A1
LONG-TERM OVARIAN HORMONE DEPRIVATION ALTERS THE ABILITY OF SUBSEQUENT ESTRADIOL REPLACEMENT TO REGULATE CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PROTEIN LEVELS IN HIPPOCAMPUS AND PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF MIDDLE-AGED OVARIECTOMIZED RATS

 Johannes Bohacek*, Amanda M. Bearl**, Jill M. Daniel*,**
* Neuroscience Program, Tulane University, ** Department of Psychology, Tulane University


A2
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF HIV-1 PROTEASE INHIBITORS INDUCED INSULIN RESISTANCE: PROTECTION WITH THYMOQUINONE (TQ)

 Surabhi Chandra, Debasis Mondal and Krishna C Agrawal
Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medcine, New Orleans, LA


A3
HISTONE DEACETYLASES (HDACS) ARE CRITICAL EPIGENETIC REGULATORS OF METANEPHRIC GENE EXPRESSION, GROWTH AND SURVIVAL

 Shaowei Chen*,**, Christine Bellew*, Xiao Yao*, Jana Stefkova*, Susana Dipp* and Samir S. El-Dahr*
*Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics; ** Department of Physiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.


A4
RUTHENIUM POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES AS OXYGEN SENSORS

 Jin Chen, Russell Schmehl
Chemistry Department


A5
CHARACTERIZING FATIGUE IN THE SURGEON\'S PHYSIOLOGIC TREMOR

 *Roy E. Dory, *Mark W. Young, *David A. Rice
*Tulane University, Department od Biomedical Engineering, New Orleans, Lousiana.


A6
DIFFERENTIAL ERα PHOSPHORYLATION IN PROMOTER RECRUITMENT AND TARGET GENE EXPRESSION

 Tamika T Duplessis* and Brian G Rowan*
*Department of Structural and Cellular Biology


A7
LOSS OF RESOURCES AND HURRICANE EXPERIENCE AS PREDICTORS OF POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION AMONG WOMEN IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA

 M Ehrlich*, E Harville*, X Xiong*, P Buekens*, G Pridjian**, K Elkind-Hirsch***
*Tulane University School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, LA. **Tulane University Medical School Depaterment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Orleans, LA. ***Woman\'s Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA


A8
TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-β1 INHIBITS EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL ACTIVITY IN CORTICAL COLLECTING DUCT CELLS

 Zhuang Feng*, Naveen K. Somanna**, Kathleen S. Hering-Smith* ** *** and L. Lee Hamm* ** ***
*Department of Physiology; **Department of Medicine, Tulane University; ***Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA.


A9
NEURAL STEM CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF KRABBE DISEASE

 Mette Flaat*,**, Jeanne M. Fisher**, Xiaoling Kuai**, Cyndi Trygg**, Bruce A. Bunnell*,**,***,****
*Department of Biochemistry, TUHSC, **Division of Gene Therapy, TNPRC, ***Department of Pharmacology, ****Tulane Center for Gene Therapy


A10
A STUDY OF ANTIOXIDANT CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS WITH MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN VIVO OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA TUMOR XENOGRAFT MODEL

 Trivia P. Frazier *, Patrice Penfornis *, Michael Harris *, Zheng Chen **, Radhika R. Pochampally **
* Tulane Center for Gene Therapy , ** Department of Pharmacology and Tulane Cancer Center , Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA


A11
HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSES HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON CONTROLLING VIREMIA DURING SIVAGM INFECTION OF AFRICAN GREEN MONKEYS (AGMS)

 Thaidra Gaufin*, Melissa Pattison*, Jamie Cherry*, Jeanne MacFarland*, Crystal Stoulig*, Rajeev Gautam*, Mary Barnes*, Christopher Monjure*, Matthew Marx*, Daniel Mandell*, David Montefiori**, Cristian Apetrei*, and Ivona Pandrea*
*Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, Covington, LA **Duke University, Durham, NC


A12
DISCOVERY AND ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITY OF NOVEL CYCLOTIDES FROM THE MICRONESIAN PLANT PSYCHOTRIA LEPTOTHYRSA.

 Samantha L. Gerlach*, Debasis Mondal**, Ulf Göransson***, Robert Burman***, and Steven P. Darwin*
*Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118; **Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112; ***Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden.


A13
FAMILY PLANNING: COMMUNITY LEADERS’ INVOLVEMENT AT GRASS-ROOT INTERVENTION.

 * Ghugey S L, MBBS MPH, **Kargirwar V N MBBS, DPH, ***Gillurkar S B MBBS, M.Sc
* Department- Epidemiology, Tulane University, School Of Public Health/Tropical Medicine, New Orleans LA 70112, ** District Health Officer, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India, ***Medical Officer, Primary Health Center, Gumthana, Nagpur, MS , India


A14
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EARLY INITIATION OF ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND EARLY INITIATION OF ALCOHOL DRINKING IN LOUISIANA

 Ghugey Satish* MBBS, Tran Tri** MD MPH
MPH Candidate 2008, Department- Epidemiology, Tulane University, School Of Public Health/Tropical Medicine, New Orleans LA 70112, ** Office of Public Health, EPI/MCH Department, Metairie, New Orleans 70001


A15
INTRATHECAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE ENDOMORPHIN-1 ANALOG CK1/CYT1010 DECREASES ALLODYNIA IN THE SPARED NERVE INJURY MODEL OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN

 Gena M. Guidry*, Bradley K. Taylor**, Xing Zhang**, James E. Zadina**
* Tulane University, New Orleans, LA ** VA Medical Center/ Tulane University, New Orleans, LA


A16
ABROGATION OF TGF-BETA1-INDUCED MYOFIBROBLAST DIFFERENTIATION BY HISTONE DEACETYLASE BLOCKADE

 Weichao Guo**, J LaskyM.D* . R. Klingsberg, M.D*, . and B. Shan*, MD/Ph.D.
*Tulane Medical School, **PhD program in biomedical Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, United States.


A17
IS OSTEOSARCOMA INITIATION AND PROGRESSION INFLUENCED BY MULTIPOTENTIAL MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS?

 Michael R Harris*, Trivia P Frazier*, Patrice Penfornis* and Radhika R Pochampally**
* Tulane Center for Gene Therapy , **Department of Pharmacology and Tulane Cancer Center


A18
RAPID GLUCOCORTICOID SIGNALING INVOLVES POSTSYNAPTIC ACTIVATION OF PKC

 Christina C. Harris* and Jeffrey G Tasker* **
Cell and Molecular Biology*


A19
IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIAL VIRULENCE DETERMINANTS BY IMMUNOPROTEOMICS

 Julie Heang, Kerstin Honer zu Bentrup, and Lisa A. Morici
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology


A20
MULTIORGAN METASTASIS OF CLONOGENIC MURINE MAMMARY CARCINOMA CELLS IN BALB/C MICE.

