ESC 365 - Mechanical forces in plaque progression

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Mechanical forces in plaque progression

Event: Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology 2018

Topic: Vascular Biology and Physiology

Session type: Featured Symposium

Date: 20 April 2018

Time: 17:00 - 18:30

Session

6 presentations in this session

Shear stress, connexins and atherosclerosis.

Speaker: Professor B. Kwak (Geneva, CH)

Shear stress, cell migration and healing.

Speaker: Professor P. Evans (Sheffield, GB)

Mechanical regulation of plaque vulnerability.

Speaker: Associate Professor K. Van Der Heiden (Rotterdam, NL)

Shear stress, notch and VE-cadherin: the molecular mechanism of vascular fusion

Speaker: Associate Professor E. Jones (Leuven, BE)

Mechanical strain upon aortic valves causes release of danger associated molecular patterns and activates innate immunity

Speaker: Doctor C. Gollmann-Tepekoylu (Innsbruck, AT)

LRG1 is a novel regulator of endothelial activation and is shear dependent: a potential therapeutic target?

Speaker: Mr K. Pang (London, GB)

6 speakers from this session

Professor Brenda R Kwak

University of Geneva, Geneva (Switzerland)

1 presentation

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Professor Paul Evans

University of Sheffield, Sheffield (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)

4 presentations

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Associate Professor Kim Van Der Heiden

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam (Netherlands (The))

1 presentation

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Associate Professor Elizabeth Jones

KU Leuven, Leuven (Belgium)

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Doctor Can Gollmann-Tepekoylu

Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck (Austria)

1 presentation

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Mr Kuin Pang

Imperial College London, London (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)

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