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Poster Listing
Thursday, April 24, 2008
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Ballroom B
Welcome Reception and Poster Session
Jointly presented by
Central Society for Clinical Research/Midwestern Section American Federation for Medical Research
Observational Science
2 CASE OF SLE WITH UNUSUAL PRESENTATION.
C Attoti, A Cochon, D Godkar, B Gala and I Shaiful, Brooklyn, NY. Coney Island Hospital
Abstract 2
4 SLOPE OF THE FLOW-TIME WAVEFORM PREDICTS RESPIRATORY SYSTEM RESISTANCE AND COMPLIANCE IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS.
ND Collett and GA Schmidt, Iowa City, IA.University of Iowa (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 4
6 CATASTROPHIZING AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO PAIN.
R Edwards, Baltimore, MD. Johns Hopkins (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 6
8 AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR: A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SYSTEM FOR DRUG SCREENING AND THE INVESTIGATION OF LEARNING.
C Hicks, D Sorocco and M Levin, Boston, MA. The Forsyth Institute
Abstract 8
10 HYPERINFLATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER SLEEP EFFICIENCY IN COPD WITH CO-EXISTENT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA.
J Kwon, J Sutter, CL Kuntz, LF Wolfe, BS Lu and R Kalhan, Chicago, IL and Philadelphia, PA. Northwestern University School of Medicine
Abstract 10
12 EFFECT OF CYP2C9 AND VKORC1 POLYMORPHISMS ON WARFARIN DOSE, ANTICOAGULATION ATTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE AMONG EUROPEAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICANS.
NA Limdi, M Beasley, JA Goldstein, DK Arnett, G McGwin and RT Acton, Birmingham, AL and Research Triangle Park, NC. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract 12
14 EFFECT OF VITAMIN D ON HYPERTENSION: A META-ANALYSIS.
A Mutgi, S Avasthi and S Khuder, Toledo, OH. University of Toledo Health Science Campus
Abstract 14
16 LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINE-BASED MEDICAL THERAPIES IS THE STRONGEST PREDICTOR OF EVENT-FREE SURVIVAL FOLLOWING NON ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
S Nathan, AP Amin, E Mukhopadhyay, S Napan and RF Kelly, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago Medical Center
Abstract 16
18 STENTED LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO ASSESSED VIA QUANTITATIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IS AN EFFECTIVE BEDSIDE TOOL FOR PREDICTION OF BARE METAL BINARY IN-STENT RESTENOSIS AS WELL AS INCREASED RESTENOTIC COMPLEXITY.
S Nathan, MK Reriani, E Mahapatra, V Mwansa, AP Amin, SN Patel, A Kumar and RF Kelly, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago Medical Center
Abstract 18
20 FATAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS WITH METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) COMPLICATING THERAPY OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH INFLIXIMAB.
WD Ratnoff and CL Stetson, Lubbock, TX. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Abstract 20
22 DIFFERENCES IN SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN WOMEN WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: A COMBINED ANAYSIS WITH SOLVABLE (CHICAGO) AND HEARTS (PITTSBURGH).
EY Rhew, SM Manzi, DD McPherson, AR Dyer, KT George, K Sutton-Tyrrell and R Ramsey-Goldman, Chicago, IL, Pittsburgh, PA and Houston, TX. Northwestern University (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 22
24 CHILDHOOD ASTHMA PREVALENCE CORRELATES WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS.
S Rosenberg, RS Gupta, S Budinger, GM Mutlu, X Zhang and KB Weiss, Chicago, IL and Washington, DC. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Abstract 24
26 DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL BEDSIDE TOOL FOR EVALUATING RIGHT-SIDED INTRACARDIAC PRESSURES USING NON-INVASIVE ULTRASOUND: EARLY RESULTS OF THE NICHE STUDY.
AA Shinde, S Fedson, S Rajendran, AS Anderson and AY Kim, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 26
28 THE ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME: PRESENTATION AS A MIMIC OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
E Swenson, G Mumm, C Bartels, C Bell and K McKown, Madison, WI. University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Abstract 28
30 TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA: ESTABLISHING AN ACCURATE ANATOMIC MARKER USING THE CELIAC ARTERY.
SC Vasaiwala, J Connolly and L Frazin, Chicago, IL. University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract 30
32 THE IMPACT OF THE MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT ON PRESCRIPTION UTILIZATION AND OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURES.
W Yin, A Basu, J Zhang, A Rabbani, D Meltzern and G Alexander, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 32
34 THE ROLE OF LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID SIGNALING IN PROTECTION OF LPS-INDUCED AIRWAY EPITHELIAL BARRIER DYSFUNCTION.
Y Zhao, D He, PV Usatuyk, EW Spannhake and V Natarajan, Chicago, IL and Baltimore, MD. The University of Chicago (Cardiovascular Award and Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 34
Understanding Mechanisms of Disease
36 MISOPROSTOL INHIBITS FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INNATE IMMUNE DEFENSES AGAINST CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII.
D Aronoff, Y Hao, J Chung, C Peres, H Serezani, N Coleman, C Lewis, T Brock and M Peters-Golden, Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 36
38 AKT ACTIVATES ENOS AND RESTORES BARRIER INTEGRITY IN HUMAN CARDIAC MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS DURING OXIDANT STRESS.
