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Sunday, 6 June 2004

 

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06.45– 19.30

Registration open

 

 

       

07.15 – 08.45

Satellite Symposium
Impacting Bone Disease via the RANK/RANKL/OPG System
Supported by AMGEN

Chair: J.-J. Body (Brussels, Belgium)
 

 

Athena Theatre

    The role of the RANK/RANKL/OPG system in bone remodeling and resorption   T. J. Chambers (London, UK)
    Osteoporosis and the RANK/RANKL/OPG system: considerations for therapy  

L. C. Hofbauer (Marburg, Germany)

    Future directions in the treatment of cancer-related bone disease: targeting RANKL   J.-J. Body (Brussels, Belgium)
         

08.00 – 09.00

 

Posters

 

Hall Agora 2

         

09.00 – 10.00

Symposium 1
Bone Formation

Chair: S. Roman-Roman (Romainville, France),
T. M. Skerry (London, UK)
 

 

Athena Theatre

I002   Sclerostin is an osteocyte-expressed negative regulator of bone formation, but not a classical BMP antagonist   C. Löwik (Leiden, Netherlands)
I003   Regulation of bone formation by the FGF2 pathway   M. M. Hurley (Farmington, USA)
         

10.00 – 11.00

Oral Presentations 1
Osteoblasts and Bone Formation

Chair: S. Roman-Roman (Romainville, France),
T. M. Skerry (London, UK)
 

 

Athena Theatre

OP001   Mice lacking Fra-2 are severely osteopenic due to osteoclast and osteoblast defects
ECTS Young Investigator Award
  A. Hoebertz (Vienna, Austria)
OP002   Enhanced trabecular bone mass and architecture in mice over-expressing ATG1-to-TTG1 mutant histone H4 transgene   B. Frenkel (Los Angeles, USA)
OP003   Identification of novel RUNX2 target genes
ECTS Young Investigator Award
  A. Barski (Los Angeles, USA)
OP004   Wnt-signaling regulates human osteoblast differentiation and mineralization in a steroid-dependent manner
ECTS Young Investigator Award
  M. Eijken (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
OP005   Zoledronate up-regulates bone sialoprotein expression in SAOS-2 cells through RhoA inhibition   M. Chaplet (Liège, Belgium)
         

11.00 – 12.45

 

Coffee and Posters

 

Hall Agora 2

12.00 – 12.45

 

Lunch

 

 

         

12.45 – 14.00

Workshop 1
Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

Chair: N. Franchimont (Liège, Belgium),
L. Euller-Ziegler (Nice, France)
 

 

Athena Theatre

I004   Epidemiology of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis   T. P. Van Staa (Staines, UK)
I005   Mechanisms of osteoblast inhibition by steroids   P. Hulley (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
I006   Prevention and management of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis   D. M. Reid (Aberdeen, UK)
         

12.45 – 14.00

Workshop 2
Biochemical Markers

Chair: P. Delmas (Lyon, France),
G. Russell (Oxford, UK)
 

 

Hermès Theatre

I007   Biology of matrix proteins   D. Heinegard (Lund, Sweden)
I008   New biochemical markers of bone turnover in osteoporosis   P. Garnero (Lyon, France)
I009   Clinical use of biochemical markers   R. Eastell (Sheffield, UK)

 

 

 

 

 

14.00 – 15.00

Symposium 2
Bone Development & Bone Quality

Chair: G. Karsenty (Houston, USA),
M. Kassem (Odense, Denmark)
 

 

Athena Theatre

I010   Hox genes and limb development   D. Duboule (Geneva, Switzerland)
I011   Why some bones fracture and others don't: a biomechanical perspective   J. Currey (York, UK)
         

15.00 – 16.00

Oral Presentations 2
Osteoblasts and Bone Formation

Chair: G. Karsenty (Houston, USA),
M. Kassem (Odense, Denmark)
 

 

Athena Theatre

OP006   Defective bone mineralization and osteopenia in young adult FGFR3-/- mice   J. Henderson (Montreal, Canada)
OP007   Accelerated bone aging in DNA repair deficient trichothiodystrophy mice
ECTS Young Investigator Award
  K. Diderich (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
OP008   Genetic deficiency in PERK cause severe osteopenia and neonatal growth retardation   D. Cavener (University Park, USA)
OP009   Prostaglandins-dependent activation of ERK mediates cell proliferation induced by TGFß in MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells   J. Caverzasio (Geneva, Switzerland)
OP010   11ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase expression and glucocorticoid synthesis is directed by a molecular switch during osteoblast differentiation   M. Eijken (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
         

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee Break

 

 

         

16.30 – 17.30

Oral Presentations 3
Osteoporosis and Fractures

Chair: P. Garnero (Lyon, France),
H. Pols (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
 

 

Athena Theatre

OP011   Cumulative risks of fracture in patients using oral glucocorticoids   T. Van Staa (Egham, UK)
OP012   Contrasting effects of teriparatide and alendronate on bone turnover assessed by bone histomorphometric parameters in women with osteoporosis  

P. Meunier (Lyon, France)

 

OP013   Biochemical markers of bone formation are positively correlated with volumetric BMD following teriparatide therapy   P. Miller (Denver, USA)
OP014   Urine osteocalcin - a novel marker of bone metabolism and prediction of fractures   K. Ivaska (Turku, Finland)
OP015   Fracture prediction using markers of bone turnover in the general population: the OPUS study  

A. Blumsohn (Sheffield, UK)

         

17.30 – 19.30

Satellite Symposium
Bone Strength and Fracture Resistance In Osteoporosis

Supported by The Alliance for Better Bone Health

Chair: R. Rizzoli (Geneva, Switzerland)
 

 

Hermès Theatre

    Factors influencing bone strength  

D. Felsenberg (Berlin, Germany)

    The role of bone quality in fracture risk reduction  

R. Lindsay (West Haverstraw, USA)

    Clinical perspectives on differences in bisphosphonate pharmacology  

P. Delmas (Lyon, France)

    Concluding remarks   R. Rizzoli (Geneva, Switzerland)

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