Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada

June 24 - 27, 2010
 
Late Abstract Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010
Early Bird Registration Deadline: March 15, 2010
Hotel Reservation Deadline: May 20, 2010
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Scientific Program

All scientific sessions will take place at the Vancouver Convention Centre – East Wing:

999 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC V6C 3C1
Tel.: +1-604-689-8232
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All sessions will be conducted in English.

View each day's program:

Thursday, June 24, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010


Thursday, June 24, 2010


12:45-15:00   Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Session: SSY - SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  SSY - SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: NARROWING THE GAP IN THE TREATMENT AND STUDY OF SLE WORLDWIDE
12:45   Introduction
Matthew H. Liang, USA
12:50-13:00   SSY1 - NARROWING THE GAP IN THE TREATMENT AND STUDY OF SLE WORLDWIDE
Gillian Barclay, Trinidad
13:00-14:00   SSY2 - CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF MODERATELY ACTIVE AND LIFE THREATENING SLE
Session Chairs: Cindy H. Flower, Barbados and F Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Mexico
13:00
SSY2.1 -
The Caribbean Nations
Cindy H. Flower, Barbados
Desiree Tulloch-Reid, Jamaica
Anselm Hennis, Barbados
13:15
SSY2.2 -
South Africa
Mohamed Tikly, South Africa
Asgar A. Kalla, South Africa
Girish Mody, South Africa
13:30
SSY2.3 -
Latin and South America
F Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Mexico
Rafael Raul Vallee, Colombia
Bernardo Pons-Estel, Argentina
Graciela S. Alarcon, USA and Peru
13:45
SSY2.4 -
Southeast Asia
Sujata Sawhney, India
Sandra V Navarra, Philippines
14:00-14:30   SSY3 - OUTREACH
Session Chair: Gillian Barclay, Trinidad
14:00
SSY3.1 -
Cardozo Clinic
Barbara Mittleman, USA
Michael M. Ward, USA
14:12
SSY3.2 -
First Nations
Allen Lehman, Canada
Antonio Avina-Zubieta, Canada
Christine Peschken, Canada
14:24
SSY3.3 -
Vietnam-Seoul Collaboration
Sang-Cheol Bae, South Korea
14:30-15:00   SSY4 - DEVELOPING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND SETTING UP CLINICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Invited Session Chair: Ola Nived, Sweden
14:30
SSY4.1 -
The Latin American Group for the Study of SLE (GLADEL) - a mature research network
Bernardo Pons-Estel, Argentina
14:42
SSY4.2 -
Open resources for research
Open Clinica, USA
     
15:15-17:15   Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Session: PL - Plenary Session 1
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  PL1 - CUTTING EDGE OF LUPUS RESEARCH PLENARY SESSION
Invited Session Chairs: Peter Lipsky, USA and Joyce Rauch, Canada
15:15
PL1.1 -
Retroelements as trigger of lupus
Matthias Wabl, USA
15:30
PL1.2 -
Long-lived plasma cells adoptively transferred from NZB/W mice cause immunecomplex nephritis in
immunodeficient Rag1-/- mice
Qingyu Cheng, Germany
15:45
PL1.3 -
Defective migration of tissue-resident dendritic cells: a novel pathogenesis of cutaneous Lupus
Ram Raj Singh, USA
16:00
PL1.4 -
Endothelial progenitor cell dysfunction in SLE
Sahena Haque, UK
16:15
PL1.5 -
Trait-stratified genome-wide association study identifies novel and diverse genetic associations with serologic and cytokine phenotypes in systemic lupus erythematosus
Timothy Niewold, USA
16:30
PL1.6 -
A genetic model for IRF5, autoantibodies, and interferon alpha in systemic lupus erythematosus
Timothy Niewold, USA
16:45
PL1.7 -
Proinflammatory SLE neutrophils induce vascular damage and synthesize IFNs
Mariana Kaplan, USA
17:00
PL1.8 -
Chromatin-activated neutrophils represent a major source of interferon -α
Patrice Decker, Germany
     
17:30-19:30   Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Session: IC - Industry Course 1
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Ballrooms ABC
  IC1 - HGS INDUSTRY COURSE
     
