IBMS/ECTS 2001 - PROGRAM and ABSTRACTS

PLENARY SESSION 1

CELL BIOLOGY: OSTEOCLASTS AND RELATED CYTOKINES

Chairs: Michael A. Horton (London/UK),
Alberta M. Zallone (Bari/Italy)

Wednesday, June 6, 2001
08:30 - 09:30 Auditorium

IN2
Role of Inflammatory Cytokines in Osteoclast Differentiation and Function
Naoyuki Takahashi (Tokyo/Japan)
IN3
Modulation of Osteoclast Function
Kalervo Väänänen (Turku/Finland)

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ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1

CELL BIOLOGY: OSTEOCLASTS AND RELATED CYTOKINES

Chairs: Michael A. Horton (London/UK),
Alberta M. Zallone (Bari/Italy)

Wednesday, June 6, 2001
09:30 - 11:10 Auditorium

The abstract text of oral presentations (prefix OR) can be found in the Abstracts section. Click on the Abstract number.

09:30 OR1
A NOVEL OSTEOBLAST-DERIVED MOLECULE THAT INHIBITS OSTEOCLAST FORMATION
H. Zhou, V. Kartsogiannis, Y. S. Hu, J. Elliott, J. M. W. Quinn, W. J. McKinstry, M. T. Gillespie*, K. W. Ng
St. Vincent's Inst Med. Res. and Dept Med. Uni. Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
09:42 OR2
CBL NEGATIVELY REGULATES SRC KINASE ACTIVITY AND VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR-MEDIATED CELL ADHESION
A. Sanjay*, A. Houghton, E. DiDomenico, W. Horne, R. Baron
Dept.of Orthopaedics, Yale University, USA
09:54 OR3
INTERLEUKIN-1 REGULATES CYTOSKELETAL ORGANIZATION IN OSTEOCLASTS VIA TRAF6/C-SRC COMPLEX
I. N. Nakamura*, Y. Kadono, H. Takayanagi, E. Jimi, T. Miyazaki, H. Oda, K. Nakamura, S. Tanaka, G. A. Rodan, L. T. Duong
Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Merck Res Labs, West Point, USA; Yale Univ, New Haven, USA
10:06 OR4
EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION OF SMALL GTPASES OF RAB FAMILY IN BONE-RESORBING OSTEOCLASTS
H. B. Zhao*, O. Ettala, H. K. Väänänen
Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
10:18 OR5
CONNEXIN43 DEFICIENCY LEADS TO IMPAIRED OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS
F. Lecanda*, F. Furlan, L. Weitzmann, S. Sheikh, R. Civitelli
University of Navarra, Pamplona, SPAIN; Washington University, St. Louis, USA
10:30 OR6
INTERLEUKIN-12 ALONE, AND IN SYNERGY WITH INTERLEUKIN-18, INHIBITS OSTEOCLAST FORMATION IN VITRO
N. J. Horwood, J. Elliott, T. J. Martin, M. T. Gillespie*
St. Vincent's Inst. Med. Res., Melbourne, Australia
10:42 OR7
INTERLEUKIN-17 IS A CATABOLIC CYTOKINE FOR BONE AND CARTILAGE IN PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS CHARACTERIZED BY INFLAMMATION
R. L. van Bezooijen*, L. van der Wee-Pals, B. Oudshoorn, S. E. Papapoulos, C. W. G. M. Löwik
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
10:54 OR8
TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA INDUCES OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS BY DIRECT STIMULATION OF MACROPHAGES EXPOSED TO PERMISSIVE LEVELS OF RANK LIGAND
J. Lam*, S. Takeshita, J. E. Barker, O. Kanagawa, F. P. Ross, S. L. Teitelbaum
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA; The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA

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