands/United States

14.22

REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE WITH APL: COMPARISON BETWEEN APS AND ASYMPTOMATIC APL-POSITIVE PATIENTS

W. Derksen, D. Erkan, V. Kaplan, L. Sammaritano, MD Lockshin, Netherlands/United States

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18TH 2004

14.34

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE-DEPENDENT ANTIPROTHROMBIN ANTIBODY (APS/PT) BOUND ONLY TO HUMAN PROTHROMBIN IN APS PATIENTS WITH SEVERAL KINDS OF COLLAGEN DISEASE

Y. Kawashima, M. Yamazaki, H. Asakura, E. Morishita, S. Otake, Japan

14.46

REPORT ON THE EUROPEAN COLLABORATIVE STUDY ON ANTIPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE ANTIBODIES

M. Sanmarco, S. Gayet, MC Alessi, M. Audrain, B. Boneu, E. de Maistre, JC Gris, P. de Groot, E. Hachulla, I. Kontopoulou-Grivas, P. Sié, France/Netherlands/Greece (European Forum on aPL)

14.58

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANTI-PROTEIN S (ANTI-PS) AND ANTI- PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE (APE) ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL FEATURES OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS)

M. Sanmarco, N. Bardin, P. Roll, MC Alessi, France

15.10

THE PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF IGA ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES

YP Shen, AM Dyszkiewicz-Korpanty, R. Lee, J. Balani, EP Frenkel, R. Sarode, United States

15.22 COFFEE & POSTER VIEWING

CHAIRPERSONS – G. REBER, I. MACKIE 

16.00

ASSOCIATION OF HIGH AVIDITY ANTI-BETA2GPI ANTIBODIES WITH THROMBOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH APS

B. Božič, S. Cucnik, T. Kveder, B. Rozman, Slovenia

16.12

EVALUATION OF TEN COMMERCIAL ASSAYS FOR THE QUANTITATION OF ANTI-B2GLYCOPROTEIN I ANTIBODIES. ON BEHALF OF THE STANDARDISATION GROUP OF THE EUROPEAN FORUM ON ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES

G. Reber, M. Sanmarco, A. Tincani, P. de Moerloose, MC Boffa, Switzerland/France

16.24

LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT IN PATIENTS ON ORAL ANTICOAGULANT

M. Aboud, CM Ward, L. Coyle, Australia

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18TH 2004

16.36

DOES HEPARINASE TREATMENT OF PLASMA AFFECT THE DETECTION OF LUPUS ANTICOAGULANTS?

C. Brookfield, G. Jowitt, K. Goodfellow, S. Kitchen, United Kingdom

16.48

PROLONGED BLEEDING TIME AND LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT: A SECOND PARADOX IN THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

RT Urbanus, HB de Laat, PhG de Groot, RHWM Derksen, Netherlands

17.00

A PROTOTYPE COMMERCIAL ELISA FOR PROTEIN S ANTIBODIES

IJ Mackie, HB de Laat, G. Purdy, M. Adam, B. Woodhams, RHWM Derksen, PhG de Groot, United Kingdom/Netherlands/France

17.12

THROMBOGRAPHY ALLOWS RELIABLE STUDY OF THE PROTEIN  C SYSTEM IN APS AND EVIDENCES A STRONG PHENOTYPIC HETEROGENEITY

D. Wahl, V. Regnault, S. Béguin, E. de Maistre, P. Kaminsky, HC Hemker, T. Lecompte, France/Netherlands

17.24

DOES SLE AFFECT THE OUTCOME IN CATASTROPHIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (CAPS)?

D. Erkan, R. Asherson, R. Cervera, G. Espinosa, S. Bucciarelli, JA Gómez-Puerta, J. Font, United States/South Africa/Spain

17.36

ASSESSMENT OF PLATELET FUNCTION UNDER FLOW CONDITION IN PATIENTS WITH SCLERODERMA AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME USING THE CONE AND PLATE(LET) ANALYZER

D. Varon, Y. Levy, B. Shenkman, R. Pauzner, Y. Shoenfeld, N. Savion, Israel

17.48

OBSTETRICAL APS: HEPARIN DOSING BASED ON PHARMACOKINETICS

MD Stephenson, MHH Ensom, Canada

POSTERS

MONDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2004  Posters 8.30am to 5.30pm

 [1]

Are Acquired Activated Protein C Resistance (APCR) and Hyperhomocysteinemia

Associated with New Thrombosis?

Canada

J. Kassis, C. Neville, S. Solymoss, E. Chang, J. Rauch, L. Joseph, P. Belisle, M. Le Comte, R. Subang, PR Fortin

[2]

Two Adolescents with Neurological Abnormalities and Elevated Antiphospholipid Antibodies

United States

A. Gedalia, H. Sinclair, S. Deputy, W. Wilson

[3]

Antiphospholipid and antinuclear antibodies following infliximab treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.           