E Berdyshev, D Anar, I Gorshkova, Z Shao, C Li, P Long, A Joshi, V Natarajan and T Vanden Hoek, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 38
40 ENKEPHALIN RECEPTOR ACTIVATION ATTENUATES ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM FORMATION IN ANGIOTENSIN II INFUSED APOLIPOPROTEIN E-DEFICIENT MICE.
AL Blomkalns, SM Ormond, LL Stoll, GM Denning, EW Dickson and NL Weintraub, Cincinnati, OH and Iowa City, IA. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Abstract 40
42 TARGETING THE AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE WITH STATINS AS A POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR ASTHMA.
B Camoretti-Mercado, X Li, J Churchill, K Poon, J McConville, V Sandwick, C Cummings, CG Lee, JA Elias and J Solway, Chicago, IL and New Haven, CT. The University of Chicago
Abstract 42
44 AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS IN GATA5-DEFICIENT MICE.
B Chen, Y Li, J Churchill, M Tran, T Moore, M Dowell, O Lakser, RW Mitchell, PJ Gruber, EE Morrisey and J Solway, Chicago, IL and Philadelphia, PA. The University of Chicago
Abstract 44
46 ISCHEMIC DAMAGE TO THE MITOCHONDRIAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN: MECHANISM OF CARDIAC INJURY DURING REPERFUSION.
Q Chen and EJ Lesnefsky, Cleveland, OH. Case Western Reserve University
Abstract 46
50 P53-DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION OF NOXA MEDIATES ASBESTOS-INDUCED ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL CELL APOPTOSIS.
N Dhawan, G Liu, S Soberanes, D Ulrich, SE Chiarella, N Chandel, GM Mutlu, G Budinger and DW Kamp, Chicago, IL. Jesse Brown VAMC and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 50
52 A SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM IN THE HUMAN CORTACTIN GENE ALTERS PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION AND FUNCTION.
S Dudek, S Camp, A Desai, S Ma and J Garcia, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 52
54 LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIP OF TOTAL IGE AND DUST MITE ANTIGEN DER P 1 SPECIFIC IGE TO SYMPTOMS OF ALLERGIC ASTHMA.
B Fritsch, L Fine, C Onumah, MB Miller, W Zhong, S Kelleher, C Liebeler and M Blumenthal, Minneapolis, MN. University of Minnesota
Abstract 54
56 IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL REGION FOR AIS ON CHROMOSOME 12P WITH AN AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE AND DOMINANT MODEL OF INHERITANCE.
PF Giampietro, CL Raggio, S Dobrin, C Zhao, D Dorshorst, JL Weber and RD Blank, Marshfield, WI, New York, NY and Madison, WI. Marshfield Clinic
Abstract 56
58 FOCAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN ISCHEMIC MYOCARDIUM: PROMINENT ROLE FOR ANGIOTENSIN II AND ANGIOTENSIN AT2 RECEPTOR BLOCKADE.
R Gopinathannair, D Xing, A Chaudhary and JB Martins, Iowa City, IA.University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 58
60 BACE1 MODULATES MYELINATION IN THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
X Hu, C Hicks, W He, P Wong, W Macklin, B Trapp and R Yan, Cleveland, OH and Baltimore, MD. Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 60
62 HIGH LEVELS OF ADRENERGIC NEUROVASCULAR TONE: A CORONARY RISK FACTOR IN NORMOTENSIVE PEOPLE.
J Hwang, R Barndt, S Jagtap, R Dawson, N Mina, A Cho and D Ahn, Downey, CA. Bethel Public Service Clinic
Abstract 62
64 INTEGRIN β4 MEDIATES INFLAMMATION IN MURINE VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED LUNG INJURY VIA ENDOTHELIAL CELL MAPK SIGNALING.
JR Jacobson, JG Garcia and W Chen, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 64
66 BARRIERS TO A DELIRIUM IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
D Jurivich, Chicago, IL. University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract 66
68 CHANGES IN CIRCULATING COUNTER-REGULATORY HORMONES AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL SLEEP RESTRICTION.
LE Kessler, M Surati, A Nedeltcheva, J Imperial and P Penev, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 68
70 HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS IN CULTURE POSSESS PRIMARY CILIA WITH HEDGEHOG SIGNALING MACHINERY.
E Kiprilov, A Awan, M Velho, CA Clement, AG Byskov, CY Andersen, P Satir, E Bouhassira, S Christensen and RE Hirsch, Bronx, NY and Copenhagen, Denmark. Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 70
72 THE REGULATION OF NEURONAL OUTGROWTH BY SEROTONIN RECEPTOR 7 (5-HT7): THE ROLE OF LIM KINASE 1.
A Krbanjevic and T Voyno-Yasenetskaya, Chicago, IL. University of Illinois at Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 72
74 PARTICULATE MATTER EXPOSURE TRIGGERS VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS VIA CAROTID BODY/AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION IN A MURINE MODEL OF CARDIOMYOPATHY.
GD Lang, SN Goonewardena, T Wang, L Moreno-Vinasco, Y Huang, EC Svensson, V Natarajan, P Breysse, A Geyh, JM Samet, YJ Peng, Y Lussier, N Prabakhar and JG Garcia, Chicago, IL and Baltimore, MD. Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 74
76 EVALUATION OF MURINE AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE ULTRASTRUCTURE BY HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING/FREEZE-SUBSTITUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND TOMOGRAM COLLECTION.