 *Kamilah T Jackson, ***Yanfang Wang, *Sidhartha Hazari, *Krzysztof Moroz, **Tara G Ooms, ***Suresh Alahari, and * Srikanta Dash
*Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, **Department of Vivarial Sciences,Tulane University Health and Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA-70112


A21
SOCIALLY TRANSMITTED FOOD PREFERENCE (STFP) LEARNING-ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN THE LEVELS OF PHOSPHORYLATED T286 CALCIUM/ CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE-II (PT286 CAM KII) IN THE HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION.

 B. Kathirvelu*, C. A. Smith**, & P. J. Colombo*,
*Department of Psychology, **Neuroscience Program, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118


A22
DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF A 3-AXIS CONTROL DEVICE

 William C. Kethman, Cedric F. Walker
Tulane University, Department of Biomedical Engineering


A23
THYMOQUINONE INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN PC3 CELLS INVOLVES GENERATION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS), ACTIVATION OF MAPK PATHWAY AND INHIBITION OF AKT PHOSPHORYLATION.

 Padma S. Koka*, Musa Ali*, Debasis Mondal*, Asim B Abdel-Mageed**, Krishna C. Agrawal*.
* Dept of Pharmacology, ** Dept of Urology.


A24
SCREENING FOR STABLE PORE-FORMING PEPTIDES DESIGNED TO MIMIC BETA-BARREL PROTEINS

 Aram J. Krauson, William C. Wimley
Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA


A25
IMPACT OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON DIABETES AND ITS CO-MORBIDITIES: EXACERBATION OF DISPARITIES

 Nitesh Kuhadiya*, Hayden Smith**, Shipra Singh*, Lillian Yau***, Kristi Reynolds****, Lizheng Shi***, Roberta McDuffie*****, Vivian Fonseca*****
*- Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Department of Medicine, Endocrinology,LA; ** - University of Iowa, Iowa; *** -Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, LA; ****- Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, California; ***** - Tulane University Health Sciences Center,Department of Medicine, Endocrinology


A26
SIGNALING PATHWAYS THAT REGULATE MULTI-LINEAGE DIFFERENTIATION OF MURINE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

 Wen-Tzu Lai*, Maria DuTreil**, Donald G.Phinney*/**
*Microbiology and Immunology Department,** Center for Gene Therpy


A27
THE UTILIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES IN TRANSDERMAL VACCINATION USING RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FROM Y. PESTIS AS MODEL ANTIGENS.

 Louise B. Lawson, Zaid K. Mahdi, Kerstin Honer zu Bentrup, Lucia C.Freytag and John D. Clements
Department ofMicrobiology and immunology, Tulane school of Medicine ,New Orleans ,LA


A28
SYNTHESIS OF A STRUCTURAL ANALOGUE OF THE MONONUCLEAR COPPER ELECTRON TRANSFER SITE IN PLASTOCYANIN

 Ashok Manepali, James Donahue Ph. D.
Ashok Manepalli


A29
A HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREEN USED TO REVEAL TRANSLOCATION INTO LIPID VESICLES.

 Jessica R Marks, William Wimley
Department of Biochemistry


A30
ISOLATION OF TUMOR INITIATING CELLS WITH METASTATIC POTENTIAL FROM HUMAN PRIMARY INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA

 Carolyn, Marsden*,*****, Mary, J, Wright**,*****,Latonya,M, Carrier*,*****, Zengshan, Li*,*****, Rani,Thiyagarajah****, Radhika, Pochampally***,*****,******, Brian,G,Rowan*,*****
Structural and Cellular Biology*, Surgery**, Pharmacology***, Environmental Health Sciences****, Tulane Cancer Center*****, Center for Gene Therapy******


A31
EFFECT OF NOVEL SPHINGOSINE KINASE INHIBITORS ON ESTROGEN RECEPTOR IN ENDOCRINE SENSITIVE AND ENDOCRINE RESISTANT BREAST CANCER

 William D Meacham*, James W Antoon*, Matthew E Burow**, Chuck D Smith***, Evelyn M Slaughter*, Lyndsay V Rhodes**, Shannon E Muir**, Maria C. Zimmerman*, Lori M Guillot**, Melyssa R Bratton**, Barbara S Beckman*
* Tulane University, Dept of Pharmacology, **Tulane University, Dept of Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, ***Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC


A32
DEVELOPMENT OF INHIBITORY PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CMV INFECTION.

 Lilia Melnik*, Cindy A. Morris*, and Robert F. Garry*
Department of Microbiology and Immunology


A33
SUPRASPINAL BUT NOT SYSTEMIC INJECTION OF PPARγ LIGANDS REDUCES INFLAMMATORY PAIN

 Jenny Morgenweck**, Omar S. Abdel-Aleem**, Bradley K. Taylor*
*Pharmacology Department, **Graduate Program in Neuroscience


A34
BODY MASS INDEX MATCHING OF DONORS AND RECIPIENTS: DOES IT IMPROVE GRAFT SURVIVAL IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION?

 Navyata Mruthinti*, Jennifer McGee*, Tareq M. Islam**, Bernard M. Jaffe*, Sander S. Florman*, Douglas P. Slakey*
*Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Surgery; **Tulane School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology


A35
VISUAL RESPONSE PROPERTIES OF MORPHOLOGICALLY IDENTIFIED RETINAL GANGLION CELLS IN THE DARK- AND LIGHT-ADAPTED RETINA

 Joseph P Nemargut, Junling Zhu, Guoyong Wang
Structural and Cellular Biology


A36
HDAC6 MEDIATES TGF-BETA1-INDUCED EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION

 Hong T. Nguyen* {comma} Joseph A. Lasky** {comma} Tso-Pang Yao*** {comma} Ying Zhuo** {comma} and Bin Shan**
*Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and **Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA; ***Department of Pharmacology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC


A37
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PEPTIDE THERAPEUTIC TO DENGUE FEVER

 David Nielsen*, Yancy Hrobrowski* , Robert Garry*
*Tulane Microbiology


A38
EVALUATION OF VACCINE ADJUVANTS CHOLERA TOXIN (CT), MUTANT HEAT-LABILE E. COLI ENTEROTOXIN MLT (R192G), AND CPG ODN, ON THE PULMONARY MUCOSA.

