Concurrent Sessions

Monday, May 7, 2006, 15.00 - 16.30 hrs - Room O-O1-N-N1

C07. Molecular mechanisms of disease

C40. Transcriptome plasticity through RNA editing
S. Maas¹, A. Athanasiadis^2,1, R. Kaushal¹, N. J. Vendetti¹;
¹Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States, ²Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States.

C41. Life without sulfatases: exploiting a mouse model of multiple sulfatase deficiency
C. Settembre^1,2, I. Annunziata¹, G. Cobellis^1,3, M. Sardiello¹, A. Ballabio^1,4;
¹TIGEM- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Naples, Italy, ²SEMM - European School of Molecular Medicine, Naples, Italy, ³Seconda Universita' degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy, ⁴Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.

C42. Altered activity of AP-1 transcription factor components in cystic kidneys of humans and mouse models for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
I. S. Lantinga-van Leeuwen¹, N. H. Le¹, A. van der Wal², W. N. Leonhard¹, H. van Dam³, E. de Heer², M. H. Breuning¹, D. J. M. Peters¹;
¹Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands, ²Department of Pathology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands, ³Department of Molecular Cell Biology, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands.

C43. The mutation in the Renin Receptor (ATP6A2) associated with XMRE (X-linked MR-epilepsy) significantly reduces ERK 1/2 activation by NGF in neurites
J. Walker, K. J. Franek, C. E. Schwartz;
JC Self Research Institute, Greenwood, SC, United States.

C44. Mutant Connexin 26 Enhances Epidermal Wound Healing And Inhibits Bacterial Invasion
Y. K. S. Man, C. Trolove, A. Thomas, A. Papakonstantinopoulou, D. Patel, H. Navsaria, E. A. O'Toole, M. A. Curtis, D. P. Kelsell;
Institute of Cell and Molecular Sciences, Queen Mary's University of London, London, United Kingdom.

C45. Gene expression profiling reveals a new molecular pathway involved in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
E. Sterrenburg¹, S. J. E. Routledge², B. M. van der Sluijs³, B. G. van Engelen³, M. Antoniou², S. M. van der Maarel¹;
¹Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, ²Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, United Kingdom, ³Neuromuscular Center Nijmegen, Institute of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.