19:30-21:30   LUPUS 2010 WELCOME RECEPTION
Location: Pan Pacific Hotel: Atrium


Friday, June 25, 2010


06:00-06:45   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
WALK TOGETHER FOR LUPUS
     
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 1
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 8
  MTP1 - PERSONALIZED MEDICINE (THERANOSTICS) IN SLE: MYTH OR REALITY?
Marvin J. Fritzler, Canada
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 2
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 10
  MTP2 - TRADITIONAL AND NEW THERAPIES FOR LUPUS NEPHRITIS
Ricard Cervera, Spain
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 3
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 12
  MTP3 - CAN WE SCREEN LUPUS PATIENTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVOLVEMENT USING A SIMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE?
Stefano Bombardieri, Italy
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 4
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 15
  MTP4 - THE HEART IN SLE AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
Mary-Carmen Amigo, Mexico
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 5
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 17
  MTP5 - DISCLOSING THE RELEVANCE OF ANTI-RIBOSOMAL P ANTIBODIES IN LUPUS
Eloisa Bonfa, Brazil
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 6
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 18
  MTP6 - UPDATE ON THE HOPKINS LUPUS COHORT
Michelle A. Petri, USA
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 7
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 19
  MTP7 - NEUROPSYCHIATRIC LUPUS IN PEDIATRICS – IS IT ALL IN THEIR HEADS?
Marisa Klein-Gitelman, USA, Deborah Levy, Canada
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 8
Location: Pan Pacific Hotel, Meeting Room TBC
  MTP8 - HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND TREAT SKIN MANIFESTATIONS OF LUPUS
Jan P. Dutz, Canada
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 9
Location: Pan Pacific Hotel, Meeting Room TBC
  MTP9 - NEW PATHOGENIC ASPECTS AND NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR SLE
Joachim R. Kalden, Germany
07:00-08:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 10
Location: Pan Pacific Hotel, Meeting Room TBC
  MTP10 - TARGETING CYTOKINES IN SLE
Josef S. Smolen, Austria
     
08:00-09:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: PL - Plenary Session 2
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  PL2 - LUPUS 2010 - THE STATE OF THE ART
Session Chairs: John Esdaile, Canada, Peter Lipsky, USA and Janis McCaffrey, Canada
08:00
PL2.1 -
What have we learned from clinical trials?
Dimitri Boumpas, Greece
08:30
PL2.2 -
Lessons from genetics
Lindsey A. Criswell, USA
09:00
PL2.3 -
Lupus 2010 – Where are we?
Bevra H. Hahn, USA
     
