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Monday, 7 June 2004

 

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08.00 – 19.30

Registration open

 

 

08.00 – 09.00

Posters

 

Hall Agora 2

         

09.00 – 10.00

Symposium 3
Bone Resorption

Chair: P. Jurdic (Lyon, France),
A. Teti (L’Aquila, Italy)
 

 

Athena Theatre

I012   Chloride channels and proton transport: CLC-7 regulates bone density  

U. Kornak (Berlin, Germany)

I013   Bone lining cells and the regulation of bone resorption   V. Everts (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
         

10.00 – 11.00

Oral Presentations 4
Osteoclasts and Bone Resorption

Chair: P. Jurdic (Lyon, France),
A. Teti (L’Aquila, Italy)
 

 

Athena Theatre

OP016   Cannabinoid receptor antagonists inhibit osteoclastic bone resorption in vitro and prevent ovariectomy induced bone loss in vivo
ECTS Young Investigator Award
 

A. Idris (Aberdeen, UK)

OP017   Role of inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase type II in osteoclast cytoskeletal organization and activity
ECTS Young Investigator Award
 

M. Ferron (Montreal, Canada)

OP018   Osteoclast alphaVbeta3 integrin-induced ERK1/2 activation is intracellular Ca2+/c-Src-dependent, Shc/Ras/Raf-1-independent, and is triggered by engagement of PKCalpha
ECTS Young Investigator Award
 

N. Rucci (L'Aquila, Italy)

OP019   Transdifferentiation of human dendritic cells towards osteoclasts  

M. Mazzorana (Lyon, France)

OP020   ABD56 a potent inhibitor of bone resorption, induces osteoclast apoptosis via NFkB and ERK inhibition in vitro  

A. Idris (Aberdeen, UK)

 

         

11.00 – 12.00

ECTS Annual General Meeting

 

Athena Theatre

11.00 – 12.45

Coffee and Posters

 

Hall Agora 2

12.00 – 12.45

Lunch

 

 

         

12.45 – 14.00

Workshop 3
Tissue Engineering

Chair: B. Rossi (Nice, France),
E. Wagner (Vienna, Austria)
 

 

Hermès Theatre

I014   Tissue engineering of cartilaginous tissues: gene enhancement of chondrogenic cells   T. E. Hardingham (Manchester, UK)
I015   Pluripotency of adult stem cells: instructions for osteogenic lineage direction   J. B. Lian (Worcester, USA)
I016   Engineering new bone with BMP's   J. M. Wozney (Cambridge, USA)
         

12.45 – 14.00

Workshop 4
Rare Bone Diseases

Chair: M.-C. de Vernejoul (Paris, France),
W. van Hul (Antwerpen, Belgium)
 

 

Athena Theatre

I017   Medical treatment of fibrous Dysplasia of bone   P. Meunier (Lyon, France)
I018   Osteogenesis imperfecta & juvenile osteoporosis   F. Glorieux (Montreal, Canada)
I019   Juvenile Paget's disease   T. Cundy (Auckland, New Zealand)
         

14.00 – 15.00

Symposium 4
Metabolic Bone Diseases

Chair: B.-L. Langdahl (Aarhus, Denmark),
U. Kornak (Berlin, Germany)
 

 

Athena Theatre

I020   Molecular mechanisms of phosphate transport in kidney and bone: recent advances   H. Tenenhouse (Montreal, Canada)
I021   Pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis in men   J.-M. Kaufman (Ghent, Belgium)
         

15.00 – 16.00

Oral Presentations 5
Metabolic Bone Diseases

Chair: B.-L. Langdahl (Aarhus, Denmark),
U. Kornak (Berlin, Germany)
 

 

Athena Theatre

OP021   RAS signaling regulates osteoblast differentiation and extracellular matrix mineralization. Implications for the bone manifestations of neurofibromatosis type I  

F. Elefteriou (Houston, USA)

OP022  

FGFR2 downregulation results from C-CBL-dependent FGFR2 proteasome degradation and contributes to increased osteoblast differentiation in apert syndrome
ECTS Young Investigator Award

 

K. Kaabeche (Paris, France)

OP023   Sequestosome 1 gene mutations lead to disregulated NFkB signaling in Paget’s disease of bone  

A. Daroszewska (Aberdeen, UK)

OP024   Twist haploinsufficiency in the Saethre-Chotzen syndrome regulates osteoblast gene expression independently of FGFR2 signaling
ECTS Young Investigator Award
 

H. Guénou (Paris, France)

OP025   Alterations in transcriptional activity of the 24-Hydroxylase gene due to a novel promoter polymorphism   N. Schuetze (Wuerzburg, Germany)
         

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee Break

 

 

         

16.30 – 17.30

Oral Presentations 6
Management of Osteoporosis

Chair: P. Meunier (Lyon, France),
R. Eastell (Sheffield, UK)
 

 

Athena Theatre

OP026   Head-to-head comparison of Risedronate and Alendronate   C. Christiansen (Ballerup, Denmark)
OP027   Sustained effect of Risedronate on trabecular architecture and mineralization over 5 years of treatment: triple biopsy studies by micro-CT  

B. Borah (Mason, USA)

 

OP028   Teriparatide (rhPTH [1-34]) treatment improves the structure of the proximal femur in women with osteoporosis: results from the fracture prevention trial   E. F. Eriksen (Indianapolis, USA)
OP029   Strontium ranelate reduces the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures in caucasian women with post-menopausal osteoporosis   S. Adami (Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy)
OP030   Effects of 10 years of estradiol on fracture risk and other outcomes in early postmenopausal women - the Danish osteoporosis prevention study   L. Mosekilde (Aarhus, Denmark)
         

17.30 – 19.30

Satellite Symposium
Calcium and Vitamin D in Osteoporosis Management

Supported by Nycomed

Chair: P. Meunier (Lyon, France),
J.-Y. Reginster
(Liège, Belgium)
 

 

Hermès Theatre

S001   Osteoporosis: underestimated, under diagnosed, and under treated   S. Boonen (Leuven, Belgium)
S002   The effect of calcium and Vitamin D supplementation on secondary hyperparathyroidism and bone resorption   P. Lips (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
S003   Effect of Vitamin D and calcium in improving muscle strength and reducing the risk of falls in older persons: a systematic review   H. A. Bischoff-Ferrari (Boston, USA)
S004   Efficacy of calcium and Vitamin D in reducing fracture risk   C. Cooper (Southampton, UK)
S005   The importance of compliance within osteoporosis in general and with calcium and Vitamin D in particular   Ö. Ljunggren (Uppsala, Sweden)
         

20.00

ECTS Football Cup

 

Stade St Roch

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