TL Lavoie, JR Austin, OJ Lakser, RW Mitchell, J Solway and ML Dowell, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 76
78 CARDIOMYOCYTE-SPECIFIC OVEREXPRESSION OF THE ONCOGENE
C-MYC INDUCES CELL-CYCLE REENTRY AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY.
H Lee, A Liner, S Richardson, EJ Lesnefsky, BD Hoit and MA Smith, Cleveland, OH. Case Western Reserve University (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 78
80 EVIDENCE FOR NORMAL METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY IN HUMAN DIABETIC MYOCARDIUM.
KJ Mather, G Hutchins and T DeGrado, Indianapolis, IN. Indiana University
Abstract 80
82 GADD45A PROTECTS AGAINST VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY.
NJ Meyer, Y Huang, S Sammani, L Moreno-Vinasco, YA Lussier, AN Husain and JG Garcia, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 82
84 MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA DOES NOT ALTER ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN SUPERCOMPLEXES.
S Moghaddas and EJ Lesnefsky, Cleveland, OH and Brewer, ME. Maine Institute for Human Genetics & Health
Abstract 84
86 STROMELYSIN 6A6A HOMOZYGOSITY, PRINZMETAL’S ANGINA, AND NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION: A REVERSIBLE PATHOETIOLOGY?
J Munjal, C Glueck, LJ Sieve and P Wang, Cincinnati, OH. The University Hospital (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 86
88 ANALYSIS OF DEAFFERENTATION-INDUCED CELL DEATH IN CHICK COCHLEAR NUCLEUS NEURONS USING TUNEL LABELING, LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION, AND PCR ARRAYS.
HK Nicely and D Durham, Kansas City, KS. University of Kansas Medical Center (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 88
90 RNA-DEPENDENT SELENOCYSTEINE BIOSYNTHESIS IN EUKARYOTES AND ARCHAEA.
S Palioura, J Yuan, D Su, Y Araiso, O Nureki, WB Whitman and D Soll, New Haven, CT, Kanagawa, Japan and Athens, GA. Yale University School of Medicine
Abstract 90
92 FUNCTIONAL BRAIN MODEL IN PEDIATRIC BIPOLAR DISORDER: A DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF BRAIN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY.
MN Pavuluri, J Sweeney and X Zhou, Chicago, IL. University of Illinois at Chicago (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 92
94 DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES AFTER REVERSIBLE UNILATERAL URETERAL OBSTRUCTION IN MURINE STRAINS SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT TO DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.
T Puri, L Mathew, M Shakaib, O Olayinka, A Minto, Z Wang, L Hensley, M Karmegam, B Hack, A Chang and R Quigg, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 94
96 DEFECTIVE T-CELL ERK PATHWAY SIGNALING IN MICE INDUCES INTERFERON-REGULATED GENE EXPRESSION AND OVEREXPRESSION OF METHYLATION SENSITIVE GENES SIMILAR TO LUPUS PATIENTS.
AH Sawalha, M Jeffries, R Webb, Q Lu, G Gorelik, D Ray, K Johnson and B Richardson, Oklahoma City, OK, Ann Arbor, MI and Changsha, China. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Abstract 96
98 LYMPHOCYTIC BRONCHIOLITIS IN A NOVEL MODEL OF CHRONIC LUNG REJECTION.
RA Shilling, E Berry, AI Sperling and M Alegre, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 98
100 HIGH MW HYALURONAN-MEDIATED CD44 SIGNALING IN CAVEOLIN-ENRICHED MICRODOMAINS ENHANCES VASCULAR INTEGRITY.
PA Singleton, Y Guo, F Arce, J Whitlock, L Moreno-Vinasco, J Moitra, S Sammani, T Mirzapoiazova, R Lal and J Garcia, Chicago, IL and Baltimore, MD. University of Chicago
Abstract 100
102 AN OXIDIZED EXTRACELLULAR REDOX STATE INCREASES NOX1 EXPRESSION IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS.
B Stanic and F Miller, Iowa City, IA.University of Iowa
Abstract 102
104 GLUCOSE PHOSPHORYLATION AND MITOCHONDRIAL BINDING ARE REQUIRED FOR THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF HEXOKINASE I AND II.
L Sun, S Shukair, TJ Naik, F Moazed and H Ardehali, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 104
106 DEVELOPMENT OF A SPECIFIC ASSAY FOR DETECTION AND PURIFICATION OF THE MICROTUBULE-INHIBITOR ACTIVATED BCL-XL KINASE, A KEY ENZYME LINKING MITOTIC ARREST AND APOPTOSIS.
D Terrano and TC Chambers, Little Rock, AR. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 106
108 A NOVEL ROLE FOR MITOCHONDRIAL-LOCALIZED STAT3 IN CARDIAC MITOCHONDRIA.
J Wegrzyn, R Potla, Y Chwae, Q Zhang, M Szelag, Q Chen, J Dulak, X Fu, EJ Lesnefsky and AC Larner, Cleveland, OH, Richmond, VA, Krakow, Poland and Indianapolis, IN. Virginia Commonwealth University (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 108
110 EPAC/RAP AND PKA MEDIATE ANP-INDUCED ENDOTHELIAL BARRIER PROTECTION.
J Xing, E Alekseeva, K Birukov and A Birukova, Chicago, IL and La Jolla, CA. The University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 110
112 DISSECTING THE MECHANISMS OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN MICE WITH GENETIC DISORDERS OF INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICKING.
