Poster Presentations and Abstracts

Poster abstracts will be published by Elsevier in the October 1998 issue of Clinical Biochemistry (the official journal of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists).

Posters were displayed in the Campus Lobby of the University of Toronto Medical Sciences Building, just across from the main entrance of the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium.

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The surnames of students who are contestants for the CSATVB Young Investigator Award (supervised by CSATVB members) are shown in red boldface type. These posters were designated for presentation on Thursday or Friday, so that the award could be presented at the Friday evening CSATVB reception. The awards winners are indicated below.

Thursday, May 7th

1. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy: a new tool for rapid, efficient measurement of lipoprotein subclasses (Otvos)
2. Translocational efficiency and intracellular stability of apolipoprotein B are inversely proportional to the length of the nascent molecule (Adeli)
3. Citrus flavonoids regulate apolipoprotein B metabolism in HepG2 cells (Borradaile)
4. The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor atorvastatin decreases the secretion of apolipoprotein B by HepG2 cells (Burnett)
5. The acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyl-transferase inhibitor CI-1011 post-translationally decreases apolipoprotein B secretion from HepG2 cells (Wilcox) CSATVB Young Investigator Award Winner
6. Lipid metabolism in Hep G2 cells: effects of plant sterols (Moghadasian)
7. Is lipoprotein (a) a predictor for survival in patients with coronary artery disease? (Dahlén)
8. Biochemical risk factors and atherosclerotic stroke in black South Africans (Vermaak)
9. Hyperhomocysteinemia: a risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease in men, but not women, with end-stage renal disease (Hyndman)
10. Plasma homocysteine concentration related to markers of atherothrombogenesis among male smokers with combined hyperlipidemia (Brude)
11. Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia and oxidative stress in human aortic cells: implications for LDL oxidation and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression (Naruszewicz)
12. Lack of role of methionine metabolites in the mechanism of lysine+methionine-induced hypercholesterolemia (Kurowska)
13. Whole blood and plasma concentrations of trace elements and electrolytes in patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) (Wallner)
14. Glycation of LDL phosphatidylethanolamine increases cholesteryl ester accumulation in human THP-1 macrophages (Ravandi) CSATVB Young Investigator Award Winner
15. Transforming growth factor beta and interferon gamma have opposite effects on the uptake of cholesteryl-ester rich VLDL remnants (Argmann)

Friday, May 8th

1. Quantitative carotid intima media thickness: a novel, reproducible, and non-invasive technique that may prove useful for assessing early atherosclerosis (Barth)
2. Upregulation of macrophage lipoprotein lipase and tumor necrosis factor alpha in diabetes (Sartippour)
3. Lipoprotein lipase induces tumour necrosis factor alpha mRNA expression and production in human monocytes and macrophages via a protein kinase C-dependent pathway (Mamputu) CSATVB Young Investigator Award Winner
4. Decreased adipose tissue and tolerance of high fat/high cholesterol feeding despite massive hypertriglyceridemia in cats homozygous for lipoprotein lipase deficiency (Clee)
5. Hormone sensitive lipase expression in human THP-1 macrophages (Johnson)
6. Screening and isolation of substances from herbs and mushrooms that are lipolytic in rat adipose tissue (Waga)
7. Generation and characterization of hyperactive recombinant lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) with mutated Ser-216 and Asn-384 residues (McGladdery)
8. Expression of wild type recombinant lecithin:cholesterol acyl-transferase (LCAT) in Mc-7777 cells (Ayyobi)
9. Plasma cholinesterase in obesity (Randell)
10. Oxidized LDL induces stimulation of platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase as well as protein kinase C-mediated enzyme phosphorylation in human macrophages (Gehrke)
11. Flow cytometric determination of receptors specific for advanced glycation endproducts on human blood cells (Konova)
12. Flow cytometric method for investigation of advanced glycation endproducts removal by monocytes in type I diabetic patients (Andreeva)
13. Identification of discrete stages of oxidation of high density lipoprotein by a peroxynitrite donor, 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) (Ahmed)
14. Observations of leptin and anthropomorphic changes due to cardiac rehabilitation (Lear)
15. Resistance arteries of obese insulin resistant JCR:LA-cp rats are protected from oxidative stress (O'Brien)
16. Endothelin receptor blockade reduced atherosclerosis in a murine model of familial hypercholesterolemia (Babaei)

Saturday, May 9th

1. The mitochondrion is the principal target for nutritional and pharmacological control of triglyceride metabolism (Berge)
2. Docosahexaenoic- and eicosapentaenoic acid are differently metabolized in rat liver during mitochondria- and peroxisome proliferation (Madsen)
3. Lipoprotein concentrations and atherosclerosis in the F1B hamster (Salter)
4. Metabolic effects of troglitazone in an animal model of severe hypertriglyceridemia (Vrána)
5. The effect of hypertriglyceridemia on nitric oxide production and aortic lipid peroxidation (Kazdova)
6. Effect of omega-3-fatty acid substitution on hyperinsulinemia in Indian hypertensives (Bhattacharjee)
7. Postprandial responses of apolipoproteins B48 and B100 in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in men with visceral obesity (Bergeron)
8. The effect of a high-fat dinner on nocturnal plasma peroxide concentrations in healthy subjects (Bahadori)
9. Human adipose tissue expresses angiotensinogen and enzymes required for its conversion to angiotensin II (Carlsson)
10. Soy and cod proteins compared with casein lower fasting and postprandial plasma insulin concentration in rats (Jacques)
11. Chronic infusion of norepinephrine into the ventromedial hypothalamus induces glucose intolerance in both rats and hamsters (Luo)

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