09:30-10:00   Coffee Break at Exhibit Hall B
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 1
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  CS1 - CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Bevra H. Hahn, USA and Susan Manzi, USA
10:00
CS1.1 -
Type I Interferons and premature cardiovascular disease in SLE
Mariana Kaplan, USA
10:25
CS1.2 -
Monocytes from SLE patients with carotid artery plaque and dysfunctional HDL contain upregulated PDGFRbeta that enhances monocyte chemotaxis
Brian Skaggs, USA
10:40
CS1.3 -
Effect of rosuvastatin on homocysteine, hsCRP and endothelial markers in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE):
a randomized controlled trial
Chi Chiu Mok, Hong Kong
10:55
CS1.4 -
Antibodies towards high density lipoproteins inhibit the anti-inflammatory properties of the lipoproteins
José Delgado Alves, Portugal
11:10
CS1.5 -
High oxidative stress is associated with a 15.8 fold Increased odds for the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis
Maureen McMahon, USA
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 2
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 8
  CS2 - T CELLS AND LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Joseph E. Craft, USA and Michael Ehrenstein, UK
10:00
CS2.1 -
TH17 in Lupus Nephritis
George C. Tsokos, USA
10:25
CS2.2 -
Frequency and functional activity of Th17, Tc17 and other T cell subsets in systemic lupus erythematosus
Luis Ines, Portugal
10:40
CS2.3 -
Normally occurring NKG2D+ CD4 T cells are immunosuppressive and inversely correlated with disease activity in juvenile-onset lupus
Veronika Groh, USA
10:55
CS2.4 -
Increased frequency of circulating CXCR5+CD57+CD4+ follicular T helper cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Justin Lyman, USA
11:10
CS2.5 -
Lack of PKC kinase activity in T cells induces a lupus-like disease
Gabriela Gorelik, USA
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 3
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 10
  CS3 - EPIGENETICS AND LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: M. Virginia Pascual, USA and Laurence Morel, USA
10:00
CS3.1 -
MicroRNA -mediated immune dysregulation in human lupus
Nan Shen, China
10:25
CS3.2 -
Lupus, DNA methylation and the environment
Bruce C. Richardson, USA
10:50
CS3.3 -
Whole genome methylation scan reveals both hypomethylated and hypermethylated genes in lupus CD4+ T cells
Amr Sawalha, USA
11:05
CS3.4 -
X chromosome signatures associated with the microRNome of human peripheral blood CD4+ T cells; integrating the epi-MicroRNome into the molecular basis of human lupus
Anura Hewagama, USA
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 4
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 11
  CS4 - OUTCOMES IN LUPUS
Session Chairs: Matthew H. Liang, USA and Paul Fortin, Canada
10:00
CS4.1 -
Title TBC
Michael Ward, USA
10:25
CS4.2 -
Malignancy in SLE
Sasha Bernatsky, Canada
10:50
CS4.3 -
Statins reduce disease activity scores (SLAM-R) and cumulative organ damage (SLICC) in SLE patients from a multi-center, multi-ethnic, US multi-institutional cohort
Renan Aguilar-Valenzuela, USA
11:05
CS4.4 -
The Georgia Lupus Registry: a population-based estimate of the incidence of SLE in patients with chronic cutaneous lupus
Cristina Drenkard, USA
11:20
CS4.5 -
An introduction on Chinese registry of systemic lupus erythematosus: preliminary data from CSTAR (Chinese SLE treatment and research group)
Xiaofeng Zeng, China
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 5
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 12
  CS5 - B CELLS IN LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Anne Davidson, USA and Joan E. Wither, Canada
10:00
CS5.1 -
Differential therapeutic impact on B Cell subsets in SLE
Thomas Doerner, Germany
10:25
CS5.2 -
Autoimmunity and tolerance: tracking self-reactivity to its source
Moncef Zouali, France
10:40
CS5.3 -
The plasma cell compartment in NZB/W mice is not responsive to IVIG-treatment
Bimba Hoyer, Germany
10:55
CS5.4 -
The effects of the anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody epratuzumab on peripheral blood B cells and immune responses "in vivo" and immunoglobulin production in vitro
Anthony Shock, UK
     
11:30-13:30   Poster Session & Lunch Break
Exhibit Hall B
     

11:30-13:30
  Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: PO - Poster Session 1
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B
Presenters Stand-by Time: 12:30-13:30
12:00-12:30   POSTER TOURS
Invited Poster Tours Leads:
POSTER TOUR 1
Ricard Cervera, Spain
POSTER TOUR 2
Phillip L. Cohen, USA
POSTER TOUR 3
Lindsey A. Criswell, USA
POSTER TOUR 4
Anne Davidson, USA
POSTER TOUR 5
Gary Gilkeson, USA
POSTER TOUR 6
Bevra H. Hahn, USA
POSTER TOUR 7
Joachim R. Kalden, Germany
POSTER TOUR 8
Chak-sing Lau, UK
POSTER TOUR 9
Josef S. Smolen, Austria
     
12:30-13:00   POSTER DISCUSSIONS
Invited Poster Discussants:
BIOMARKERS
Mary K. Crow, USA
NEPHRITIS
Dimitri Boumpas, Greece
CNS LUPUS: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
John Hanly, Canada
GENETICS
John B. Harley, USA
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Rosalind Ramsey Goldman, USA
     