LR Young, P Gulleman and FX McCormack, Cincinnati, OH. University of Cincinnati
Abstract 112
Investigating Disease Modulation and Intervention
114 DIFFERENTIAL ROLE OF EZRIN/RADIXIN/MOESIN PROTEINS IN AGONIST-INDUCED PULMONARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL BARRIER ENHANCEMENT.
DM Adyshev, SM Dudek and JG Garcia, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 114
116 INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN TRANSGENIC SICKLE MICE: INHALED CARBON MONOXIDE AS A POTENTIAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT.
JD Beckman, JV Vineyard, JD Belcher and GM Vercellotti, Minneapolis, MN. University of Minnesota (Trainee Travel Award and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 116
118 ATORVASTATIN INHIBITS HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA-INDUCED PROLIFERATION AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PRODUCTION IN THE RENAL GLOMERULI VIA THE WNT/LRP5 RECEPTOR PATHWAY.
FC Caira, T Manca and NM Rajamannan, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University
Abstract 118
120 MODULATION OF THE CALCINEURIN/NFAT PATHWAY BY MYOGLOBIN INHIBITS PATHOLOGIC CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY.
R Chirumamilla, S Singh, T Nguyen, RD Gerard, Z Yan, JA Hill and PP Mammen, Dallas, TX and Durham, NC. UT Southwestern Medical Center (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 120
122 CYCLIC TRANSITION STATES IN THE CATALYSIS OF PROTON TRANSFER IN GLUTAMATE RACEMASE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG DESIGN.
D Dodd, J Baudry, K Pankow, JG Reese, SR Blanke and MA Spies, Urbana, IL. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 122
124 NEW APPLICATION OF AMIFOSTINE IN TREATMENT OF ENDOTOXIN-INDUCED ACUTE LUNG INJURY.
P Fu, AA Birukova, S Sammani, D Burdette, JS Murley, JG Garcia, DJ Grdina and KG Birukov, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 124
126 EXPANDED AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMAN CORD BLOOD-DERIVED CD133+ STEM CELLS IMPROVES CARDIAC FUNCTION IN A RAT MODEL OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
JC George, H Das, N Abdulhameed, M Joseph, A Liner, BD Hoit and VJ Pompili, Cleveland, OH. University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 126
128 ULTRASONIC EVIDENCE OF PPREVENTION OF CORONARY COLLAGEN PROGRESSION DURING CALCIUM THERAPY IN TYPE A WOMEN.
S Jagtap, R Barndt, J Hwang, N Mina, R Dawson and A Stavrakis, Downey, CA. Bethel Public Service Clinic (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 128
130 SEPARATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CHIRAL ISOLATES OF METHADONE ON HERG CURRENT.
C Lin, V Ranade, X Ke, J Molnar and JC Somberg, Chicago, IL and Lake Bluff, IL. Rush University
Abstract 130
132 DONOR CELL INFUSION WITHOUT IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AS A NOVEL THERAPY FOR INDUCTION OF DONOR-SPECIFIC TOLERANCE IN ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTATION.
X Luo, K Pothoven, D MaCarthy and S Miller, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 132
134 EXAMINING OXIDATIVE STRESS AND INFLAMMATION IN SLEEP APNEA AS MEDIATORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
R Mehra, BD Hoit, SL Hazen and S Redline, Cleveland, OH. Case School of Medicine (Trainee Travel Award, K Award Grant and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 134
136 LOW SINGLE DOSE OF INTRAVENOUS SOTALOL CAUSES SIGNIFICANT QT INTERVAL PROLONGATION.
J Molnar, V Ranade, RA Preston and JC Somberg, Lake Bluff, IL, Chicago, IL and Miami, FL. Academic Pharmaceuticals
Abstract 136
138 INITIAL PLATELET INHIBITION EXPERIENCE IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF ANTIPLATELET THERAPY ON INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA OF ARTERIALIZED VENOUS CONDUIT.
S Nathan, VA Lonchyna, EJ Okum, V Mwansa, R Nubani, L Kistler, J Turner, SB Hughey, A Oates, P Theiss and RS Higgins, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago Medical Center
Abstract 138
140 EFFECT OF S1P1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS ON MURINE LUNG AIRWAY FUNCTION.
S Sammani, T Mirzapoiazova, L Moreno-Vinasco and J Garcia, Chicago, IL. U of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 140
142 PH INDUCED DIFFERENCES IN ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION HETEROGENEITY BETWEEN QUINIDINE AND AMIODARONE.
JC Somberg, Q Zhou, J Fox and C Lin, Chicago, IL. Rush University
Abstract 142
144 ADALIMUMAB AS A NOVEL THERAPY FOR REFRACTORY SARCOIDOSIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A 52-WEEK TRIAL.
NJ Sweiss, I Noth, R Baughman, M Ellman, J Curran, K Hogarth, M Strek, M Alegre, M Clark, P Caligiuri and A Pangan, Chicago, IL, Abbott Park, IL and Cincinnati, OH. University of Chicago
Abstract 144
Friday, April 25, 2008
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Ballroom B
Combined Poster Session and Lunch
Jointly presented by
Central Society for Clinical Research/Midwestern Section American Federation for Medical Research
Observational Science
1 LOW SERUM 25(OH) VITAMIN D LEVELS (<20 NMOL/L) ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MYALGIA-MILD MYOSITIS IN STATIN-TREATED PATIENTS.
