Workshop Sessions

Arterial wall and atherosclerosis: cellular and humoral factors

Inate and adaptive immunity in atherosclerosis
Hafid Ait-Oufella France, Esther Lutgens Belgium
Bioactive compounds and inflammation in the arterial wall
Christian Weber Germany, Bodo Levkau Germany
Role of macrophage atherogenesis
David Greaves UK, Giulia Chinetti France
Cellular trafficking in normal atherosclerotic arterial wall
Edward Fisher USA, Emmanuel L. Gautier USA

HDL: New mechanisms involved in their atheroprotective role
Laura Calabresi Italy, Kerry-Ann Rye Australia
Joint EAS-ICCR Workshop: Adipose tissue: a dysregulator of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome
Michael Jensen USA, Marja-Riitta Taskinen Finland, Jean-Pierre Després Canada, Peter Havel USA
Intestinal flora as regulator of lipid metabolism
Nathalie Delzenne Belgium, Antonio Gasbarrini, Italy
Plasma lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis
Jan Boren Sweden, Sergio Fazio USA

Genetic and genomic approaches for identifying new risk factors and therapeutic targets
Jan Kuivenhoven The Netherlands
Risk factors of cardiovascular diseases: a changing landscape
Kausik Ray UK, Gerd Assmann Germany
Biomarkers, from association to a causative role
Wolfgang Koenig Germany, Olov Wiklund Sweden
Joint EAS-ESC Workshop: Changing epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in Europe
Guy De Backer Belgium, Alberico Catapano Italy, Olov Wiklund Sweden, Ian Graham,Ireland

New molecular targets for drugs in the treatment of dyslipidemia
Eva Hurt-Camejo Sweden, Philippe Costet France
How should a healthy diet look like - any need for supplements?
Barbara V Howard USA, Eric Bruckert France
Familial dyslipidemias: detection and therapy
Sebastiano Calandra Italy, Anton Stalenhoef The Netherlands
New therapeutic strategies for controlling production and catabolism of apolipoprotein B-100- containing lipoproteins Richard S Geary USA, Maurizio Averna, Italy