  PO1 – POSTER SESSION 1 ( Click Titles to see posters)
  PO1.A APOPTOSIS
  PO1.B BIOMARKERS
  PO1.C CLINICAL ASPECTS - CNS, RENAL, SKIN, ALL OTHERS
  PO1.D COMPLEMENT
  PO1.E CUTTING EDGE OF LUPUS RESEARCH
  PO1.F EPIDEMIOLOGY
  PO1.G GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS
  PO1.H HEALTH SERVICES
  PO1.I IMMUNOLOGY - B CELLS
  PO1.J IMMUNOLOGY - INNATE
  PO1.K IMMUNOLOGY - T CELLS
  PO1.L IMMUNOLOGY - TREGS
  PO1.M PATHOGENESIS
  PO1.N SJOGRENS
     
12:30-13:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: PTL - Potlatch 1
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 15
  PTL1 - BEST PRACTICES IN MANAGEMENT OF SLE IN CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTS
Session Chair: Cindy H. Flower, Barbados
Co-Chair and Raconteur: Mohamed Tikly, South Africa
Facilitator: Matthew H. Liang, USA
12:30-13:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: PTL - Potlatch 2
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 17
  PTL2 - FINDING AND DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND VIRTUAL FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH
Session Chair: Deh-Ming Chang, Taiwan
Co-Chair and Raconteur: Anselm Hennis, Barbados
12:30-13:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: PTL - Potlatch 3
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 19
  PTL3 - DEVELOPING VIRTUAL MENTORS AND PARTNERS TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND OUTCOMES IN SLE
Session Chair: Sang Cheol Bae, South Korea
Co-Chair and Raconteur: Christine Peschken, Canada
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 6
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  CS6 - NEW DRUGS IN DEVELOPMENT
Invited Session Chairs: David Wofsy, USA and John Esdaile, Canada
13:30
CS6.1 -
Belimumab, a BLyS-specific inhibitor, reduced disease activity, flares, and steroid use in patients with seropositive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): BLISS-52 study
Sandra Navarra, Philippines
13:45
CS6.2 -
Belimumab, a BLyS-specific inhibitor, reduced disease activity and severe flares in patients with seropositive SLE:
BLISS-76 Study
Richard Furie, USA
14:00
CS6.3 -
Epratuzumab demonstrates clinically meaningful improvements in patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): Results from EMBLEM™, a phase IIb study
Daniel Wallace, USA
14:15
CS6.4 -
BILAG-measured improvement in moderately and severely affected body systems in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by epratuzumab: Results from EMBLEM™,a phase IIb study
Caroline Gordon, UK
14:30
CS6.5 -
Safety and pharmadynamic response with administration of single and repeat doses of rontalizumab in a phase I, placebo controlled, double blind, dose escalation study in SLE
Jacqueline McBride, USA
14:45
CS6.6 -
Efficacy and safety of Rituximab (RTX) in patients (Pts) with proliferative lupus nephritis (LN): results from randomized, double-blind phase III LUNAR study at week 52
Richard Furie, USA
15:00
CS6.7 -
Repletion of vitamin D deficiency is safe and well-tolerated among African Americans (AAs) with SLE
Diane Kamen, USA
15:15
CS6.8 -
Tacrolimus (Tac) versus mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for the treatment of membranous lupus nephritis: a randomized controlled trial
Chi Chiu Mok, Hong Kong
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 7
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 8
  CS7 - PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS IN LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Josef Smolen, Austria and Gary Gilkeson, USA
13:30
CS7.1 -
Follicular Helper T Cells in Immunity and Autoimmunity
Joseph E. Craft, USA
13:55
CS7.2 -
Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) and its role in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis
Chaim Putterman, USA
14:20
CS7.3 -
Gender Specific Association of X-linked TLR7 with Male SLE
Betty Diamond, USA
14:45
CS7.4 -
The evil trio in lupus pathogenesis
Chandra Mohan, USA
15:10
CS7.5 -
Pristane-induced lupus (PIL) in BALB/c mice: linking severe organ involvement with T-cell response
Georg Stummvoll, Austria
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 8
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 10
  CS8 - APOPTOSIS AND LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Joachim R. Kalden, Germany and Westley Reeves, USA
13:30
CS8.1 -
Title TBC
David S. Pisetsky, USA
13:55
CS8.2 -
After Apoptosis: Inflammation and Adaptive Immunity
Keith B. Elkon, USA
14:20
CS8.3 -
Clearance deficiency is involved in etiology and pathogenesis of lupus
Martin Herrmann, Germany
14:45
CS8.4 -
The TAM Kinases in lupus and inflammation
Philip L. Cohen, USA
15:10
CS8.5 -
DNase1 activity and circulating nucleosomes in healthy relatives of systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Josep Ordi-Ros, Spain
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 9
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 11
  CS9 - GENETICS OF LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Edward K. Wakeland, USA and Lindsey A. Criswell, USA
13:30
CS9.1 -
Genes that make lupus possible
John B. Harley, USA
13:55
CS9.2 -
Title TBC
Betty P. Tsao, USA
14:20
CS9.3 -
Genetics of lupus: what did we learned from the mouse?
Laurence Morel, USA
14:45
CS9.4 -
Exploring the molecular genetics of the (TNFSF4) OX40L association in SLE
Tim Vyse, UK
15:05
CS9.5 -
Genome-wide association study of cardiac manifestations of neonatal lupus identifies risk variants in the ERG, TCF19, C6orf10 and MICB-TNF-AIF1 region
Robert Clancy, USA
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 10
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 12
  CS10 - T REGS IN LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Brian Kotzin, USA and George C. Tsokos, USA
13:30
CS10.1 -
Characterization of regulatory T cells (Treg) and Treg subsets in patients with systemic lupus erythematodes (SLE)
Clemens Scheinecker, Austria
13:45
CS10.2 -
Targeting effector and regulatory T cells in patients with SLE
Michael Ehrenstein, UK
14:10
CS10.3 -
Homeostatic imbalance of regulatory and effector T cells due to IL-2 deprivation amplifies murine lupus
Jens Humrich, Germany
14:25
CS10.4 -
Spontaneous dicer deficiency and altered miRNA in lupus-prone MRL/lpr mice correlates with loss of Treg function
Ram Raj Singh, USA
14:40
CS10.5 -
Increased proportions of CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ T cells in patients with Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) correlate with the development of glomerulonephritis
Clemens Scheinecker, Austria
     