 Elizabeth B. Norton*, Lucy Freytag*
Dept of Microbiology and Immunology


A39
MANIPULATION OF ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE MODIFIES EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE TO STRESS

 Kelly D. Peters*, Joseph I. Constans, Ph.D.*,**
*Neuroscience Program, Tulane University; **Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System


A40
CONDITIONAL EXPRESSION OF T-TYPE CA2+ CHANNELS IS VITAL FOR BREAST CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION

 Jonathan E. Pottle and Ming Li
Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.


A41
THE ROLE OF KCHIP3 IN CONTEXTUAL MEMORY: REGULATION BY ESTROGEN

 Vicky F. Rands, * Jared Fackrell,** Laura K Schrader PhD**, ***
*Physiology, ** Cell and Molecular Biology, *** Neuroscience, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA


A42
BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING BY RATIONAL COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY: SMALL, SOLUBLE PORE-FORMING BETA-STRAND PEPTIDES THAT ARE BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS

 Ramesh Rathinakumar, William Wimley
Biochemistry Department, TUHSC


A43
ADULT HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS ENHANCE BREAST CANCER TUMORIGENESIS AND PROMOTE HORMONE INDEPENDENCE

 Lyndsay V. Rhodes*, Shannon E. Muir*, Steven Elliott*, Lori M. Guillot*, James W. Antoon**, Patrice Penfornis**, Syreeta L. Tilghman*, John A. McLachlan***, Brian G. Rowan****, Radhika Pochampally**, Matthew E. Burow*,*****
Departments of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology*, Pharmacology**, Center for Bioenvironmental Research***, Structural and Cellular Biology****, Tulane Cancer Center*****, Tulane University Health Sciences Center; 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, 70112.


A44
IMPROVING THE PATHOLOGY OF GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY WITH STEM CELL THERAPY

 Cynthia L. Ripoll*,**, Mette Flaat*,***, Jeanne Fisher*, Cyndi Trygg*, Bruce A. Bunnell*,**,****
*Division of Gene Therapy, Tulane National Primate Research Center, **Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, ***Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, ****Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center.


A45
SAFESNIP UMBILICAL CORD CLAMP AND CUTTER

 William C. Kethman, Joseph R. Kramer, David C. Ladd, Bryan D. Molter, David A. Rice, Stephanie M. Roberts, William D. Sprott, Westbrook M. Weaver, Robert J. Whitman, Mark W. Young
Tulane University, Department of Biomedical Engineering


A46
IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF TICK SALIVA ON HUMAN MONOCYTES STIMULATED WITH BORRELIA BURGDORFERI: A CYTOKINE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS BY BEAD ARRAY.

 ***Dorothy C Scholl, *Tom Mather **Lisa Morici, ***Mario Philipp
* University of Rhode Island, Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Disease; ** Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Dept of Micro & Immunology; ***Tulane National Primate Research Center, Dept of Bac & Parasitology, **


A47
OVERCOMING THE MDR PHENOTYPE OF BREAST CANCER USING CLINICALLY APPROVED P-GP INHIBITORS: FLUOXETINE AND NELFINAVIR COEXPOSURE CHEMOSENSITIZES THE MCF-7/ADR CELLS.

 M. Schultz, C. Bassett, G. Chakravarty and D. Mondal
Dept. of Pharmacology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112


A48
TRANSEPITHELIAL TRANSPORT AND ENZYMATIC DETOXIFICATION OF GLUTEN IN GLUTEN-SENSITIVE RHESUS MACAQUES

 Karol Sestak*, Michael T. Bethune**, and Chaitan Khosla**
*Department of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, **Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA


A49
CAMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION IS INCREASED IN THE ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX OF RATS FOLLOWING REMOTE RECALL OF A SOCIALLY TRANSMITTED FOOD PREFERENCE

 Clayton A. Smith*, Marc A. Neeland*, and Paul J. Colombo**
*Neuroscience Program and **Department of Psychology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.


A50
MODULATION OF AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION CURRENT BY PI3 KINASE IN HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 NEURONS.

 Steven J Springer*, Vijeth Iyengar**, Laura A Schrader**
* Neuroscience ** Cell and Molecular Biology


A51
ANEMIA IN THE ELDERLY RESIDING IN A SOUTH INDIAN RURAL COMMUNITY

 Srikrishna S Ramachandra*, Arvind Kasthuri**.
*MPH Candidate 2008, Department of International Health and Development, TUSPHTM, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. ** Professor, Department of Community Health, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore 560034, Karnataka, India.


A52
CASPASE-3 INHIBITION MAY PREVENT SKELETAL MUSCLE WASTING BY BLOCKING UPREGULATION OF UBIQUITIN LIGASES ATROGIN-1 AND MURF-1

 Michael Tabony, Yusuke Higashi, and Patrice Delafontaine
Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA


A53
INHIBITION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-STIMULATED MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE AND DOWNSTREAM SIGNALING BY GUANYLYL CYCLASE-A/NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR-A

 Satyabha Tripathi*, Katerina O. Kimonis**, and Kailash N. Pandey*,**
*Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ** Department of Physiology. Tulane University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA-70112.


A54
PROTEIN KINASE REGULATION OF K+ CHANNEL PRIMARY SUBUNITS AND INTERACTING PROTEINS

 Tumay Tunur, Laura A Schrader
Cell and Molecular Biology


A55
DIFFERENTIAL ROLES OF P53 IN THE REGULATION OF THE HUMAN POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE GENE 1 (PKD-1) PROMOTER

 Diederik van Bodegom* **, Wijnand Roessingh**, Zubaida Saifudeen** and Samir El Dahr**
Departments of Physiology* and Pediatrics, Section of pediatric nephrology**, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112


A56
VECTORIAL MEASUREMENTS IN ENCEPHALITIC BRAINS OF SIV INFECTED MACAQUES SUGGESTS BIDIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF LEUKOCYTES ACROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER

 Vinet-Oliphant H,1 Alvarez X1, Susko E1, Borda J1, Williams K2 and Lackner A1
1Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center,


A57
IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR PLASTICITY IN MAGNOCELLULAR NEURONS OF THE RAT HYPOTHALAMIC SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS

 *Sen Wang, Eduardo C. Echeverry*, Thomas C. Stuart*, Cherif Boudaba*, Marina E. Wolf*** and Jeffrey G. Tasker*.**
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology* and Neuroscience Program**, Tulane University; Department of Neuroscience, Rosalind Frank University of Medicine and Science**


A58
ΑLPHA-MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE EFFECTS ON NEUROENDOCRIME NEURONS IN THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS

 Feng-Ju Weng*, Juhee Haam*, Joshua Crichton**, Jeffrey Tasker* **
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology* and neuroscience program**


A59
LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR SECRETION PREDICTS PLASTICITY OF ADULT HUMAN BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS.