W Ahmed, NA Khan, BB Rawal, N Goldenberg, CJ Glueck and P Wang, Cincinnati, OH. Jewish Hospital Cincinnati
Abstract 1
3 RARE CASE OF TWO SYNCHRONOUS PRIMARY TUMORS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF GERMLINE GENE MUTATION.
G Bansal, T Chelliah and S Sridhar, Brooklyn, NY. Coney Island Hospital
Abstract 3
5 CLINICIANS, RELIGION, AND THE INTEGRATION OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES.
FA Curlin and JC Tilburt, Chicago, IL and Rochester, MN. The University of Chicago (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 5
7 A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SKIN TESTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PHENOTYPES.
L Fine, W Zhong, B Fritsch, C Onumah, MB Miller, S Kelleher, C Liebeler and M Blumenthal, Minneapolis, MN. University of Minnesota (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 7
9 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES (APLA) IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS.
B Joshi, S Arami, N Sweiss, F Mahmood, P Saffold, W Swedler and S Volkov, Chicago, IL. University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract 9
11 OLDER CANCER PATIENTS’ USE OF BIOLOGICALLY BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM) AND THE PREVALENCE OF CAM-MEDICATION INTERACTIONS: A NATIONAL, POPULATION-BASED STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES.
RT Lee, D Qato, WM Stadler and ST Lindau, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 11
13 CORTACTIN (CTTN) GENE POLYMORPHISMS ARE ASSOCAITED WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS.
S Ma, P Hysi, C Flores, M Wade, S Papaiahgari, J Ford and JG Garcia, Chicago, IL and Baltimore, MD. University of Chicago
Abstract 13
15 LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IS INDEPENDENTLY PREDICTIVE OF MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS POST-PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN AN OPEN COHORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PATIENTS.
S Nathan, AP Amin, S Attanasio, R Mahidhar, S Napan, S Kadri, MN Orig and RF Kelly, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago Medical Center
Abstract 15
17 LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN AN OPEN COHORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PATIENTS UNDERGOING DRUG-ELUTING STENT (DES) IMPLANTATION FOR ON-LABEL VS. OFF-LABEL INDICATIONS.
S Nathan, S Attanasio, AP Amin, S Napan, R Mahidhar, MN Orig, S Kadri and RF Kelly, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago Medical Center
Abstract 17
19 NON-RANDOM DISTRIBUTION AND SENSORY FUNCTIONS OF PRIMARY CILIA IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS.
Q Qian, Rochester, MN. Mayo Clinic
Abstract 19
21 SHOULD HIGH CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE (CPK) LEVELS DISCOURAGE THE USE OF STATINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA?
BB Rawal, CJ Glueck, NA Khan, W Ahmed and P Wang, Cincinnati, OH. The Jewish Hospital (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 21
23 ANTIBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED LENGTH-OF-STAY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR INFLUENZA.
E Riggle, R Kalhan and R Wunderink, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University
Abstract 23
25 CORONARY ARTERY DOMINANCE: CORRELATION WITH FALSE POSITIVE REGIONAL MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION ABNORMALITIES.
S Sheldon, P Tadros, J Vacek, C Jones, T Rosamond and MA Wiley, Kansas City, KS. University of Kansas Hospital
Abstract 25
27 C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A MARKER OF DISEASE ACTIVITY AND AS A PREDICTOR OF INFLIXIMAB TREATMENT OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SARCOIDOSIS.
NJ Sweiss, E Barnathan, K Lo, M Alegre and R Baughman, Chicago, IL, Cincinnati, OH and Pennsylvania, PA. University of Chicago
Abstract 27
29 SERUM F2-ISOPROSTANES AND OXIDIZED LDL ARE LONGITUDINALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER LUNG FUNCTION: THE CARDIA STUDY.
B Tran, L Colangelo, B Thyagarajan, A Arynchyn, K Liu, P Holvoet, DR Jacobs, LJ Smith and R Kalhan, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, Birmingham, AL and Leuven, Belgium. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Abstract 29
31 ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH FIBRINOLYTICS: FOCUS ON THE HIPANIC/LATINO POPULATION.
SC Vasaiwala and M Vidovich, Chicago, IL. University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract 31
33 IDENTIFICATION PROTEIN KINASE A-MEDIATED ENDOTHELIAL CELL MYOSINE LIGHT CHAIN KINASE PHOSPHORYLATION SITES BY NANO-LC/MS/MS.
J Zhao, SM Camp, ET Chiang, AB Schilling, SM Dudek and JG Garcia, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 33
35 HEALTHY LONGEVITY; ROLE OF PRESERVED AUTONOMIC F UNCTION (AF).
U Zulfiqar, DH Singer, M Zulfiqar and D Jurivich, Chicago, IL and Lahore, Pakistan. UIC, Chicago, IL (Trainee Travel Award and K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 35
Understanding Mechanisms of Disease
37 ATRIAL AUTONOMIC REMODELING IN A CANINE MODEL OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.
R Arora, R Villuendas and A Kadish, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 37
39 UPREGULATION OF FERROPORTIN AND DIVALENT METAL TRANS-PORTER-1 IN CIRRHOTIC HUMAN LIVERS: A LINK TO HEMOSIDEROSIS?
OM Bergmann, M Mathahs, K Broadhurst, JA Weydert, N Wilkinson, JR Howe, WN Schmidt and KE Brown, Iowa City, IA.University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 39
41 HORMONAL BIOLOGICAL AMINES DETOXIFY EFFECTS OF ACETALDEHYDE UPON APTT.
AS Brecher and SJ Murrey, Bowling Green, OH. Bowling Green State University
Abstract 41
43 DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY OF HUMAN AND MOUSE MACROPHAGES TO BACILLUS ANTHRACIS LETHAL TOXIN.
