SUNDAY, APRIL 22 Across Societies – Experimental Biology

NUTRITION/PATHOLOGYSUNDAYC368 II 654.2 Advertising for food and dietarysupplements in the print media in South Africa. N.J. Temple,Z. Mchiza, Z. Abrahams and N.P. Steyn. Athabasca Univ.,Canada and Human Sci. Res. Council, Cape Town.Pathology655. INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNE RESPONSEPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALLS A-DPresentation time: 11:30 AM-1:30 PMB169 655.1 Neutrophil infi ltration related to themethotrexate-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction. T. Horie,C. Asada, N. Kakigawa and S. Sekine. Chiba Univ. Grad. Sch.of Pharmaceut. Sci.B170 655.2 Mucosal permeability is an intrinsic factordetermining susceptibility to dextran sulfate sodium-inducedcolitis in rats. H. Iwaya, K. Maeta, H. Hara and S. Ishizuka.Hokkaido Univ., Japan.B171 655.3 The candidate tumor suppressor gene Ecrg4inhibits proliferation of the infl ammed mucosal epithelium. A.Kurabi, X. Dang, K. Pak, R. Coimbra, B. Eliceiri, A. Baird andA. Ryan. UCSD and VA Med. Ctr., San Diego.B172 655.4 Overexpression of β-catenin and EphB4 inHelicobacter pylori-infected Mexican children with gastritis. R.Villarreal-Calderon, A. Mackinnon, A. González-Luévano,M. Aragón-Flores and S. Suster. Univ. of Montana, Med. Col.of Wisconsin and Central Military Hosp., Mexico City.B173 655.5 Stromal cell-derived factor-1 induces RANKL inrheumatoid arthritis synovial fi broblasts and CD4 + T cells. K-W.Kim, H-R. Kim, B-M. Kim, M-L. Cho and S-H. Lee. CatholicUniv. of Korea and Konkuk Univ. Sch. of Med., South Korea.B174 655.6 VEGF induces RANKLl in rheumatoid arthritissynovial fi broblasts. K-W. Kim, H-R. Kim, B-M. Kim, M-L. Choand S-H. Lee. Catholic Univ. of Korea and Konkuk Univ. Sch. ofMed., South Korea.B175 655.7 Quantitative assay for evaluating anti-clumpingreagents. G. Zem, M. Khurrum, L. Saab, S. Nazari, O. Tonyan,A. Shahbazian, G. Alvarez, Y. Leyva, A. Azatyan, A. Majd,M. Moshtael, S. Shafagh, N. Farivarmoheb, S. Azalbar, K.Harutyunyan, A. Sabbaugh, C. Kirungi, A. Dzhambazian,C. Khachatoorian, S. Miranda, Z. Sherazi, M. Altunyan, N.Iriana, O. Aghdasi, J. Dorian, H. Ter-Papyan, N. Zadori, F.Hernandez and S.B. Oppenheimer. California State Univ.,Northridge.B176 655.8 The influence of alternative housing on dairycalf innate immune measures after weaning. L.E. Hulbert, M.S.Calvo, K.C. Klasing and F.M. Mitloehner. Univ. of California,Davis.B177 655.9 Loss of α SNAP induces colonic epithelialcell apoptosis via downregulation of Bcl-2 expression andfragmentation of the Golgi. N.G. Naydenov, G. Harris, B.Brown, K.L. Schaefer, S.K. Dash, P.B. Fisher and A.I. Ivanov.Univ. of Rochester and Virginia Commonwealth Univ.B178 655.10 Fluorescence compared to brightfi elddetection of CD35 in lymphoid follicles of the monkey to assessimmunomodulatory treatment effect. J. Brodbeck, F. Chu,M. Gonzales Edick, L. Rangell, S. Bheddah and G. Cain.Genentech.656. IMMUNOPATHOLOGY, INFLAMMATION ANDVASCULAR CELL BIOLOGYPosterSUN. 7:30 AM—SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER, EXHIBITHALLS A-DPresentation time: 11:30 AM-1:30 PMB179 656.1 α(1,3)-Fucosyltransferases-IV/-VII modulatethe prevalence of murine IL-17-producing cells in vivo. L.C.Mackey, J.M. Rose and J.W. Homeister. Univ. of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill.B180 656.2 New method for systemic sclerosis, systemiclupus erythematosus and vascular angiopathy diagnosis. G.Cattaruzzi, F. Vitrani, M. Moretti, R. Scorza and F. Curcio.VBC spa, Udine, Univ. of Milan, Univ. of Udine and AziendaUniv. Hosp., Udine, Italy.B181 656.3 RAGE signaling infl uences smoke-inducedsecretion of pro-infl ammatory cytokines by primary alveolarmacrophages. K.D. Johnson, A.B. Robinson and P.R.Reynolds. Brigham Young Univ.B182 656.4 A comparison of young and aged NK cellsat basal, homeostatic conditions in C57BL/6 mice. E. Beli ,J.F. Clinthorne, D.M. Duriancik, T.H. Lee, S. Kim and E.M.Gardner. Michigan State Univ.B183 656.5 Weaning weight and impact on innateimmunological status of beef cattle. W.D. Preston, M.Fergerstrom, G. Fukumoto, T. Sy, M. Abran and A.M. Stokes.Univ. of Hawaii Manoa.B184 656.6 Genetic variation in CARD15 and allergy. A.Katenta and S. Guerra. Univ. of Maryland Eastern Shore andUniv. of Arizona.B185 656.7 Plasma kininogen and bradykinin receptorsare required for collagen antibody-induced arthritis. A. Yang, Z.Xie, X. Zhu and Y. Wu. Soochow Univ., China and Temple Univ.B186 656.8 VEGFR2 activation during the early onsetof fl ow is ligand-dependent and mediated by the release ofautocrine VEGF. N.G. dela Paz and J.A. Frangos. La JollaBioengin. Inst.B187 656.9 Quantifying differences in local wall stressbetween carotid and femoral arteries. R. Wang, R.L. Gleasonand L.P. Brewster. Georgia Tech and Emory Univ. Hosp.B188 656.10 Response of dorsal root ganglion tissue tochronically stimulated electrodes. C. Kolarcik, E. Rost, I.Albrecht, X. Luo, K. Catt, D.J. Weber and X.T. Cui. Univ. ofPittsburgh.B189 656.11 Peritoneal mechanobiology and metastaticsuccess in epithelial ovarian cancer. R.J. Burkhalter, Y. Liu, M.Marszow, Z. Sun, G.A. Meininger, D. Wagner and M.S. Stack.Univ. of Missouri-Columbia and Univ. of Notre Dame.B190 656.12 Phosphorylation of cytokeratin fi bers alterstheir response to mechanical extension. G. Fois, M. Weimer,E.T. Felder, X. Zheng, B. Tobias, T. Seufferlein, P. Dietl and E.Felder. Ulm Univ., Ulm Univ. Hosp. and Univ. Clin. for Int. Med.I, Halle, Germany.182