Italy

F. Atzeni, P. Sarzi-Puttini, G. Randisi, MG Marrazza, M. Carrabba, F. Capsoni

[4]

Elevated Levels Of Baff Correlate With Antiphospholipid Antibody Production In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

France

B. Bendaoud, Y. Pennec, A. Saraux, Y. Renaudineau, C. Jamin, P. Youinou

[5]

Prevalence of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Israel/Italy

Y. Sherer, R. Gerli, R. Allegrucci, A. Giordano, B. Gilburd, G. Vaudo, S. Marchesi, G. Schiallaci, E. Mannarino, Y. Shoenfeld

[6]

Thickened Carotid Artery Intima-Media in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients is Associated With Elevated Anti-Cardiolipin Antibodies

Israel/Italy

Y. Sherer, R. Gerli, R. Allegrucci, A.Giordano, B. Gilburd, G. Vaudo, S. Marchesi, G. Schillaci, E. Mannarino, Y. Shoenfeld

[7]

Rapidly progressed mononeuritis multiplex in a case of central nervous system lupus associated with lupus anticoagulant.

Japan

A. Goto, M. Mukai, A. Notoya, H. Takashima, T. Fukuda, M. Kaji, S. Kaieda, K. Tanaka, R. Ayukawa

 [8]

Antiphosphatidylethanolamine antibodies in patients with Sneddon’s syndrome

Russia

LA Kalashnikova, LA Dobrynina. EA Aleksandrova, AA Novikov, EL Nassonov, EV Sergeeva, AL  Berkovskiy

[9]

Antibodies to myelin basic protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein and neurospecific enolase in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and nervous system involvement

Russia

LA Kalashnikova, OI Gurina, VP Chehonin, BD Dzhamantaeva, LA Dobrynina, EA Aleksandrova, AA Novikov

[10]

Register of babies born to mothers with APS. First immunological results

France/Slovenia/Italy

MH Aurousseau, E. Lachassine, H. Dauphin, O. Fain, M. Uzan,  P. Le Toumelin, S. Derenne, C. Boinot, T. Avcin, M. Motta, D. Faden, A. Tincani, JC Piette, MC Boffa

 [11]

Evaluation Of Efficacy And Tolerability Of A Fixed Dose Combination Of Losartan And Ramipril In The Management Of Hypertensive Patients With Associated Diabetes Mellitus : Lord Trial (Losartan Ramipril in Diabetic Hypertensives)

India

D. Pawar, S. Joshi, M. Yeolekar, K.Tripathi, J.Giri, A. Maity, M Chopda, S Maroli

[12]

A Post Marketing Surveillance Of Telmisartan In Indian Hypertensive Patients

India

D. Pawar, M. Yeolekar, M. Chopda, S. Maroli, V. Mourye

[13]

HLA Associations Of Anti-Annexin V, Anti-Prothrombin, Anti-Beta2GPI, Anti-Protein C And Anti-Protein S Antibodies In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Italy/Spain

M. Galeazzi, G. Morozzi, GD Sebastiani, F. Bellisai, R. Cervera, E. de Ramon Garrido, A. Fernandez Nebro, O. De Pità   

[14]

The Relationship Of OXLDL, ß2GPI and ß2GPI-OXLDL Complexes In Patients With APS

Slovenia

A. Ambrozic, T. Kveder, B. Rozman, E. Matsuura  

[15]

High Levels Of Antibodies To CMV And To CMV-Peptide In Sera Of APS Patients.

United States

K. Labat, M. Vega-Ostertag, SS Pierangeli, AE Gharavi

[16]

A Peptide Derived From Cytomegalovirus Reverses Thrombosis Induced By Antiphospholipid Antibodies.

United States

M. Vega-Ostertag, X. Liu, V. Henderson, AE Gharavi, SS Pierangeli

 [17]

Upregulation of Expression Of IL-6 and IL-8 In Endothelial Cells By Antiphospholipid Antibodies.

United States

M. Vega-Ostertag, M. Lindsay, K. Labat, EN Harris, SS Pierangeli

[18]

Factor V Leiden (G1691A), prothrombin (G2021A) and 5,10-methylentetrahydrofolatereductase (C677T) gene mutations in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) and cerebrovascular disease

Russia

LA Kalashnikova, NLPatrusheva, LI Patrushev, T. Kovalenko, LA Dobrynina, EN Aleksandrova, EL Nassonov

[19]

Differences in Myocardial Involvement in Primary Versus Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Greece

I. Moyssakis, NJ Pantazopoulos, M. Tektonidou, D. Papadopoulos, E. Gialafos, V. Votteas

[20]

Right Ventricular Performance Index in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension

Greece

I. Moyssakis, NJ Pantazopoulos, E. Gialafos, M. Tektonidou, V. Vassiliou, V. Votteas

[21]

Heart Lesions in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Influence of Antiphospholipid Antibodies.

Greece

I. Moyssakis, NJPantazopoulos, M. Tektonidou, E. Gialafos, P. Vlahoyannopoulos, V. Votteas

[22]

The condition of mucous stomach in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and APS patients.

