FRIDAY 30, ISSLS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, ROOM A-B

14.00 Special Poster session 2 (exhibition area)
14.50 BIOCHEMISTRY, Chairs: B. RYDEVIK and R. MOORE
14.50 AB100 CULTURED HUMAN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC CELLS FROM DISCOGENIC LOW BACK PAIN PATIENTS PROMOTE AXONAL OUTGROWTH OF SENSORY NERVE FIBERS IN VITRO
K. Yamauchi, S. Ohtori, T. Koshi, M. Yamashita, M. Suzuki, S. Orita, K. Takahashi, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba, Japan
14.57 AB101 ADIPOSE-DERIVED REGENERATIVE CELL TRANSPLANTATION: EVALUATING INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPAIR IN A CANINE MODEL
H.J. Meisel, T. Ganey, W. Hutton, R. Schreiber, M.H. Hedrick, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost, Department Of Neurosurgery, Halle/Saale, Germany
15.04 AB102 STRUCTURED CO-CULTURE OF STEM CELLS AND DISC CELLS ENHANCES MATRIX SYNTHESIS
A. Apple, Z. Buser, A. J. Kim, R. Schneider, J. Lotz, University of California San Francisco, Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco, United States
15.11 AB103 RNA INTERFERENCE IN NUCLEUS PULPOSUS IN VIVO MEDIATED BY ULTRASOUND GENE THERAPY TECHNIQUE
T. Suzuki, K. Nishida, K. Kakutani, K. Maeno, T. Shimomura, M. Doita, M. Kurosaka, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe, Japan
15.18 Discussion
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 AB104 PROTEOGLYCAN AND COLLAGEN DIFFERENTIALLY REGULATE ENDOTHELIAL AND NEURAL CELL, MIGRATION: RELEVANCE TO TISSUE ENGINEERING OF OSTEOCHONDRAL TISSUES
I. Mazakova, S.Roberts, W.E.B. Johnson, R. Jones, A. Hunt, Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Spinal Studies, Oswestry, United Kingdom
16.07 AB105 HUMAN NUCLEUS PULPOSUS CELLS RESPOND TO IL-6: INDEPENDENT EFFECTS AND ACTIONS SYNERGISTIC WITH OTHER CYTOKINEs
R. Studer, G. Sowa, H. Georgescu, N. Vo, J. Kang, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine & VA Pittsburgh, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, United States
16.14 AB106 BMP-2 TGF BETA 1 AND AGE ARE REGULATORS OF CARTILAGE INTERMEDIATE LAYER PROTEIN (CILP) GENE EXPRESSION IN THEINTERVERTEBRAL DISC
T. Yoon, Z. Wang, W. Hutton, Altanta, GA, USA
16.21 AB107 LOADING AFFECTS OXYGEN DIFFUSIVITY AND HENCE NUTRIENT TRANSPORT INTO THE INTERVERTERAL DISC
T. Grünhagen, P. Winlove, J. Urban, Oxford University, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
16.28 Discussion
16.40 Second Business Meeting
17.10 End of day
ISSLS Dinner (pre-registration compulsory)
SILACO Dinner (pre-registration compulsory)