K Chakrabarty, J Booth, ES Duggan, W Wu, K Coggeshall and JP Metcalf, Oklahoma City, OK. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Abstract 43
45 HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY DUE TO OVEREXPRESSION OF THE ONCOGENE C-MYC RESULTS IN MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AT ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX I.
Q Chen, H Lee, SL Richardson, A Liner, BD Hoit, EJ Lesnefsky and M Smith, Cleveland, OH. Case Western Reserve University (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 45
47 CORONARY COLLAGEN STENOSIS PREDICTION AND MONITORING IN ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE USING PULSE PRESSURE AND ULTRSOUND.
R Dawson, R Barndt, N Mina, AY Cho and D Ahn, Downey, CA. Bethel Public Service Clinic (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 47
51 MEK1 INHIBITION AUGMENTS FORCE FLUCTUATION-INDUCED RELENGTHENING OF CONTRACTED CANINE TRACHEAL SMOOTH MUSCLE.
ML Dowell, TL Lavoie, OJ Lakser, RW Mitchell and J Solway, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 51
53 THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF SUSTAINED ATTENTION DEFICITS IN BIPOLAR MANIA.
DE Fleck, JC Eliassen, M Durling, M Lamy and SM Strakowski, Cincinnati, OH. University of Cincinnati (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 53
55 AGED RAT HEART: DECREASED SUBUNIT OF CYTOCHROME OXIDASE BY HIGH RESOLUTION IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY.
H Fujioka, DG Murdock, EJ Lesnefsky and CL Hoppel, Cleveland, OH and Nashville, TN. Case Western Reserve University
Abstract 55
57 EVIDENCE FOR T(BRACHYURY) AS A CANDIDATE GENE FOR VERTEBRAL MALFORMATIONS.
PF Giampietro, CL Raggio, N Ghebranious, J Staubli, E McPherson, L Ivacic, K Rasmussen, FS Jacobsen, T Faciszewski, RM Pauli, J Burmester, I Glurich, O Boachie-Adjei and RD Blank, Marshfield, WI, New York, NY and Madison, WI. Marshfield Clinic
Abstract 57
59 S100 A12 IS INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND INDUCES SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PROLIFERATION IN VITRO.
MA Hofmann Bowman, EM McNally, SL Archer and M Gomberg, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago Medical Center (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 59
61 METHODS TO REGULATE ADRENERGIC NEUROVASCULAR TONE TO REDUCE SYMPTOM LEVELS.
J Hwang, R Barndt, S Jagtap, R Dawson, N Mina, D Ahn and ML Wong, Downey, CA. Bethel Public Service Clinic (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 61
63 INTRODUCTION OF IGG FROM PREECLAMPTIC PATIENTS INTO PREGNANT MICE LEADS TO MULTIPLE FEATURES OF PREECLAMPSIA VIA AT1 RECEPTOR ACTIVATION.
RA Irani, CC Zhou, Y Zhang, SM Ramin, RE Kellems and Y Xia, Houston, TX. University of Texas at Houston (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 63
65 REGRESSION OF CORONARY COLLAGEN STENOSIS IN WOMEN ON CALCIUM THERAPY.
S Jagtap, R Barndt, R Dawson, J Hwang, ML Wong and A Stravakis, Downey, CA. Bethel Public Service Clinic
Abstract 65
67 PTPN22 C1858T POLYMORPHISM IS ASSOCIATED WITH SKEWING OF SERUM CYTOKINE PROFILES TOWARD HIGH IFN-α ACTIVITY AND LOW TNF-α IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS.
SN Kariuki, MK Crow and TB Niewold, Chicago, IL and New York, NY. University of Chicago
Abstract 67
69 SLC26A9 EXPRESSION AND CL-/HCO3- EXCHANGE ACTIVITY IN HUMAN AND MURINE TRACHEAL EPITHELIAL CELLS.
C Kim, DW McGraw, J Xu and M Soleimani, Cincinnati, OH. University of Cincinnati (Trainee Travel Award and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 69
71 PTH SUPPRESSES SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER ACTIVITY BY A MAPK-DEPENDENT PROCESS.
B Ko, L Cooke and RS Hoover, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 71
73 UPREGULATION OF ARACHIDONIC ACID 5-LIPOXYGENASE IN PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA CORRELATES WITH INCREASED TUMOR INVASION IN VIVO AND IN VITRO.
NT Kummer, J Azzi, C Iacob, ZR Komorowski, N Suslina, S Schantz, S Schaefer, RK Tiwari and J Geliebter, Valhalla, NY and New York, NY. New York Medical College (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 73
75 RECRUITMENT OF A STEM CELL ANTIGEN-1 POSITIVE CELL POPULATION TO ORTHOTOPIC MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA SPHEROIDS.
B Lau, NJ Messier and AB Kane, Providence, RI. Brown University (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 75
77 THE TGF-β-STIMULATED PRODUCTION OF MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN (MCP)-1 BY PODOCYTES INFLUENCES PODOCYTE MOTILITY AND PERMEABILITY: EVIDENCE FOR AN MCP-1 AUTOCRINE LOOP.
