The Travel Award has been provided by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. member of the ATS Corporate Member Program
John Park, MD
NHLI, Imperial College
Abstract Number: 2654
Abstract Title: Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-9 increases endothelin (ET)-1 release by human pulmonary artery endothelial cells via a MAPK dependent pathway
Travel Awards have been provided by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. member of the ATS Corporate Member Program
Kylie M. Drake, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Abstract Number: 944
Abstract Title: microRNA processing is dysregulated by mutations associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Yannis Hara, MS
INSERM UEMRS 956
Abstract Number: 5446
Abstract Title: The inhibition of MRP4, a new target in pulmonary arterial hypertension, prevents and reverses hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in mice
The Travel Award has been provided by Forest Laboratories, Inc. member of the ATS Corporate Member Program
Salina Gairhe, PhD Candidate
University of South Alabama
Abstract Number: 7029
Abstract Title: TGF-β Mediates Myoendothelial Gap Junctional Signaling-Dependent Differentiation of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
Travel Awards have been provided by Gilead Sciences member of the ATS Corporate Member Program
Benjamin J. Dunmore, PhD
University of Cambridge
Abstract Number: 3789
Abstract Title: The HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase, ITCH (AIP4) downregulates BMPR-II expression in pulmonary artery endothelial cells
Roxanne Paulin, MSc
CR CHUQ
Abstract Number: 2047
Abstract Title: Pim-1 reverses both human and experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension
Travel Awards have been provided by Merck member of the ATS Corporate Member Program
Alejandro Roldan-Alzate, PhD
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Abstract Number: 4286
Abstract Title: The effects of pulmonary vascular collagen accumulation on right ventricular afterload investigated using a genetically engineered mouse model
Muhammad K Mirza, MD
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Abstract Number: 3082
Abstract Title: FoxM1 Regulates Re-annealing of Endothelial Barrier Following Vascular Injury through Transcriptional Control of β-catenin
Travel Awards have been provided by Pfizer, Inc. member of the ATS Corporate Member Program
Yu-Mee Kim, PhD
Stanford University
Abstract Number: 4414
Abstract Title: Neutrophil elastase is the endogenous vascular elastase(EVE) produced by pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells in clinical and experimental pulmonary vascular disease
Katie L. Grinnell, PhD
Brown University/Providence VA Medical Center
Abstract Number: 4091
Abstract Title: PKCa Exacerbates Agonist-Induced Pulmonary Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction Through Possible Modulation of SHP2
Travel Awards have been provided by United Therapeutics Corporation member of the ATS Corporate Member Program
Kevin White, BSc
Faculty of Biomedical & Life Science
Abstract Number: 1167
Abstract Title: Female Gender is a Risk Factor in Experimental PAH when the Serotonin Transporter is over-expressed
Audrey Courboulin, PhD
Centre de recherche de l'Hotel-Dieu de Quebec
Abstract Number: 4052
Abstract Title: miRNAs new avenues of investigation and potentially future therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension
The following travel award has been provided by a generous grant from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable Member: Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
Brian B. Graham, MD
University of Colorado Denver
Abstract Number: 1268
Abstract Title: Schistosomiasis-Associated Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension: Role of IL-13 and Th-2 Signaling
