Opening lecture

Opening lecture: Paul Vanhoutte (Hong Kong University, China) Endothelium-mediated
control of vascular tone: COX1 and COX2 products
Session 1. PGE2 IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 Francis Berenbaum (Paris 6 University, France) PGE2 and osteoarthritis
 Helen Wise (Hong Kong University, China) Neuroinflammation: role of PGE2 in neuron-
glial interactions
 Maria G Belvisi (Imperial College London, UK) PGE2 in airway diseases
Session 2. PROSTAGLANDINS AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
 Theresa Kinsella (University College, Dublin, Ireland) Platelets and vascular cells,
prostacyclin and thromboxane receptors
 Paola Patrignani (University Chieti, Italy) The role of platelets in cardiovascular
disease and cancer
 Karsten Schrör (Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany) Aspirin and lipid
mediators in the circulatory system
Session 3. NOVEL LIPID MEDIATORS AND ADVANCES IN LIPID MEDIATOR ANALYTICS
 Jesús Balsinde (CSIC, Valladolid, Spain) Lipid signaling and lipidomics in innate
immunity and inflammation
 Rob Vreeken (Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands) High-
resolution lipidomics
Plenary lecture: Sven-Erik Dahlén (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden) Roles of
leukotrienes and other lipid mediators in asthma and allied airway diseases
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR Session
Session 4. LIPOXYGENASES
 Magnus Bäck (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) 5-Lipoxygenase and
cardiovascular disease
 Hartmut Kühn (Charité, Berlin, Germany) 15-Lipoxygenase; structure and function
Session 5. ADIPOSE TISSUE AND BIOACTIVE LIPIDS
 Johan van de Voorde (Ghent University, Belgium) Regulation of vascular tone by
adipocytes
 Ebru Erbay (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey) Nutritional modification of lipotoxic
endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation by a bioactive lipokine prevents
atherosclerosis
 María Jesús Moreno Aliaga (University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain) Role of omega-3
fatty acids in obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases
Posters and 20 oral communications will be chosen from the submitted abstracts. The registration fees are 250 euros (Full price) and 50 euros (Reduced price). Educational Session on October 22th and other information on http://workshop-lipid.eu/

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