13:30-15:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 11
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 18
  CS11 - SPECIAL NEEDS AND CHALLENGES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SLE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Session Chair: Ross Petty, Canada
13:30
CS11.1 -
Keynote Speaker
Ross Petty, Canada
13:55
CS11.2 -
APPLE- A CARRA supported study
Laura Schanberg, USA
14:20
CS11.3 -
The UK pediatric lupus group
Michael Beresford, UK
15:45
CS11.4 -
TBA
     
15:30-16:00   Coffee Break at Exhibit Hall B
     
16:00-17:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: KS - Keynote Speaker 1
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  KS1 - LESSONS LEARNED FROM ANIMAL MODELS
Session Chair: Peter Lipsky, USA
Keynote Speaker: Edward K. Wakeland, USA
     
17:00-19:00   Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Session: IC - Industry Course 2
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Ballrooms ABC
  IC2 - BMS INDUSTRY COURSE


Saturday, June 26, 2010


07:00-08:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 11
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 8
  MTP11 - OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL TRIALS IN SLE
Daniel J. Wallace, USA
07:00-08:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 12
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 10
  MTP12 - DIFFERENCES: SLE AS AN EXAMPLE OF A GENDER DIMORPHIC ILLNESS
Robert G. Lahita, USA
07:00-08:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 14
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 15
  MTP14 - INFECTION/VACCINATION AND SLE
Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel
07:00-08:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 15
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 17
  MTP15 - CLINICAL-LABORATORY CORRELATIONS: CONCORDANT OR DISCORDANT?
Murray B. Urowitz, Canada
07:00-08:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 16
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 18
  MTP16 - PEARLS AND MYTHS IN ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
Munther A. Khamashta, UK
07:00-08:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 17
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 19
  MTP17 - PEDIATRIC LUPUS NEPHRITIS- NEW ASPECTS IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Hermine Brunner, USA
     