E Lee, C Chung, A Wang, P Pyagay and S Chen, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 77
79 INHIBITION OF MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION AND ALTERED MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE IN ENDOTOXIN CHALLENGED RATS.
KE Mason, D Stofan, A Liner and B Hoit, Cleveland, OH. University Hospitals and Case Medical Center
Abstract 79
81 THE CONSTITUTIVE ACTIVITY OF THE NF-KB P65/P50 TRANSCRIPTIONAL COMPLEX IS CRITICAL FOR BONE METASTASIS IN BREAST CANCER.
C Menaa, A Moscovitz, S Kim, CJ Froelich and SM Sprague, Evanston, IL and Jerusalem, Israel. Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (Trainee Travel Award, K Award Grant and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 81
83 PREVENTION AND REGRESSION OF RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY DUE TO CALCIUM THERAPY IN TYPE A WOMEN.
N Mina, R Barndt, S Jagtap, J Hwang, A Stavrakis and R Dawson, PO Box 4921, CA. Bethel Public Service Clinic
Abstract 83
85 MURINE PULMONARY RESPONSES TO AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER: GENOMIC ANALYSIS AND CONTRIBUTION TO AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS.
L Moreno-Vinasco, T Wang, Y Huang, J Linares, G Lang, SN Goonewardena, A Geyh, P Breysse, JM Samet, V Natarajan, Y Lussier and JG Garcia, Chicago, IL, Baltimore, MD and Ann Arbor, MI. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 85
87 RECURRENT SLEEP CURTAILMENT IS ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASED INTAKE OF CALORIES FROM SNACKS.
AV Nedeltcheva, J Kilkus, J Imperial, K Kasza, D Schoeller and PD Penev, Chicago, IL and Madison, WI. University of Chicago
Abstract 87
89 CIGARETTE SMOKE INDUCES CELLULAR SENESCENCE VIA WERNER’S SYNDROME PROTEIN DOWNREGULATION.
T Nyunoya, MM Monick, CO Brown, E Matsumono and GW Hunninghake, Iowa City, IA. University of Iowa
Abstract 89
91 STRA6 IS EXPRESSED IN THE ENDOMETRIUM AND IS ABSENT IN ENDOMETRIOSIS.
M Pavone, SE Bulun, SS Reierstad, J Innes and Y Cheng, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University
Abstract 91
93 ROLE OF NOX4 IN ENDOTHELIAL CELL SIGNALING, ROS GENERATION AND MOTILITY.
S Pendyala, I Gorshkova, PV Usatyuk, SK Kalari, M Burns, D He, VJ Thannickal and V Natarajan, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award and MWAMFR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 93
95 GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES MEDIATED BY PRE-B-CELL COLONY ENHANCING FACTOR IN VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY (VILI).
RR Reeves, Y Huang, L Moreno-Vinasco, S Sammani, S Hong, S Ma, J Moitra, T Mirzapoiazova, C Evenoski, SQ Ye, YA Lussier and J Garcia, Chicago, IL, Columbia, MO and Seoul, South Korea. University of Chicago Medical Center
Abstract 95
97 GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (GDNF) FAMILY LIGANDS (GFLS) ENHANCE THE RELEASE OF THE NEUROPEPTIDE CGRP.
BS Schmutzler and CM Hingtgen, Indianapolis, IN. Indiana University School of Medicine (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 97
99 CD4+ T CELLS PROMOTE PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN A MURINE MODEL OF HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS.
PL Simonian, CL Roark, WK Born, RL O’Brien and AP Fontenot, Denver, CO. University of Colorado (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 99
101 HABP2 REGULATES ENDOTHELIAL CELL PERMEABILITY: ROLE OF HYALURONAN, PAR RECEPTORS, TENASCIN-C AND PERLECAN.
PA Singleton, N Mambetsariev, T Mirzapoiazova, B Mambetsariev and J Garcia, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 101
103 SUBREGIONAL COMPARISONS OF REAL-TIME GLUTAMATE NEUROTRANSMISSION IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS DURING AGING.
ML Stephens, JE Quintero, P Huettl, F Pomerleau and GA Gerhardt, Lexington, KY. University of Kentucky
Abstract 103
105 PP2A MODULATES ERK DEPHOSPHORYLATION IN MONOCYTES EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS.
LA Tephly and A Carter, Iowa City, IA.University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Abstract 105
107 REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES AND P38 MAPK ACTIVATION MEDIATE PARTICULATE MATTER CAUSED ENDOTHELIAL CELL BARRIER DISRUPTION.
T Wang, L Moreno-Vinasco, S Pendyala, ET Chiang, GD Lang, JM Samet, AS Geyh, PN Breysse, V Natarajan and JG Garcia, Chicago, IL and Baltimore, MD. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 107
109 PROSTACYCLIN AND ITS SYNTHETIC ANALOGUES ARE SMALL MOLECULE AGONISTS OF FRIZZLED 9 MEDIATING GROWTH INHIBITION OF NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER CELLS.
RA Winn, M Tennis, A Sergew, L Williams, J Randall and M Van Scoyk, Denver, CO. Denver VAMC (Trainee Travel Award, K Award Grant and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 109
111 HEPARANASE EXPRESSION AND REGULATION BY HIGH GLUCOSE IN THE ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: A POTENTIAL ROLE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF DIABETES ASSOCIATED-ATHEROSCLEROSIS.