 Mandolin J. Whitney, Andy Lee, Joni Ylostalo, Suzanne Zeitouni, Alan Tucker and Carl A. Gregory
From the Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA USA.


A60
RAPID GLUCOCORTICOID MODULATION OF THE A-TYPE POTASSIUM CURRENT IN HYPOTHALAMIC MAGNOCELLULAR NEURONS FOLLOWING CHRONIC DEHYDRATION

 Ning Wu* and Jeffrey G. Tasker*,**
*Neurobiology Division, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, and **Neuroscience Program, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana


A61
DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR ARENAVIRUSES

 Yenni, Rachael; Haislip, Alyson; Fair, Joseph; Garry, Robert*
Department of Microbiology & Immunology


A62
PHYTOCHEMICAL GLYCEOLLIN I, A NOVEL ANTI-ESTROGENIC ISOLATED FROM SOY.

 Maria C. Zimmermann*, Melanie H. Howell*, James W. Antoon*, Steven M. Boue***, Steven Elliott*, John A. McLachlan*, Thomas E. Wiese**, Matthew E. Burow*, Barbara S. Beckman*
*Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans LA., **Xavier University, New Orleans LA, ***US Department of Agriculture


B1

KAPOSI’S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS (KSHV) VGPCR PROMOTES SURVIVAL AND INDUCES EXPRESSION OF BCL-2 IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS.

Elizabeth R. Abboud*, Brian D. Shelby**, MaryBeth Ferris*, Anne B. Nelson*, Cindy A. Morris* and Deborah E. Sullivan*

*Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New Orleans, LA., **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCIRD/DVD/MMRHLB/Herpesvirus Team, Atlanta, GA.

B2

COMBINATIONAL TREATMENT WITH CLINICAL SRC KINASE INHIBITOR KX-01 AND TAMOXIFEN EXHIBITS SYNERGISTIC GROWTH INHIBITION OF MCF-7 BREAST CANCER CELLS.

Muralidharan Anbalagan*, Seth Glodowski*, David Hangauer**, *** and Brian Rowan*

*- Department of Structural and Cellular Bilogy, Tulane University School of Medicine, **Kinex Pharmaceuticals LLC, ***State University of New york at Buffalo

B3

THE MECHANISM THAT GATES THE FREQUENCY FOLLOWING THROUGH THE APB SENSITIVE ROD OFF-PATHWAY

Xia Bai, Junling Zhu, Joseph Nemargut, Guoyong Wang

Structural and Cellular Biology

B4

POLY (DL-LACTIDE-CO-GLYCOLIDE) (PLGA) NANOPARTICLES FOR PLASMID DNA DELIVERY TO HUH7 CELLS

*P K Chandra, *S. Hazari, **S. Pamujula, **G. Bolden, **D. M. Devanga Chinta, **V. Kishore,

*Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana-70112

B5

THE TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR SIGNALING PATHWAY MEDIATES RELEASE OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN HUMAN MONOCYTES STIMULATED WITH BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SPIROCHETES

Saurabh Dixit*, Vida A. Dennis*, Shannon O. Brein*, Xavier Alvarez**, Bapi Pahar*** and Mario T. Philipp*

Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center*, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Covington, USADivision of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Covington, USADivision of Bacteriology and Parasitology*, Division of Comparative Pathology** and Division of Immunology***,Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Covington, USA

B6

ROLE OF MELATONIN AND CALMODULIN IN ERA SIGNALING IN BREAST CANCER CELLS

Augusta Fernando, Jun Dai, Michael L MacCurdy, Tamika T Duplessis, Brian G Rowan, Steven M Hill

Structural and Cellular Biology, School of Medicine, Tulane University

B7

CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL MEMBRANE GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR IN RHODENT HYPOTHALAMIC TISSUE

Jebun Nahar*, Nicholas, R, Glatzer*, Gary, P, Dohanich**, and Jeff, G, Tasker*

*Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, **Department of Psychology

B8

AT1R-DEPENDENT RENAL ANGIOTENSINOGEN ACTIVATION AND ANGIOTENSIN II AUGMENTATION DURING ANG II-DEPENDENT HYPERTENSION IN MICE

Romer A. Gonzalez-Villalobos, Heather Horton, Dale M. Seth, Ryousuke Satou, Akemi Katsurada, Hiroyuki Kobori and L. Gabriel Navar

Department of Physiology and Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence.

B9

EXPRESSION OF THE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS PROTEIN ZTA ALTERS LUNG INFLAMMATION IN A MOUSE MODEL

James F. Guenther*/**, Hong T. Nguyen**, Jennifer E. Cameron*, Svitlana D. Danchuk**, Deborah E. Sullivan***, Joseph A. Lasky**, Erik K. Flemington*, Gilbert F. Morris*

Program in Lung Biology *Department of Pathology **Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine *** Department of Microbiology-Immunology

B10

GREEN FLUORESCENCE BASED ASSAYS FOR HEPATITIS C VIRUS REPLICATION AND INFECTIVITY IN CELL CULTURE

*Sidhartha Hazari, *Partha K Chandra, **Robert F Garry, ***Takaji Wakita and *Srikanta Dash

*Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, **Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA-70112, USA and ***Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

B11

MDM2 IS NECESSARY FOR METANEPHRIC KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT

Sylvia A. Hilliard, Susana A. Dipp, Xiao Yao, and Samir S. El-Dahr

Tulane Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA.

B12

ENHANCED EXPRESSION AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR-A GENE BY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS-1

Prerna Kumar, Gevoni Bolden and Kailash N. Pandey

Department of Physiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

B13

DOWN-REGULATION OF TELOMERASE BY SELENIUM IN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS

Shuang Liu, Yan Dong

Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA 70112

B14

COMBINED PATCH CLAMP AND FLUOROMETRIC CALCIUM AND NITRIC OXIDE MEASUREMENTS IN BRAIN SLICES

Marc M Maxson, Jeffrey G Tasker, Laura A Schrader

Tulane University Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology

B15

BODY MASS INDEX DOES NOT INFLUENCE OUTCOMES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

Jennifer McGee*, Tareq M. Islam**, Navyata Mruthiniti*, Sander S. Florman*, Douglas P. Slakey*

*Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, **Tulane School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

B16

HUMAN ADULT STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS FROM BONE MARROW (HMSCS) DECREASE NEURAL CELL DEATH IN GLOBAL ISCHEMIA BY MODULATION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE.

