HSEMB 2006

3:20-5:00 p.m.
Thursday
February 9, 2006
Plaza Room

Advances in Cellular Engineering
Chair: Charles W. Patrick, Jr. — M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Modulation of Liver Functions Expressed by HEPG2 Cells by Limiting Oxygen Diffusion

J.P. Camp and A.T. Capitano — University of Houston

Structural and Biochemical Adaptation of Endothelial Cells to Cyclic Stretch

R. Kaunas¹, S. Usami² and S. Chien² — ¹TAMU, College Station and ²University of California, San Diego, CA

Activated Cardiac Fibroblasts Originate from Bone Marrow and Mediate Fibrosis

S.B. Haudek¹, Y. Xia¹, P. Huebener¹, J. Crawford², D. Pilling², R. Gomer² and M.L. Entman¹ — ¹Baylor College of Medicine and ²Rice University

Inhibition of Bleomycin-induced Lung Fibrosis by Serum Amyloid P

D. Pilling¹, M. Wang², J. Crawford¹, E.L. Travis² and R.H. Gomer¹ — ¹Rice University and ²M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Localization and Manipulation of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

I. Tan and A. Brazdeikis — University of Houston

Temperature-responsive Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN) Nanospheres as Intelligent Therapeutic Systems

Y. Jian, D.E. Owens III and N.A. Peppas — UT, Austin

3:20-5:00 p.m. Thursday February 9, 2006 Plaza Room		Advances in Cellular Engineering Chair: Charles W. Patrick, Jr. — M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
	Modulation of Liver Functions Expressed by HEPG2 Cells by Limiting Oxygen Diffusion
		J.P. Camp and A.T. Capitano — University of Houston
	Structural and Biochemical Adaptation of Endothelial Cells to Cyclic Stretch
		R. Kaunas¹, S. Usami² and S. Chien² — ¹TAMU, College Station and ²University of California, San Diego, CA
	Activated Cardiac Fibroblasts Originate from Bone Marrow and Mediate Fibrosis
		S.B. Haudek¹, Y. Xia¹, P. Huebener¹, J. Crawford², D. Pilling², R. Gomer² and M.L. Entman¹ — ¹Baylor College of Medicine and ²Rice University
	Inhibition of Bleomycin-induced Lung Fibrosis by Serum Amyloid P
		D. Pilling¹, M. Wang², J. Crawford¹, E.L. Travis² and R.H. Gomer¹ — ¹Rice University and ²M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
	Localization and Manipulation of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
		I. Tan and A. Brazdeikis — University of Houston
	Temperature-responsive Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN) Nanospheres as Intelligent Therapeutic Systems
		Y. Jian, D.E. Owens III and N.A. Peppas — UT, Austin

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