08:00-09:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: PL3 - Plenary Session 3
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  PL3 - LUPUS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
Session Chairs: Paul Fortin, Canada and Joan Merrill, USA
08:00
PL3.1 -
Gene expression
M Virginia Pascual, USA
08:30
PL3.2 -
Epidemiology of lupus environment gene interactions
Julia Fridman Simard, Sweden
09:00
PL3.3 -
Interferon and cytokines
Lars Rönnblom, Sweden
     
09:30-10:00   Coffee Break at Exhibit Hall B
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 12
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  CS12 - LATE BREAKING ABSTRACTS
Invited Session Chairs: Joan Merrill, USA and Murray B. Urowitz, Canada
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 13
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 8
  CS13 - LUPUS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Invited Session Chairs: Bruce C. Richardson, USA and Christine Peschken, Canada
10:00
CS13.1 -
Environmental risk factors for lupus in post-menopausal women: results from the women’s health initiative
Christine G. Parks, USA
10:25
CS13.2 -
Epstein-Barr Virus and Early Events in Lupus Autoimmunity
Judith A. James, USA
10:50
CS13.3 -
The Africa to US lupus gradient 2010: gene vs. Environment
Gary S. Gilkeson, USA
11:15
CS13.4 -
Seasonal variation in the incidence of disease flares in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): relationship with weather parameters and ultraviolet light intensity
Chi Chiu Mok, Hong Kong
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 14
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 11
  CS14 - CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Invited Session Chairs: Daniel J. Wallace, USA and Ann Clarke, Canada
10:00
CS14.1 -
An analysis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) phenotype in UK patients with SLE
Benjamin Parker, UK
10:15
CS14.2 -
Plasma exchange as rescue therapy for critical systemic lupus erythematosus: one center experience
Chun Chi Lu, Taiwan
10:30
CS14.3 -
Efficacy and safety of long-term use of thalidomide for refractory cutaneous lupus
Josefina Cortés-Hernández, Spain
10:45
CS14.4 -
Perceived stress in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Stacey Morrison, Canada
11:00
CS14.5 -
Antimalarials have a protective effect against the development of renal disease in Latin American SLE patients
Guillermo Pons-Estel, Argentina
11:15
CS14.6 -
Prolonged serologically active clinically quiescent (SACQ) systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): clinical and serologic features
Amanda Steiman, Canada
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 15
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 12
  CS15 - PREGNANCY AND LUPUS
Invited Session Chair: Carl Laskin, Canada
10:00
CS15.1 -
Mediators and mechanisms of pregnancy complications in patients with Anti-Phospholipid antibodies and patients with lupus: THE PROMISSE STUDY
Jane E. Salmon, USA
10:30
CS15.2 -
Neonatal Lupus: Updates on Pathogenesis, Risk and Reward
Jill P. Buyon, USA
11:00
CS15.3 -
Placental C4d as an indicator of antiphospholipid antibody mediated fetal loss
Danielle Cohen, Netherlands
11:15
CS15.4 -
Markers of cardiovascular function in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in pregnancy
Debora Chirico, UK
     
10:00-11:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 16
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 18
  CS16 - OUTCOMES THAT MATTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SLE: BONE HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Session Chair: Ann Eberhard
10:00
CS16.1 -
Keynote
Ann Eberhard
10:25
CS16.2 -
Bone health
Emily von Scheven
10:50
CS16.3 -
Puberty and sexual development
Kathleen O’Neil
11:05
CS16.4 -
Health Related Quality of life in Pediatric Lupus
Nandini Moorthy, USA
     
11:30-13:30   Poster Session and Lunch Break at Exhibit Hall B
     

11:30-13:30
  Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: PO - Poster Session 2
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B
Presenter Stand-by Time: 12:30-13:30
12:00-12:30   POSTER TOURS
Invited Poster Tours Leads:
POSTER TOUR 10
Marvin J. Fritzler, Canada
POSTER TOUR 11
Graham R V Hughes, UK
POSTER TOUR 12
David A. Isenberg, UK
POSTER TOUR 13
Elena Massarotti, USA
POSTER TOUR 14
David Pisetsky, USA
POSTER TOUR 15
Jane E. Salmon, USA
POSTER TOUR 16
F Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Mexico
POSTER TOUR 17
Laura Schanberg, USA
POSTER TOUR 18
Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel
     