Hirokazu Ohtaki, Joni Ylostalo, Jessica E. Foraker, Andrew P. Robinson, Roxanne L. Reger, Darwin J. Prockop

Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Medical Research Center

B17

STUDIES OF YEAST NUCLEOSOME SOLVATION

Sergei Y Ponomarev, Thomas C Bishop

Mathematics

B18

SPONTANEOUS, SYNCHRONIZED BURSTS OF MIPSCS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON PHASIC FIRING IN NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS OF THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS

Ion R Popescu, Alier J Franco, Linda A Morton, Shi Di, Jeffrey G Tasker*

Cell and Molecular Biology, *also Neuroscience Program

B19

PEPTIDE-BASED ENTRY INHIBITORS FOR INFLUENZA

Ramesh Prabhu*, Allyson Haislip*, Thomas G. Voss*, Christopher S. LeBlanc*, Joseph Barbercheck*, Bryan Kaplan*, Peter Kulakosky**, Russell Wilson**, and Robert F. Garry*

*Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, **Autoimmune Technologies, LLC New Orleans, USA.

B20

INNATE IMMUNITY IN LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS: STUDIES IN VIVO

Geeta Ramesh*, Juan T. Borda**, Amy Gill**, Erin P. Ribka***, Lisa A. Morici****, Peter Mottram*, Dale S. Martin*, Mary B. Jacobs* and Mario T. Philipp*.

*Divisions of Bacteriology and Parasitology, **Comparative Pathology, and ***Veterinary Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, and ****Department of Microbiology and Immunology Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.

B21

CONCOMITANT EXPOSURE TO HIV AND ANTI-HIV DRUGS AUGMENT DRUG-EFFLUX FUNCTIONS IN HUMAN BRAIN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (BBB-ECS).

Upal Roy and Debasis Mondal

Pharmacology

B22

CHROMATIN FOLDING AT TRANSCRIPTION START SITES

Yuriy V Sereda, Thomas C Bishop, Richard Stolz

Center for Computational Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

B23

RENAL RESPONSES TO ACUTE ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RECOMBINANT TNF-ALPHA IN MICE

Mohd Shahid*, Joseph Francis**, Dewan SA Majid*

* Department of Physiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Centre, New Orleans, LA; ** Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

B24

AUGMENTATION OF ENDOGENOUS ANGIOTENSION II LEVELS IN VAL5-ANG II INFUSED RATS

Weijian Shao, Dale M. Seth, L. Gabriel Navar

Dept. of Physiology, Hypertension and Renal Center, Tulane University Health Science Center

B25

MULTI-SITE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF CHAGAS’ DISEASE IN PREGNANT WOMEN FROM FOUR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

Sergio Sosa-Estani,* Pierre Buekens,* Jackeline Alger,** Olivia Almendares,* Fernando Althabe,*** Domingo Amador,**** José Belizán,*** Eduardo Bergel,*** María Luisa Cafferata,***** Jaime Del Cid,**** Eric Dumontiel,****** Rubí Gamboa-Leon,****** Luis Israel Giron,******* Mark James,* Nicolas Padilla-Raygoza,******** Carlos Ponce,********* Elisa Ponce,********* Concepción Zúniga.**********

*Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States; **Servicio de Parasitologia, Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; ***Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ****Hospital Enrique Aguilar Cerrato, La Esperanza, Intibuca, Honduras; *****Perinatal Research Unit, Montevideo, Uruguay; ******Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico; *******Region Departamental de Salud, La Esperanza, Intibuca, Honduras; ********Facultad de Enfermería y Obstetricia de Celaya, Universidad de Guanajuato, Celaya, Mexico; *********Sección Chagas Leishmaniasis, División Laboratorio Central, Ministerio de Salud Pública, Tegucigalpa, Honduras; **********Ministerio de Salud Pública, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

B26

EXPRESSION OF THE MT1 MELATONIN RECEPTOR IN THE MOUSE MAMMARY GLAND IMPAIR DUCTUAL BRANCHING, TEB FORMATION AND LOBULO-ALVEOLAR DEVELOPMENT

Shulin Xiang, Gary Hoyle*, Carol Gadwaw**, Lulu Mao, Lin Yuan, and Steven M. Hill

Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112. * Department of Environmental Occupational Research, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, Louisville, KY 40202. ** Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112

C1

CREATION OF A DRUG- COATED GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE DEVICE USING POLYMER AND NANOTECHNOLOGY: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES

Daniel Kravitz*, Ramesh S Ayyala*, Nurettin Sahiner**, Diane Blake**, Vijay John***, Curtis Margo*, Rabah Qadir*.

Departments of Ophthalmology*, Biochemistry**, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering***, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112.

C2

A COMPARISON OF SLEEPING PATTERNS BETWEEN HEALTHY CHILDREN FROM THE INNER CITY TO CHILDREN FROM A MIDDLE CLASS ENVIRONMENT.

Anuj Chawla, Marcis Cruz, Camilla Coleman, Mitzie Grant, Sanjeev Kothare

C3

UVA-1 THERAPY IN SLE-INDUCED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE

Mollie N Dahlgren, MS, Hugh Jr McGrath, MD

Tulane University Hospital & Clinic

C4

SEX, DRUGS, AND NF - 1

C DiTommaso, J Feagans MD, J Wiese MD

Tulane SOM Department of Internal Medicine

C5

EXTRAVASATION OF RHBMP-2 WITH USE OF POSTOPERATIVE DRAINS AFTER POSTEROLATERAL SPINAL FUSION

Salim K Durrani, M.S., James Moon Mok, M.D.; Samantha L Piper, B.A.; Shane Burch, M.D.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

C6

JUMPSTART PIERRE PART: INSPIRING A CULTURE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN RURAL LOUISIANA

Claire Fung* **, Katie Hall* **, Sara King*, Jessica Schumer*, Randi Sokol* **, Mithu Tharayil*

*these authors contributed equally, Tulane University School of Medicine, **Tulane University School of Publich Health

C7

IDENTIFICATION OF CELLULAR MICRORNAS THAT BLOCK IFN-ALPHA ACTION AGAINST HEPATITIS C VIRUS

*Thomas Gage, *Nicolle Dally, *Sidhartha Hazari, *Salima Haque and *Srikanta Dash

*Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA-70112

C8

ASSESSING RACIAL DISPARITY IN RATES OF SECOND AND THIRD KIDNEY

Andrew Harbin, BA*; Douglas P Slakey, MD, MPH*; Ya-Hui Hsueh, MSPH**; C Lillian Yau, PhD**

*Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States and **Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States

C9

EVALUATION OF SINGLE STAGE ILIAC ENDARTERECTOMY-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

Evan James Hawkins, Douglas Slakey*

*Department of Surgery

C10

COOPERATIVE INDUCTION OF LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA IN MICE BY MUTANT P53 AND ONCOGENIC K-RAS

Dan Herleth* Gil Morris, PhD* Yu Wang* Derek Cociask**

Department of Pathology* University of Pittsburgh**

C11

DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE IN PATIENTS WITH FACIAL FRACTURES

