University of Glasgow Meeting, 7-9 April 1999

Themed Meeting, centred around: "Complex Protein Assemblies as Molecular Machines"

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Meeting Programme


Friday 9 April 1999

Lipid Group Colloquium:
Lipoprotein (a): the really bad cholesterol?

Sponsor:
SmithKline Beecham
Organiser:
P. Groot (Harlow, UK)
Speakers:
09.00 P. Groot (Harlow, UK)
Chairman's Introduction
09.05 H. Dieplinger (Innsbruck, Austria)
Lp(a) in health and disease
09.45 B. Knight (London, UK)
Gene structure of apo(a) and the regulation of its expression
10.25 Poster Session
11.10 A. White (Dallas, USA)
Synthesis, secretion and assembly of Lp(a) in hepatocyte culture
11.50 A. Gaw (Glasgow, UK)
New insights into the control of plasma Lp(a) concentrations
12.30 J. Metcalfe (Cambridge, UK)
Lp(a) and TGFb in atherosclerosis
13.10 Lunch
14.10 J. Thillet (Paris, France)
Genetic polymorphisms of the apo(a) gene and their association with Lp(a) levels and myocardial infarction
14.50 K. Suckling (Harlow, UK)
Pharmacological manipulation of plasma Lp(a) concentrations
15.30 Close

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