Russia

TM Reshetnyak, IA Doroshkevich, AE Karateev, SG Radoneska-Lapovok, AV Novikova, LV Kondratieva, EL Nassonov

[23]

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome In The Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Spain/South Africa

S. Bucciarelli, R. Cervera, G.Espinosa, JA Gómez-Puerta, Gclaver, M. Ramos-Casals, M. Ingelmo, J. Font, RA Asherson

[24]

Anti Phospholipid Antibody Syndrome Presenting As Retinal Vein Occlusion

India

F. Manuel, G. Rajasekhar, LM Christina, S.Anandan, S. Premalatha, S. Shobana, V. Mahalakshmi, R. Sudha, M. Rashmi, S. Murugan, S. Adikrishnan

[25]

Effect of anti beta2-glycoprotein I lupus anticoagulant antibodies on clotting time in the presence of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. A.Banzato, A.Biasiolo,A.Rosato.V.Pengo

[26]

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in two patients with antiphospholipid syndrome

Japan

Y. Kon, T. Atsumi, M. Kondo,Y. Sakai. S. Yasuda, Y. Amasaki, T. Koike

[27]

OxLDL/b2GPI complexes in type II Diabetes Mellitus

United States/Japan

LR Lopez, B. Hurley, J. Kuca, K. Dier, C. Fink, E. Matsuura

[28]

Prevalence of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in a Lupus Inception Cohort: Brain Connections

United States

RL Brey, SL Holliday, PA Padilla, N. Naqibuddin, M. Petri
[29] Long Term Follow-up of Patients with Phospholipid Antibodies

United States

T. Loughran, C. Galea    , S. Lakshminarayanan, A. Parke
[30] Short Term Lack Of Efficacy Of Rituximab In A Thrombocytopaenic Patient With Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Italy/United Kingdom

C. Tommasino, G. Fossati, A. Saulino, A. Margarita, F. Ferrara, L. Iannaccone, V. Brancaccio, PRJ Ames
[31] Circulating oxLDL/ß2GPI Complexes in Autoimmune Disease: Pathogenic Implications for Systemic Lupus Erythematomsus and Systemic Sclerosis LR Lopez, K. Dier, B. Hurley, J. Kuca, C. Fink, E. Matsuura
[32] Antiphospholipid Syndrome Profile in Hepatitis C Viral Infected Patients with Compensated Liver

Egypt

AS Ellabban, ME Abd EL-Fattah, T. Motamed

TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2004  Posters 8.00am to 5.30pm

 [1] Enoxaparin In Pregnancy Loss Associated With Antiphospholipid Antibodies B Grand, A. Ventura, D. Riveros

[2]

 

The role of annexin A5 in the antiphospholipid syndrome

Netherlands/United Kingdom/France

HB de Laat, PhG  de Groot, IJ Mackie, S. Schoormans, M. Adam, G. Purdy, B. Woodhams, RHWM Derksen, W. van Heerde

[3]

 

Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Lupus Nephritis and Antiphospholipid Antibodies

United States/Czech Republic

VD. Garovic, D. Reed, M. Sitina, KG Moder

[4]

 

Randomized controlled trial of aspirin and combined aspirin-heparin in antiphospholipid complicated pregnancy

Indonesia

J. Witjaksono, K. Tambunan     

[5]

 

Annexin V Antibodies and Their Role in Complications of Pregnancy

United Kingdom

L. Cooper, A. Ochert, Y. Tayob, M. Parry

[6]

 

Low Protein Z Concentration In Women With Early Fetal Losses, A New Tool To Detect APS?

Germany

F. Bergmann, WN Kühn-Velten, C. Nolte, G. Dubenhorst, S. Spranger, B. Kazmierczak

[7]

 

Health-Related Quality of Life and Prospective Treatment in Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome.

United States

GA McCarty, TE Cason

 [8]

 

  Serum Anticardiolipin &Antiphospholipid Antibodies in patients with autoimmune disorders

Iran

 A. Naghi, M. Shaiegan, Mahnaz Aghaiipour

[9]

Antiphospholipid and anti-annexin A5 antibodies in patients with recurrent IVF-ET failure and recurrent pregnancy loss

Japan

H. Matsubayashi, M. Shida, A. Kondo, T. Sugi, T. Makino

[10]

 

Absence of Antibodies to beta2 Glycoprotein1 In Multiple Sclerosis.

Israel

J. Chapman, M. Blank, M. Gurevich, Y. Shoenfeld, A. Achiron

 [11]

 

Antiphospholipid syndrome with neurological symptoms. Case report.

Czech Republic

D. Jilek, V. Kral, J. Markova

[12]

aPL and the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in German Lupus Patients

Germany

S. Beer, R. Fischer-Betz, M. Sitzer, M.

Schneider

[13]

 

Prevalence of Cerebral Microembolism in a German SLE-Cohort

Germany

S. Beer, R. Fischer-Betz, M. Sitzer, M.

Schneider

[14]

 

The induction of LAC by immunotherapy with biological response modifier in recurrent miscarriage patients

Japan

K. Katano, MS Ogasawara, K. Aoki, K. Suzumori

[15]

 

Antiphospholipid antibodies as a baseline risk factor for damage development in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Norway

A. Becker-Merok, OP Rekvig, JC Nossent

[16]

Autoimmune hepatitis
– a new manifestation of the Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome ?

Norway

A. Becker-Merok, JC Nossent 

 [17]