Rachel D. Levitan*, Drew Flansbaum^, Micelle J. Haydel MD*^, Lisa D. Mills MD*^, Trevor J. Mills MD, MPH*^

Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine*Louisiana State University at New Orleans, Section of Emergency Medicine^

C12

HUMAN MULTI-POTENT STROMAL CELLS FROM BONE MARROW (MSCS) REGULATE INFLAMMATION IN AN ATHEROSCLEROTIC MOUSE MODEL

Christopher D. Malone, Adam Oskowitz, Makoto Shoji, Radhika Pochampally

Tulane Center for Gene Therapy

C13

INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 ACTIVATES GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE AND INHIBITS OXIDATIVE STRESS IN HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

Arvind K. Pandey, Yusuke Higashi, Sergiy Sukhanov, Jane Titterington, and Patrice Delafontaine

Cardiology Section, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

C14

ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL TROPICAL MEDICINE COMPETENCY AMONG U.S.-TRAINED MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS.

Lipi Roy, Latha Rajan

Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health

C15

GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING PEPTIDE-2 ADMINISTRATION TO DYSLIPIDEMIC MICE

Jane S. Titterington, Cyril Y. Bowers, and Patrick Delafontaine

Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

D1

RECURRENT ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME AN INCITING FACTOR OF THE SECOND HIT PHENOMENON

Juan C Duchesne MD*, Catherine C Baucom MD PhD*, Jon Simmons MD NREMT-P** , Charles F. Bellows III MD*, Bernard M Jaffe MD*, Norman E McSwain Jr. MD*

*Department of General Surgery Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, **The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

D2

INTRATHECAL ROSIGLITAZONE ACTS AT PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA TO RAPIDLY INHIBIT NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN RATS

Sajay B. Churi**, Omar S. Abdel-Aleem*, Kiranjeet K. Tumber*, Heather Scuderi-Porter*, Jenny Morgenweck*, and Bradley K. Taylor*

**Anesthesiology, *Pharmacology

D3

DERIVATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW HUMAN PARACHORDOMA CELL LINE FROM A SCAPULAR TUMOR. A CASE REPORT.

Amalia DeComas, M.D. *1, Michael R. Harris **1, Patrice Penfornis **, Mark S. Meyer, M.D. *, Radhika R. Pochampally, Ph.D. ***

* Ochsner Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, New Orleans, ** Tulane Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, *** Department of Pharmacology, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, 1: equal contribution

D4

STRUCTURAL, CHEMICAL AND IMMUNOGENIC EFFECTS OF ROASTING ON ARA H 3, A MAJOR PEANUT ALLERGEN

Scott, A, Dyer*, Lakisha, Mack**, Soheila, J, Maleki**

*Section of Clinical Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, **USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA

D5

IDENTIFICATION OF A MIGRATORY SUBPOPULATION WITHIN ADULT MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL POPULATIONS.

Ben Bradley*, Prashant Gupta*, Cynthia Ripoll**, Ryan Jones*, Ekhart Alt*,***,Bruce A. Bunnell**,****, and Reza Izadpanah*

*Applied Stem Cell Laboratory, Cardiology Section, Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, **Division of Gene Therapy, Tulane National Primate Center, **Center of Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, ***Department of Molecular Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, ****Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

D6

LAPARASCOPIC REPAIR OF SPIGELAIN HERNIA

Catherine Baucom, Quan D Nguyen, Marco Hildalgo, Douglas Slakey

General Surgery

D7

MINIMMALLY INVASIVE SPIGELIAN HERNIA

Catherine Baucom MD/PhD*, Quan Nguyen*,Marco Hidalgo MD*, & Douglas Slakey MD/MPH*

*Department of Surgery

D8

VARIATION IN SCHLEMM CANAL SIZE AND LOCATION BY ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY

F. A. Irshad* MD, R. S. Ayyala* MD, FRCS, FRCOphth, M.S. Mayfield** RN, BSN, D. Zurakowski*** PhD

*Department of Ophthalmology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA; **iScience Interventional, Menlo Park, CA; ***Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

D9

PERCUTANEOUS VENOVENOUS BYPASS DURING ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE

Paul J Primeaux, MD*, Samir K Patel, MD*, Henry A Hawney, MD*, Sebastian Villarreal, MD*, Philip L Kalarickal, MD, MPH*, Bian P McClure, MD*, Frederic G Regenstein, MD***, Mary Killackey, MD**, Anil Paramesh, MD**, Douglas P Slakey, MD** and Sander S Florman, MD**

*=Department of Anesthesiology, **=Department of Surgery, ***=Department of Hepatology; all at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

D10

IS THE COMBINATION OF SULFONYLUREAS AND METFORMIN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OR ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY?

Ajay D Rao, MD*, Nitesh Kuhadiya, MBBS**, Kristi Reynolds, PhD, MPH***, Vivian A. Fonseca, MD*

*Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA **Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA ***Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA and Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA

D11

GENDER-SPECIFIC EFFECT OF ADIPOSITY AND BLOOD PRESSURE ON CAROTID ARTERY LUMEN DIAMETER IN YOUNG ADULTS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY

Litao Ruan, MD, PhD, Wei Chen, MD, PhD, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, PhD, Toprak A, MD, Gerald S. Berenson, MD

Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

D12

HEAL-ING NEW ORLEANS: THE POST-KATRINA PEDIATRIC ASTHMA STUDY

Maxcie M. Sikora, Jane M. El-Dahr

Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology

E1

A MULTICRITERIA DECISION MODEL OF WATER-RELATED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR NURSING IN THAILAND

Ann Jirapongsuwan M.Sc.*, Andrew J. Englande Ph.D., P.E.*

* Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

E2

KNOCKDOWN OF ARGONAUTE 1 ENHANCES PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSITION IN AEDES AEGYPTI

Seokyoung Kang, Young S. Hong

Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA

E3

WETLAND ASSIMILATION FEASIBILTIY PLANNING: A DECISON ANALYTIC APPROACH

Mack Sarah K

Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Dept ENHS

E4

CAN NUTRITION RELATED MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS BE ACHIEVED? EXPLORING THE INTER-LINKAGES BETWEEN NUTRITION, POVERTY, SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LITERACY

Monika Sawhney* and Dr. M Mahmud Khan**

* Department of International Health and ** Department of Health Systems Management and Department of International Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

E5

TOXIC ACTIVITIES IN WOOD DUST

Mark J Wilson, Charles Miller, Roy Rando,

Environmental Health Sciences Department, Tulane University School of Public Health, New Orleans LA, 70112

F1

ANGIOTENSIN (ANG) II-INDUCED URETERIC BUD (UB) BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS IS MEDIATED BY MAP KINASE AND PI3 KINASE.