12:30-13:00   POSTER DISCUSSIONS
Invited Poster Discussants:
PAEDIATRICS
TBC
MANAGEMENT OF LUPUS
Ellen Ginzler, USA
NON-BIOLOGICS TREATMENTS
Dafna Gladman, Canada
BIOLOGICS FOR LUPUS
Ronald van Vollenhoven, Sweden
     
  PO2 – POSTER SESSION 2 (Click Titles to see posters)
  PO2.A AUTOANTIBODIES
  PO2.B CAUSATION – ENVIRONMENTAL
  PO2.C CLINICAL MEASUREMENT
  PO2.D CLINICAL OUTCOMES
  PO2.E CLINICAL TRIALS
  PO2.F IMMUNOLOGY - DENDRITIC CELLS
  PO2.G INTERFERON
  PO2.H MANAGEMENT - BIOLOGIC THERAPIES
  PO2.I MANAGEMENT - NON-PHARMACOLOGIC
  PO2.J MANAGEMENT - TRADITIONAL THERAPIES
  PO2.K MANAGEMENT - TREATMENT IN DEVELOPMENT
  PO2.L MICROPARTICLES
  PO2.M OVERLAP SYNDROMES
  PO2.N PAEDIATRIC LUPUS
  PO2.O PREGNANCY AND FETAL LOSS
     
12:30-13:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: PTL - Potlatch 4
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 15
  PTL4 - DESIGNING STUDIES WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
Session Chair: Ole Nived, Sweden
Co-Chair and Raconteur: Graciela Alarcon, USA
12:30-13:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: PTL - Potlatch 5
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 17
  PTL5 - FINDING AND DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND MENTORS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH
Session Chair: TBA
Co-Chair and Raconteur: TBA
12:30-13:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: PTL - Potlatch 6
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 19
  PTL6 - DEVELOPING VIRTUAL MENTORS AND PARTNERS TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND OUTCOMES IN SLE
Session Chair: Sujata Sawhney, India
Co-Chair and Raconteur: TBA
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 17
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  CS17 - THE INTERFERON PATHWAY IN LUPUS
Invited Session Chairs: Lars Rönnblom, Sweden and Judith A. James, USA
13:30
CS17.1 -
Interferon-regulated biomarkers of disease activity in SLE
Emily Gillespie, USA
13:55
CS17.2 -
Molecular pathways associated with lupus flare
Mary K. Crow, USA
14:20
CS17.3 -
Cytokine attribution of gene expression and histone H4 acetylation changes in SLE monocytes
Kathleen Sullivan, USA
14:35
CS17.4 -
What are the pathways by which IFN- decreases vasculogenesis in SLE?
Seth Thacker, USA
14:50
CS17.5 -
A genetic variant of TLR9 may impact interferon alpha levels in lupus
Joe Rawdon, USA
15:05
CS17.6 -
Inhibition of the lymphotoxin-beta receptor pathway has unexpected effects on kidney pathology in the adenoviral-IFN BWF1 accelerated model of SLE
Jeffrey Browning, USA
15:20
CS17.7 -
Increased Interferon-alpha activity is associated with increased autoantibody specificities and poor antigen-specific humoral immunity in systemic lupus erythematosus
Lauren Ritterhouse, USA
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 18
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 8
  CS18 - AUTOANTIBODIES AND TISSUE PATHOLOGY
Invited Session Chairs: David Pisetsky, USA and Marvin J. Fritzler, Canada
13:30
CS18.1 -
Innate immune mechanisms in experimental lupus
Westley H. Reeves, USA
13:55
CS18.2 -
Cell death in SLE: insights into pathogenesis
Antony Rosen, USA
14:20
CS18.3 -
Antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombophilia in the antiphospholipid syndrome
Tatsuya Atsumi, Japan
14:45
CS18.4 -
B Cells apotopes of Ro60 in Lupus
Thomas P. Gordon, Australia
15:10
CS18.5 -
Anti-heat shock protein 60 autoantibodies are associated with arterial vascular events in patients with anti-phospholipid antibodies
Mélanie Dieudé, Canada
     
