Scientific Programme
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Main Topics
01. Endogenous stimulators and inhibitors of
angiogenesis, their receptors and signaling pathways
to endothelial cells and other cell types
participating in the angiogenic cascade.
02. Notch and ephrin B2/EphB4 signalling
03. Semaphorin 3b
04. Role of bone marrow-derived cells in angiogenesis
and lymphangiogenesis.
05. Role of pericytes
06. Lymphangiogenesis
07. Roles of extracellular matrix and proteolysis in
angiogenesis
08. Inflammatory cells and cytokines/microenvironment.
09. Angiogenesis and the coagulation
cascade/platelets/parstatin
10. Angiomodulin
11. New emerging targets for therapeutic
intervention.
12. Vascular architecture in physiological and pathological
settings.
13. Clinical experience with approved
anti-angiogenesis agents.
14. Regulatory issues and optimal trial
design.
Keynote Speaker
Napoleone Ferrara (Genentech, Inc.,USA)
Plenary Speakers
A. Albini (ITA)
Κ. Αlitalo (FI)
A. Aplin (USA)
R. Atwood (UK)
F. Bussolino (ITA)
H. Gerhardt (UK)
R. Giavazzi (ITA)
A. Hatzopoulos (USA)
V. Van
Hinsbergh (NETH)
K. Hoekman (NETH)
K.G. Klement-Lakka (USA)
M. Konerding (GER)
W. Li (USA)
E. Madison (USA)
M. Maragoudakis (GR)
C. Mitchell (UK)
C. Mitsiades (USA)
R. Nicosia (USA)
M. Presta (ITA)
D.
Ribatti (ITA)
Y. Sato (JP)
M. Toi (JP)
N. Tsopanoglou (GR)
S. Vinores (USA)
G. Yancopoulos (USA)
M. Ziche (ITA)