Thursday, 29 September 2005 (Poster Area G) 08:30-17:30

Poster Session

     The posters will be on display all day (08:30 to 17:30). The chaired discussion will be from 12:15 to 13:45 (during the lunch break).     
Mechanotransduction

Moderators: R. Braun-Dullaeus (Dresden, DE), S. Lehoux (Paris, FR)

(P163) Regulation of Nox isoforms by shear stress in human endothelial cells.

N. Duerrschmidt, C. Stielow, G. Müller, H. Morawietz (Dresden, DE)
(P164) Structural control of vessel diameter and wall thickness.

A. Pries, B. Reglin, T. Secomb (Berlin, DE; Tucson, US)
(P165) An evaluative comparison of mechanical and electrical properties of fresh and cryopreserved arteries.

K. Wachal, M. Gabriel, Z. Tylczynski, P. Biskupski, A. Korcz, K. Pawlaczyk (Poznań, PL)
(P166) Fluid shear stress induces the KLF2 transcription factor in endothelial cells through a PI3K-dependent chromatin remodeling pathway.

J. Huddleson, N. Ahmad, J. Lingrel (Cincinnati, US)
(P167) Shear stress induced FGF-2 release from endothelial cells is mediated by elastolytic activity.

Chr. Klarskov, F. Krötz, U. Pohl, T. Gloe (München, DE)
(P168) Strain-induced MMP activation and vascular remodeling are transduced by NF-kB but not ERK1/2.

C. Lemarie, B. Esposito, A. Tedgui, S. Lehoux (Paris, FR)
(P169) Primary cilia on the endocardium of the chicken embryo in areas of low shear stress.

K. van der Heiden, B. Groenendijk, M. Mommaas, H. Koerten, A. Gittenberger-de Groot, B. Hierck, R. Poelmann (Leiden, NL)
(P170) Regulation of redox enzyme and pro-atherosclerotic gene expression in endothelial cells in response to different mechanical forces.

A.H. Wagner, K. Fricke, O. Kautz, M. Hecker (Heidelberg, DE)
(P171) Biomechanical stress induces tissue factor expression in vascular smooth muscle cells via RhoA/Rho-Kinase: inhibition by atorvastatin.

U. Bavendiek, J. Kumaravelu, M. Feurer, R. Ebensperger, K. Grote, B. Schieffer (Hannover, DE)
(P172) Regulation of Angiopoietin-2 by shear stress involves VEGF.

C. Gryczka, W. Goettsch, H. Morawietz (Dresden, DE)
(P173) Induction of sprouting inhibitor METH-1 in endothelial cells by shear stress and oxygen tension.

A. Zakrzewicz, M. Bongrazio, J. Knöchel, A. Alter, W. Wunderlich, J. Abraham, A.R. Pries (Berlin, DE)
(P174) Cyclic stretch and shear stress: a complex interaction governing endothelial cell morphology and gene expression.

P. Silacci, J. Fellay, M. Bueno, J. Weber, B. Sick, C. Chambaz, N. Stergiopulos (Lausanne, CH)