Cardiovascular Section Young Investigators Featured Topic

Featured Topic — Thursday, April 29, 2021 — 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM — Virtual Session, Room APS-7
Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Brant E. Isakson — Co-Chair: Zachary S. Clayton

Speakers

• Abstract 1 - HIV-Associated Hypertension is TNF&[alpha]-Dependent and Involves Increased Vascular Nox1 Expression in Mice
  Taylor Kress — Vascular Biology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
  2:00 PM - 2:15 PM


• Abstract 2 - The Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Myeloid Cells Promotes Vascular Inflammation and Atherosclerosis via Transcriptional Regulation of Selplg
  Joshua Man — Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center
  2:15 PM - 2:30 PM


• Abstract 3 - Plakophilin-2 Gene Therapy Prevents Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Development In A Novel Mouse Model Harboring Patient Genetics
  William Hank Bradford — University of California, San Diego
  2:30 PM - 2:45 PM


• Abstract 4 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Ex Vivo High Glucose Exposure Induce a Switch in the Mechanism of Microvascular Dilation That is Rescued by Activation of Autophagy
  William Hughes — Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin
  2:45 PM - 3:00 PM


• Abstract 5 - Sigmar1’s Subcellular Localization and Function in the Heart
  Chowdhury S. Abdullah — Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  3:00 PM - 3:15 PM


• Abstract 6 - Atrial Stretch-Dependent Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-Mediated Adverse Atrial Remodeling and Atrial Arrhythmia Inducibility in a Mouse Model of Aortic Regurgitation
  Robert Lakin — Biology, York University
  3:15 PM - 3:30 PM