13:30-15:30   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 19
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Rooms 11/12
  CS19 - CLINICAL TRIALS
Invited Session Chairs: Dimitri Boumpas, Greece and Janet Pope, Canada
13:30
CS19.1 -
Some lessons from RA trials to make lupus trials even better
Ronald Van Vollenhoven, Sweden
13:55
CS19.2 -
Trials and Tribulations: What Comes Next?
David Wofsy, USA
14:20
CS19.3 -
Outcome measures in SLE trials
Caroline P. Gordon, UK
14:45
CS19.4 -
Title TBC
Richard A. Furie, USA
15:10
CS19.5 -
Flare assessment in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients treated with Rituximab in the phase II/III EXPLORER trial
Joan Merrill, USA
     
13:30-15:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: CS - Concurrent Session 20
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 18
  CS20 - WORLD WIDE FINDINGS IN PAEDIATRIC LUPUS
Session Chairs:
TBA
13:30
CS20.1 -
Defining and measuring global flares in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
Rina Mina, USA
13:45
CS20.2 -
Psychiatric illness of systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood
Siok Hoon Lim, Canada
14:00
CS20.3 -
Performance of a new health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure in pediatric lupus across five countries
L. Nandini Moorthy, USA
14:15
CS20.4 -
Primary immunodeficiencies in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Adriana Jesus, Brazil
14:30
CS20.5 -
Bone mineral density in childhood and adult onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE):
a cross-sectional comparative study
Chi Chiu Mok, Hong Kong
14:45
CS20.6 -
Variability of mycophenolic acid (MPA) pharmacokinetics (PK) in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) may be partly explained by UGT genotype
A. Carmela Sagcal-Gironella, USA
     
15:30-16:00   Coffee Break at Exhibit Hall B
     
16:00-17:00   Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Session: KS - Keynote Speaker 2
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  KS2 - PITFALLS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LUPUS DRUGS
Session Chair: Peter Lipsky, USA
Keynote Speaker: Brian Kotzin, USA
     
18:00-21:00   POTLATCH RECEPTION & AWARDS
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Ballroom ABC


Sunday, June 27, 2010


07:00-08:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 18
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 8
  MTP18 - PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF USING MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL IN RENAL/NONRENAL SLE
Ellen Ginzler, USA
07:00-08:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 19
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 10
  MTP19 - OUTCOME MEASURES IN SLE
Dafna D. Gladman, Canada
07:00-08:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 20
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 12
  MTP20 - FAILURES IN ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
Graham R V Hughes, UK
07:00-08:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 21
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 15
  MTP21 - SAFETY OF EXOGENOUS ESTROGENS IN SLE
F Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Mexico
07:00-08:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 22
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 17
  MTP22 - ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES- PROBLEMS IN BABIES AND TEENS
Rolando Cimaz, Italy, Barry Myones, USA
07:00-08:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: MTP - Meet the Professor 23
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 18
  MTP23 - CHALLENGES AND REWARDS: CARING FOR ADOLESCENT LUPUS PATIENTS
Lori B. Tucker, Canada
     
08:00-09:30   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: PL - Plenary Session 4
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  PL4 - SLE - OF MICE AND WOMEN
Invited Session Chairs: John Esdaile, Canada and Laurence Morel, USA
08:00
PL4.1 -
How has murine lupus informed us about human lupus?
Joan E. Wither, Canada
08:30
PL4.2 -
Treatment of nephritis
Daniel Tak Mao Chan, China
09:00
PL4.3 -
New therapeutic targets in SLE
David A. Isenberg, UK
     
09:30-10:00   Coffee Break at Exhibit Hall B
     
10:00-12:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: Year in Review
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall A
  REVIEW OF PROGRESS SINCE SHANGHAI, WORKSHOP REPORTS & AWARDS
Session Chair: Paul Fortin, Canada
10:00   Basic
Anne Davidson, USA
10:45   Clinical
Ian N. Bruce, UK
11:30   Wrap-up
Paul Fortin, Canada
     
12:00-14:00   Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Session: IC - Industry Course 3
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Ballrooms ABC
  IC3 - UCB INDUSTRY COURSE

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