Mary Kate Boh, Melissa Spera, Samir S. El-Dahr, Ihor V. Yosypiv.

Department of Pediatrics, Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.

F2

CD163, A MARKER OF PERIVASCULAR MACROPHAGES IS UPREGULATED ON MICROGLIA IN SIVE AFTER HP-HB COMPLEX STIMULATION AND IS SUGGESTIVE OF BREAKDOWN OF THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER

Alvarez X, Borda JT, Mohan M, Hasegawa A, Bernardino A, Jean S, Aye P, Lackner AA

Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road Covington, LA 70433

F3

LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN BLACK AND WHITE YOUNG ADULTS: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY

Gerald S. Berenson, Wei Chen, Sathanur R. Srinivasan

Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

F4

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIRTH WEIGHT AND BLOOD PRESSURE IS MODULATED BY BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR GENES: THE BOGALUSA HEART STUDY

Wei Chen, MD, PhD*, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, PhD*, Michael D Hallman**, PhD, Gerald S. Berenson, MD*

* Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA ; ** Human Genetics Center, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX

F5

RAPID GLUCOCORTICOID ACTIONS ON GABA RELEASE VIA NITRIC OXIDE IN HYPOTHALAMIC MAGNOCELLULAR NEURONS

Shi Di * and Jeffrey G. Tasker * **

*Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, **Neuroscience Program

F6

GLUCOCORTICOID-MEDIATED FEEDBACK AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY WITHIN THE HYPOTHALAMUS IN THE CHRONIC VARIABLE STRESS RAT MODEL

Alier J. Franco, Andrea Zsombok, Jeffrey G. Tasker

Cell and Molecular Biology

F7

SOMATOSTATIN (SST) RECEPTOR EXPRESSION PROFILING IN HIV-INFECTED LYMPHOCYTES: DEVELOPMENT OF SST-ANALOG CONJUGATED ANTI-HIV DRUGS IN ORDER TO TARGET THE SEQUESTERED VIRAL RESERVOIRS

Sarah Galvez *, Dustin Hill *, Upal Roy *, Joseph Fuselier **, David Coy ** and Debasis Mondal *

*Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Dept of Pharmacology, **Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Peptide Research Laboratories

F8

INHIBITION OF P38 MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE SIGNALING SUPPRESSES ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER TUMORIGENESIS

Lori Guillot*, Melyssa Bratton*, Juan P. Fonseca*, Shannon Muir*, Lyndsay Vanhoy-Rhodes*, Virgilio A. Salvo*, Steven Elliott*, Brian G. Rowan*, John A. McLachlan**, Barbara S. Beckman*, Scott Wadsworth***, Tyler J. Curiel****, Matthew E. Burow*

*Department of Medicine- Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA **Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA ***Center for Biomaterials and Advanced Technology, Somerville, NJ *****Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

F9

THE IMPORTANCE OF MONOCYTE/MACROPHAGES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF AIDS

Atsuhiko Hasegawa* Huining Liu*, Kenneth C. Williams***, Andrew A. Lackner**, Ronald S. Veazey** & Marcelo J. Kuroda*

*Division of Immunology, **Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University Health Science Center, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, Louisiana 70433, USA. ***Department of Biology, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.

F10

VERIFICATION OF CNVS IDENTIFIED WITH HIGH DENSITY OLIGO ACGH USING AN OPTIMIZED Q-RT PCR ASSAY

X. Hu1, M.M. Li1,2,3.

. 1) Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, 2) Hayward Genetics Center; 3) Dept. of Pediatrics; Tulane Univ. Sch. Med, New Orleans, LA.

F11

THE EFFECTS OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY DURING COLD STORAGE OF RAT HEARTS

Sebastian Laluf*, Jennifer McGee*, John Baber*, Philip J. Kadowitz**, Keith VanMeter***, Douglas P. Slakey*

*Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, ***VanMeter and Associates Hyperbaric Center

F12

POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION OF THE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) IMMEDIATE EARLY TRANSACTIVATOR ZTA

Zhen Lin, Claire Fewell, Melody Baddoo, Xia Wang, Jane Mcbride, Jennifer Cameron, Qinyan Yin, Erik Flemington

Department of Pathology, SL-79, Tulane University School of Medicine

F13

INTESTINAL MUCOSA IS A RESERVOIR FOR SIV INFECTION IN LONG-TERM NONPROGRESSING MACAQUES

Binhua Ling*^, Ronald Veazey*^, Mahesh Mohan*, Tara Ooms*, Andrew Lackner*^, Preston Marx*^^

*Tulane National Primate Research Center, ^Tulane University School of Medicine, ^^Tulane Unversity School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

F14

THE CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR7 MEDIATES ESTROGEN-STIMULATED BREAST CANCER TUMORIGENESIS

Shannon Muir*, Lyndsay Vanhoy-Rhodes*, Yun Zhu*, Virgilio A. Salvo*, Steven Elliott*, Lori Guillot*, James W. Antoon**, Juan P. Fonseca*, John A. McLachlan**, Brian Barnett, Barbara S. Beckman**, Tyler J. Curiel*, Matthew E. Burow*

*Departments of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology*, Pharmacology**, Tulane University Health Sciences Center

F15

THE TULANE TRANSGENIC MOUSE FACILITY

Ann Mullin

Cell and Molecular Biology

F16

IDENTIFICATION OF ROTAVIRUS VP6-SPECIFIC CD4+ T CELL EPITOPES IN A G1P[8] HUMAN ROTAVIRUS-INFECTED RHESUS MACAQUE

Bapi Pahar*, Wei Zhao**, and Karol Sestak**

*Department of Immunology and **Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA

F17

ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF BIOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF ADULT MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

Bindiya R Patel*,**,Reza Izadpanah, Cynthia Tyrgg*, Jeanne Perkins*, Xiao-Ling Kuai*, Bruce Bunnell*,**,***

Division of Gene Therapy, Tulane National Primate Research Center*; Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center**; Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center***

F18

RECOMBINANT VARICELLA-SIV VACCINES REDUCE VIRAL LOADS IN IMMUNIZED RHESUS MACAQUES

V.Traina-Dorge*, R. Lorino*, P. Marx*, Y. Ou**, W. Gray**

*Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA; and **University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, AR.

F19

INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 REDUCES THE EXPRESSION OF PRO-ATHEROGENIC GENES IN THE AORTAE OF APOE DEFICIENT MICE

Charlotte E Vaughn, Sergiy Sukhanov, Jane S Titterington, and Patrick Delafontaine.

Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, Tulane University School of Medicine

F20

IL-17RC: GOOD AND BAD ISOFORMS.