X Xu, W Huang, G Rao, E Lewis, V Reddy and R Prinz, Chicago, IL. Rush University Medical Center
Abstract 111
113 HEPATITIS C VIRUS CORE PROTEIN UPREGULATES TELOMERASE ACTIVITY IN HEPATOMA CELLS.
Z Zhu, AT Wilson, K Gopalakrishna, KE Brown, BA Luxon and WN Schmidt, Iowa City, IA.University of Iowa
Abstract 113
Investigating Disease Modulation and Intervention
115 SICKLE CELL TRAIT AND PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS.
G Bansal, A Menon, S Jacob, D Anandacoomarswamy, D Godkar and S Niranjan, Brooklyn, NY. Coney Island Hospital
Abstract 115
117 LOVENOX, METFORMIN AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS AND SPONTANEOUS ABORTION.
G Boobilli, C Glueck and P Wang, Cincinnati, OH. Jewish Hospital
Abstract 117
119 INTEGRIN 4 MEDIATES THE ATTENUATION OF LPS-INDUCED ENDOTHELIAL CELL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES BY SIMVASTATIN.
W Chen and JR Jacobson, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award, K Award Grant Winner and MWAFMR Centocor Scholar’s Award Winner)
Abstract 119
121 ROLE OF THE MAPK CASCADE IN A RODENT MODEL OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION.
AA Desai, L Moreno-Vinasco, M Gomberg-Maitland, M Maitland, PA Singleton, S Sammani, S Ma, AN Husain, L Sam, Y Liu, RM Lang, MJ Ratain, YA Lussier and JN Garcia, Chicago, IL. The University of Chicago
Abstract 121
123 POLYPHENOLIC-RICH FRAGARIA SPP MODULATES INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AND INSULIN RESPONSE TO HIGH FAT MEAL IN OVERWEIGHT MEN AND WOMEN: ANOTHER ROLE FOR PHYTONUTRIENTS IN MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY?
CL Ellis, I Edirisinghe, A Linares, T Kappagoda and B Burton-Freeman, Davis, CA and Summit-Argo, IL. University of California, Davis
Abstract 123
125 OXIDIZED PHOSPHOLIPIDS ATTENUATE VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY IN MURINE MODEL.
P Fu, J Xing, S Chatchavalvanich, AA Birukova and KG Birukov, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago (Outstanding Young Investigator Award Winner)
Abstract 125
127 LACK OF EFFECT OF SPECIFIC THERAPY ON TRANSCRIPTOMICS FROM PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION.
DN Grigoryev, SC Mathai, LK Hummers, FM Wigley, JG Garcia, KC Barnes and PM Hassoun, Baltimore, MD and Chicago, IL. Johns Hopkins University (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 127
129 RISTOCETIN-INDUCED AGGREGATION OF HUMAN GPIB-α TRANSGENIC MICE IS INHIBITED BY ANTI-HUMAN GPIB-α ANTIBODIES IN THE PRESENCE OF HUMAN PLASMA.
AY Kim, A Goel, T Biswas, J Ware and JL Miller, Chicago, IL and Little Rock, AR. The University of Chicago (Trainee Travel Award and K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 129
131 IBUTILIDE CAUSES HETEROGENEITY OF REPOLARIZATION THAT CAN RESULT IN ARRHYTHMIAS IN A MODEL OF ISCHEMIA.
C Lin, V Ranade, J Molnar and JC Somberg, Chicago, IL and Lake Bluff, IL. Rush University
Abstract 131
133 CHARACTERIZATION OF LUNG VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION IN A MURINE MODEL OF RADIATION PNEUMONITIS.
B Mathew, J Kochinsky, S Sammani, L Moreno, R Weischelbaum and J Garcia, Chicago, IL. The University of Chicago
Abstract 133
135 IN VIVO SIRNA SUPPRESSION OF NON-MUSCLE MLC KINASE (NMMLCK) PROTECTS FROM LPS-INDUCED ACUTE LUNG INJURY.
T Mirzapoiazova, S Sammani, ET Chiang, B Mambetsariev, L Moreno-Vinasco and J Garcia, Chicago, IL. University of Chicago
Abstract 135
137 PROBIOTIC MANIPULATION OF THE ENDOGENOUS FLORA AS PROPHYLAXIS FOR VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA.
LE Morrow, Omaha, NE. Creighton University (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 137
139 NOVEL TARGETED THERAPY FOR ADVANCED COLORECTAL CANCER BASED ON TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA TYPE 1 RECEPTOR GENOTYPE.
MJ Pennison, KB Wisinski and B Pasche, Chicago, IL. Northwestern University
Abstract 139
141 INTRA-ARTICULAR BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A (IA-BONT/A) SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASES SHOULDER PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY SHOULDER ARTHRITIS PAIN: A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL.
JA Singh, ML Mahowald and S Noorbaloochi, Minneapolis, MN. Minneapolis VA Medical Center (K Award Grant Winner)
Abstract 141
143 QUANTIFICATION OF GLOBAL LEFT VENTRICULAR MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY USING REAL-TIME THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.
K Staffey, J Martins and A Abiose, Iowa City, IA. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Trainee Travel Award Winner)
Abstract 143
145 RELEASE OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS AND EXPRESSION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY ADHESION MOLECULES BY ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS.
Y Zhang, DA Ingram, LE Mead, DN Prater, MP Murphy and J Rehman, Chicago, IL and Indianapolis, IN. University of Chicago
Abstract 145
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