Dear participant,

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the XXIIIrd LIAC congress in Barcelona. LIAC is a working group dedicated to improving the quality of basic applied research in all areas of vascular biology, to increasing communication among chemist, biophisics morphologist, molecular biologists, pathologist and physicans with the aim to promote join and coordinate projects.

I hope you will have an excellent stay in Barcelona and very fruitfull congress for all of us.

Lina Badimon

26th Wednesday

• 19:00 Opening Conference
  Gabriel Jackson (USA)
  Introduced by Dr. Lina Badimon
• 20:00 Lunch

27th Thursday

1st Session: Structure and aging of the vascular wall
Chairs: Dr. L.Badimon & Dr. J.Bujan (Spain)

• 9:30 "Elastin: aging and/or pathology"
  Dr. Antonio Tamburro, Potenza (Italy)
• 10:00 "Aging and conduit artery stiffness: the role of elastin"
  Prof. Steve Greenwald, London (United Kingdom)
• 10:30 "Lower limb arteriopathy rehabilitation"
  Dr. Carlos A. Rio, Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
• 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:30 "The extracellular network of interactions: from maps to biological functions"
  Dr. Sylvie Ricard-Blum, (France)
• 12:00 Oral Communications
• 13:30 Lunch

2nd Session: Biomaterials and Pharmaceuticals
Chairs: Dr. A.Tamburro (Italy) & Dr. C.Lacabanne(France)

• 15:00 "Recombinant elastin-like polymers for tissue engineering: Towards mimicking the complexity and biofunctionality of the extracellular matrix"
  Prof. José Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello, Valladolid (Spain)
• 15:30 "How single crystal study by XR diffraction can help The design of specific factor Xa inhibitors active by oral route"
  Dr. Michel Bauer, Montpellier (France)
• 16:00 Coffee Break

3rd Session: Remodelling and Repair of arteries
Chairs: Dr. C.Villaverde (Spain) & Dr. M.Spina (Italy)

• 16:30 "Involvement of immune system cells in the repair processes of injured arterial wall"
  Dr. Paolo Romagnoli, Florence (Italy)
• 17:00 "From Cardiac Stem cells to Cardiospheres"
  Dr. Lucio Barile, Roma (Italy)
• 17:30 Oral Communications
• 18.30 LIAC Members Meeting

28th Friday

4th.Session: Hypertension and organ damage
Chairs: Dr. J.Bonnet (France) & Dr. P.Charpiot (France)

• 9:30 "Microfibrils as modulators of cellular differentiation in embryonic tissues"
  Dr. Robert Mecham, St. Louis (USA)
• 10:00 "Exploring a new role of MMP10 in clot formation and lysis"
  Dr. J.A. Paramo, Pamplona (Spain)
• 10:30 "Effect of angiotensin ii on LRP1 expression and lipid accumulation in the vascular wall"
  Dr. V. Llorente-Cortes, Barcelona (Spain)
• 11:00 "Osteopontin: angel or demon of cardiovascular physiopatology"
  Dr. Alain-Pierre Gadeau, Bordeaux (France)
• 11:30 Coffee Break
• 12:00 Oral Communications
• 13:30 Lunch

5th Session: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Chairs: Dr. F.Ortolani (Italy) & Dr. V.Llorente (España)

• 15:00 "The developmental origins of cardio-vascular disease in the adult"
  Dr. Umberto Simeoni, Marsella (France)
• 15:30 "Inflammation and atherothrombosis: Are metalloproteinases the link?"
  Dr. J.Orbe, Pamplona (Spain)
• 16:00 Coffee Break
• 16:30 "Genetic polymorphisms and cardiovascular risk assessment"
  Dr. Sophie Viviskis-Siest, Nancy (France)
• 17:00 "Hypoxia and vascular remodeling: role of NR4A receptors"
  Dr. José Martínez-González, Barcelona (Spain)
• 17:30 Oral communications
• 21:00 Dinner

29th Saturday

6th Session: Atherosclerosis Associated Syndromes
Chairs: Dr. C.Villaverde (Spain) & Dr. A.Tamburro (Italy)

• 9:30 "Inflammation, lipoproteins and atherosclerosis in HIV -patiens"
  Dr. Carlos Villaverde Lozano, Reus (Spain)
• 10:00 "New isoform of human ABCC6 protein"
  Dr. Faustino Bisaccia, Potenza (Italy)
• 10:30 "Hypercholesterolemia Familiar"
  Dr. Pedro Mata, Madrid (Spain)
• 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11.30 "Cardiac and renal damage in primary aldosteronism"
  Dr. Leonardo A. Sechi, Udine (Italy)
• 12:00 Oral Communications
• 13:30 Closing Remarks
  Dr. Antonio Tamburro ? President LIAC
• 13:45 Lunch

LIAC is a working group devoted to improve the quality of basic and applied research in all areas of vascular biology, to enhance communication among chemists, biophysics, morphologists, molecular biologists, pathologists and clinicians involved in these disciplines and to promote joint or co-ordinated projects.

LIAC Meeting

Every year LIAC organises a Meeting in one of the four European countries that are represented in the scientific committee: France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Official languages of the Meeting are French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, with English. Any of the official languages can be used for lectures and oral communications, but text on presentation slides and abstracts must be in English.

LIAC Scientific committee

• TAMBURRO Antonio M - president - (Potenza - Italia)
• BONNET Jacques (Pessac - France)
• BOURDILLON Marie-Claude (Lyon - France)
• BUJAN Julia (Madrid - España)
• CHARPIOT Philippe (Marseille - France)
• DANIEL-LAMAZIERE Jean-Marie (Pessac - France)
• HADJIISKY Peter (Paris - France)
• HALPERN Manuel J (Lisboa - Portugal)
• LACABANNE Colette (Toulouse - France)
• LLORENTE CORTES Vicenta (Barcelona - España)
• ORTOLANI Fulvia (Udine - Italia)
• PIOVELLA Franco (Pavia - Italia)
• SAMOUILLAN ValÈrie (Toulouse - France)
• SPINA Michel (Padova - Italia)
• VILLAVERDE Carlos (Barcelona - España)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

• All abstracts must be submitted electronically.
• The deadline for submission is on 10th June 2007.

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS:

• 1 A4 page, 2 cm (3/4") margins, Title (Arial 12), Text (Arial 10)
• Underline name of the presenting author, give e-mail address
• Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] (object: LIAC2007 ABSTRACT) as well as attached files in Rich Text Format (RTF).

NOTES:

• The Organizing Committee of LIAC 2007 reserves the right to refuse any abstract if the scientific content is deemed insufficient. According to topic, selected abstracts will be presented either as oral communication or as poster. Notice regarding type of presentation will be forwarded to authors on July 15th 2007.
• Forward abstract form by e-mail at [email protected] and copy of appropriate bank remittance by fax to:+34 93 5565559.
• Abstract submission will not be processed without registration.
• Presenting authors will be informed by e-mail about abstract acceptance.
• Conference room will be equipped with computer and projector.

The deadline to submit abstracts is on 10th June 2007