Zongbing You

Department of Structural & Cellular Biology and Tulane Cancer Center, LCRC

Award Category A

Bohacek, Johannes. . . . . . A1
Chandra, Surabhi. . . . . . A2
Chen, Shaowei. . . . . . A3
Chen, Jin. . . . . . A4
Dory, Roy. . . . . . A5
Duplessis, Tamika. . . . . . A6
Ehrlich, Matthew. . . . . . A7
Feng, Zhuang. . . . . . A8
Flaat, Mette. . . . . . A9
Frazier, Trivia. . . . . . A10
Gaufin, Thaidra. . . . . . A11
Gerlach, Samantha. . . . . . A12
Ghugey, Satish. . . . . . A13
Ghugey, Satish. . . . . . A14
Guidry, Gena. . . . . . A15
Guo, Weichao. . . . . . A16
Harris, Michael. . . . . . A17
Harris, Christina. . . . . . A18
Heang, Julie. . . . . . A19
Jackson, Kamilah. . . . . . A20
Kathirvelu, Balachandar. . . . . . A21
Kethman, William. . . . . . A22
Koka, Padma. . . . . . A23
Krauson, Aram. . . . . . A24
Kuhadiya, Nitesh. . . . . . A25
Lai, Wen-Tzu. . . . . . A26
Mahdi, Zaid. . . . . . A27
Manepalli, Ashok. . . . . . A28
Marks, Jessica. . . . . . A29
Marsden, Carolyn. . . . . . A30
Meacham, William. . . . . . A31
Melnik, Lilia. . . . . . A32
Morgenweck, Jenny. . . . . . A33
Mruthinti, Navyata. . . . . . A34
Nemargut, Joseph. . . . . . A35
Nguyen, Hong. . . . . . A36
Nielsen, David. . . . . . A37
Norton, Elizabeth. . . . . . A38
Peters, Kelly. . . . . . A39
Pottle, Jonathan. . . . . . A40
Rands, Vicky. . . . . . A41
Rathinakumar, Ramesh. . . . . . A42
Rhodes, Lyndsay. . . . . . A43
Ripoll, Cynthia. . . . . . A44
Roberts, Stephanie. . . . . . A45
Scholl, Dorothy. . . . . . A46
Schultz, Michelle. . . . . . A47
Sestak, Karol. . . . . . A48
Smith, Clayton. . . . . . A49
Springer, Steven. . . . . . A50
Sulgodu Ramachandra, Srikrishna. . . . . . A51
Tabony, Michael. . . . . . A52
Tripathi, Satyabha. . . . . . A53
Tunur, Tumay. . . . . . A54
van Bodegom, Diederik. . . . . . A55
Vinet-Oliphant, Heather. . . . . . A56
Wang, Sen. . . . . . A57
Weng, Feng-ju. . . . . . A58
Whitney, Mandolin. . . . . . A59
Wu, Ning. . . . . . A60
Yenni, Rachael. . . . . . A61
Zimmermann, Maria. . . . . . A62

Award Category B

Abboud, Elizabeth. . . . . . B1
Anbalagan, Muralidharan. . . . . . B2
Bai, Xia. . . . . . B3
Chandra, Partha. . . . . . B4
Dixit, Saurabh. . . . . . B5
Fernando, Augusta. . . . . . B6
Glatzer, Nicholas. . . . . . B7
Gonzalez-Villalobos, Romer. . . . . . B8
Guenther, James. . . . . . B9
Hazari, Sidhartha. . . . . . B10
Hilliard, Sylvia. . . . . . B11
Kumar, Prerna. . . . . . B12
Liu, Shuang. . . . . . B13
Maxson, Marc. . . . . . B14
McGee, Jennifer. . . . . . B15
Ohtaki, Hirokazu. . . . . . B16
Ponomarev, Sergei. . . . . . B17
Popescu, Ion. . . . . . B18
Prabhu, Ramesh. . . . . . B19
Ramesh, Geeta. . . . . . B20
Roy, Upal. . . . . . B21
Sereda, Yuriy. . . . . . B22
Shahid, Mohd. . . . . . B23
Shao, Weijian. . . . . . B24
Sosa-Estani, Sergio. . . . . . B25
Xiang, Shulin. . . . . . B26

Award Category C

Ayyala, Ramesh. . . . . . C1
Chawla, Anuj. . . . . . C2
Dahlgren, Mollie. . . . . . C3
DiTommaso, Craig. . . . . . C4
Durrani, Salim. . . . . . C5
Fung, Claire. . . . . . C6
Gage, Thomas. . . . . . C7
Harbin, Andrew. . . . . . C8
Hawkins, Evan. . . . . . C9
Herleth, Daniel. . . . . . C10
Levitan, Rachel. . . . . . C11
Malone, Christopher. . . . . . C12
Pandey, Arvind. . . . . . C13
Roy, Lipi. . . . . . C14
Titterington, Jane. . . . . . C15

Award Category D

Baucom, Catherine. . . . . . D1
Churi, Sajay. . . . . . D2
DeComas, Amalia. . . . . . D3
Dyer, Scott. . . . . . D4
Gupta, Prashant. . . . . . D5
Hidalgo, Marco. . . . . . D6
Hidalgo, Marco. . . . . . D7
Irshad, Farhan. . . . . . D8
Patel, Samir. . . . . . D9
Rao, Ajay. . . . . . D10
Ruan, Litao. . . . . . D11
Sikora, Maxcie. . . . . . D12

Award Category E

Jirapongsuwan, Ann. . . . . . E1
Kang, Seokyoung. . . . . . E2
Mack, Sarah. . . . . . E3
Sawhney, Monika. . . . . . E4
Wilson, Mark. . . . . . E5

Category F (not considered for awards)

 Yosypiv, Ihor. . . . . . F1
Alvarez, Xavier. . . . . . F2
Berenson, Gerald. . . . . . F3
Chen, Wei. . . . . . F4
Di, Shi. . . . . . F5
Franco, Alier. . . . . . F6
Galvez, Sarah. . . . . . F7
Guillot, Lori. . . . . . F8
Hasegawa, Atsuhiko. . . . . . F9
Hu, Xiaofeng. . . . . . F10
Laluf, Sebastian. . . . . . F11
Lin, Zhen. . . . . . F12
Ling, Binhua. . . . . . F13
Muir, Shannon. . . . . . F14
Mullin, Ann. . . . . . F15
Pahar, Bapi. . . . . . F16
Patel, Bindiya. . . . . . F17
Traina-Dorge, Vicki. . . . . . F18
Vaughn, Charlotte. . . . . . F19
You, Zongbing. . . . . . F20