Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plasminogen Activation

Saturday, 16 June 2007
14:00–18:00 Registration
17:30–17:40 Welcome and Meeting Overview
Peter Andreasen and Tor Ny
17:40–18:25 Popular lecture: “Carl Linnaeus—The man who gave all of us our names”
Anna Rask-Andersen
18:30–20:00 Dinner
20:15–21:00 Lecture: “Control of invasive growth by plasminogen-related growth factors
(HGF and MSP)”
Paolo Michieli and Paolo Comoglio
Sunday, 17 June 2007
7:00–8:30 Breakfast
X I t h I n t e r n a t I o n a l w o r k S h o p o n
Molecular and Cellular Biology
of Plasminogen Activation
8:30–10:15 Session 1—Vitronectin and the Plasminogen Activation System
Session Chairs: Michael Ploug and Mingdong Huang
8:30–8:35 Introduction by Session Chairs
8:35–8:55 001 • Defining the Native Disulfide Topology in the SMB Domain of Human
Vitronectin • Li X, Zou G, Yuan W, Lu W*
8:55–9:15 002 • The Vitronectin Binding Site on the Urokinase Receptor Comprises Residues
from Both Domain I and the Flanking Interdomain Linker Region • Gårdsvoll H and
Ploug M*
9:15–9:35 003 • uPAR-induced Cell Adhesion and Migration: Vitronectin Provides the Key •
Madsen CD*, Sarra Ferraris GM, Andolfo A, Cunningham O, Sidenius N
9:35–9:55 004 • Interactions between PAI-1 and Vitronectin: Two Proteins, Two Sites, and Two
Phases • Schar CR, Jensen JK, Blouse GE, Minor KH, Andreasen PA, Peterson CB*
9:55–10:15 005 • How Does Vitronectin Accelerate PAI-1’s Protease Inhibition? • Zhou A* and
Wei Z
Relevant Posters—051–056
2 X I t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l W o r k s h o p o n