11th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies
 Sydney,  Australia                                               14 - 18  November  2004
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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