Bauersachs, Johann, Frantz, Stefan, and Ertl, Georg:
Introduction ................................................ 9
Blum, Hubert E.: Welcome Address ............................... 11
Role of Immunity in Heart Failure
Frantz, Stefan, Ertl, Georg, and Bauersachs, Johann:
Innate Immunity in Heart Failure [Extended Abstract] ....... 17
Bergmann, Martin W., and Dietz, Rainer: Insights into
Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling Gained by
Heart-specific Inhibition of Transcription Factor NF-κВ
[Extended Abstract] ........................................ 21
Latini, Roberto: Cytokines and Heart Failure
[Extended Abstract] ........................................ 27
Bauersachs, Johann, Fraccarollo, Daniela, Тhum, Thomas,
Frantz, Stefan, and Ertl, Georg: Heart Failure is a
Neurohumoral Disease [Extended Abstract] ................... 33
Pasparakis, Manolis: Inflammation in Non-inflammatory
Diseases [Abstract] ........................................ 39
Pieske, Burkert: Heart Failure is a Calcium Disease
[Abstract] ................................................. 41
Pauschinger, Matthias: Heart Failure is a Viral Disease
[Abstract] ................................................. 43
Superoxide and Healing in the Cardiovascular System
Dworakowski, Rafal, Murdoch, Colin, and Shah, Ajay M.: NADPH
Oxidases as Pivotal Sources of ROS in Cardiac Disease
[Extended Abstract] ....................................... 47
Fleming, Ingrid: Cytochrome P450 2C is a Functionally
Significant Source of Reactive Oxygen Species
[Extended Abstract] ........................................ 55
Landmesser, Ulf, and Drexler, Helmut: Xanthine Oxidase as
Pivotal Source of Reactive Oxygen Species [Abstract] ....... 63
General Aspects of Healing and Inflammation
Schrader, Jürgen, Zernecke, Alma, Buchheiser, Anja,
Özuyaman, Burcin, and Weber, Christian: Role of
CD73-derived Adenosine in Acute and Chronic Inflammation
[Abstract] ................................................. 67
Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera: Gender Aspects in Cardiovascular
Healing and Heart Failure [Abstract] ....................... 69
Kelly, Ralph A.: Innate Immunity, Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α
and Wound Healing: Implications for Therapeutic
Angiogenesis [Abstract] .................................... 71
Schneider, Martin, Aragonés, Julian, Lafuste, Peggy,
van Geyte, Katie, Bishop, Tammie, Diez, Antonio,
Grosfeld, Alex, Ruiz de Almodovar, Carmen,
William, Carsten, Tjwa, Marc, Collen, Desire,
Moons, Lieve, Dewerchin, Mieke, Pugh, Chris W.,
Ratcliffe, Peter, Maxwell, Patrick, and Carmeliet, Peter:
Molecular Hypoxia Signaling in Ischemia [Abstract] ......... 73
NO and NOS in Heart Disease
Catalucci, Daniele, Ceci, Marcello, and
Condorelli, Gianluigi: Regulation of Myocardial
Contractility by Akt in Normal and Failing Heart
[Abstract] ................................................. 77
Neyses, Ludwig: Neuronal NO Synthase (nNOS) and its
Regulators in the Heart [Abstract] ......................... 79
Balligand, Jean-Luc: Cardiac Endothelial-type Nitric Oxide
Synthase (eNOS) in Myocardial Biology [Abstract] ........... 81
Healing, Inflammation, and Vascular Diseases
Weber, Christian: Cell-Cell Interactions in the Vascular Wall
[Extended Abstract] ........................................ 85
De Caterina, Raffaele, and Madonna, Rosalinda: Vascular
Inflammation in Diabetes mellitus [Extended Abstract] ...... 91
Hess, Otto M., Billinger, Michael, Togni, Mario, and
Windecker, Stephan: Drugeluting Stents - Promises and
Pitfalls [Abstract] ........................................ 95
Charo, Israel: Chemokines in Atherosclerosis [Abstract] ........ 99
Healing, Inflammation, and Stem Cell Therapy in Different Organs
Wiese, Stefan, Holtmann, Bettina, Götz, Rudolf,
and Sendtner, Michael: Neurotrophic Factor Signaling in
Neural Stem Cell Differentiation and Survival: The Role
of Bag1 as a Scaffold for B-RAF/Akt Function on the
Surface of Mitochondria [Extended Abstract] ............... 103
Einsele, Hermann: Stem Cells and Hematologic Disorders
[Extended Abstract] ....................................... 109
Müller, Albrecht M., and Vallabhapurapu, Duttu:
Hematopoietic Progenitor / Stem Cell Activities are
Increased by Transient HDAC-Inhibitor Treatment
[Abstract] ................................................ 111
Anversa, Piero: Stem Cells and Cardiac Diseases [Abstract] .... 113
Pro and Contra: Stem Cell Therapy in the Heart
Ho, Anthony D.: Adult Stem Cell Therapy in the Heart -
All Hype and no Hope? - [Extended Abstract] ............... 117
Zeiher, Andreas M.: Regeneration Therapy for Acute
Myocardial Infarction [Abstract] .......................... 121
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