Science News from High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions: Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
Awards | Oral Presentations | Related Statistics | Final Program
| Lewis K. Dahl Lecture (8–8:30 a.m.) | About the Award | |
| Serotonin Redux: A Study of Blood Pressure Stephanie W. Watts, PhD Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. Video Interview | |
| The Donald Seldin Lecture (10:30–11 a.m.) | About the Award | |
| VEGF and the Vasculature: Lessons from the Bench and the Bedside Susan E. Quaggin, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| The Excellence Award in Hypertension Research (5:15–6 p.m.) | About the Award | |
 | Complexity of the Intratubular Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertension L. Gabriel Navar, PhD, FAHA Chair, Department of Physiology; Director, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Hypertension and Renal Biology Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, La. Presentation Slides | Video Interview |
 | Intrarenal Renin- Angiotensin and Dopaminergic Systems in Blood Pressure Regulation Robert M. Carey, MD, MACP, FAHA, FRCPI David A. Harrison III Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Dean, Emeritus, and University Professor University of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, Va. Presentation Slides | Video Interview |
| Oral Session V | |
| Concurrent A: Renin-Angiotensin System (8:30–10 a.m.) | |
| A Functional Angiotensin Type 1a Receptor 43 is Required for Aldosterone to Induce Small Artery Endothelial Dysfunction, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Marie Briet, MD PhD Lady Davis Inst for Medical Res and McGill Univ, Montreal, QC, Canada. | |
| Concurrent B: Pregnancy and Preeclampsia (8:30–10 a.m.) | |
| Angiotensin Receptor Agonistic Autoantibody Mediated Vascular Impairment via sFlt-1 Contributes to Decreased Aldosterone Production in Preeclampsia Athar H. Siddiqui, PhD UT Health, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sch at Houston and Sch of Medical Sciences, Univ of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India | |
Oral Session VI | |
| Concurrent A: Kidney Council Special Session (11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.) | |
| Periostin: a Novel Mediator of Renal Disease Mouna Mael-ainin Inserm UMR 702, Paris, France | |
| Vascular Remodeling and Dysfunction Loss of Cullin-3 in Smooth Muscle Increases RhoA, Vascular Contraction and Arterial Pressure Christopher Pelham Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa | |
 | Clinical Studies Increased Circulating Inflammatory Endothelial Cells (IEC) in African-American vs. Caucasians with Essential Hypertension Alfonso Eirin, Eirin, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Presentation Slides |
| Cardiac Hypertrophy and Dysfunction STAT3 Affects Myofibrillar Structure and Its Loss May Contribute to Heart Failure in Hypertension Fouad Zouein Univ of Mississippi Medical Ctr, Jackson, Miss. | |
| Related Statistics | |
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Sponsored by the American Heart Association’s Council for High Blood Pressure Research and the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease.
HBPR 2012 Scientific Sessions | Washington, DC | Sept. 19-22, 2012
