087 - ROSIGLITAZONE FACILITATES ANGIOGENIC PROGENITOR CELL DIFFERENTIATION TOWARDS ENDOTHELIAL LINEAGE: A NEW PARADIGM IN GLITAZONE PLEIOTROPY
CH Wang, SH Li, RD Weisel, RK Li, PW Fedak, S Verma
Toronto, Ontario

088 - ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL FUNCTION, DIFFERENTIATION AND SURVIVAL IS REDUCED IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
MA Kuliszewski, L Zucco, JM DiFabio, JD Parker, J Granton, DJ Stewart, MJ Kutryk
Toronto, Ontario

089 - PHENOTYPIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGECTASIA
MA Kuliszewski, L Zucco, M Faughnan, S Hutchinson, DJ Stewart, MJ Kutryk
Toronto, Ontario

090 - ANGIOPOIETIN-1 REGULATES THE EXPRESSION OF VASOACTIVE GENES IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION
PF Lai, K Teichert-Kuliszewska, RS Suen, DJ Stewart
Toronto, Ontario

091 - CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS ISOLATED FROM SMOKERS EXHIBIT IMPAIRED FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
SE Michaud, S Dussault, J Lefevre, G Gennaro, A Rivard
Montreal, Quebec

092 - MONOCROTALINE-INDUCED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION CAN BE RESCUED BY ADMINISTRATION OF ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS
YD Zhao, DW Courtman, Y Deng, Q Zhang, R Han, J Trogadis, D Ng, DJ Stewart
Toronto, Ontario

093 - THE ROLE OF INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1 (ICAM-1) IN MYOCARDIAL DEPRESSION DURING SEPTIC SHOCK
EY Davani, Y Wang, DR Dorscheid, KR Walley
Vancouver, British Columbia

094 - INHIBITION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES ATTENUATES SEPSIS INDUCED VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION VIA AN ENDOTHELIUM INDEPENDENT MECHANISM
J Cena, R Schulz
Edmonton, Alberta

095 - BMPRII SIGNALING INHIBITS PULMONARY ARTERIAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL APOPTOSIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PATHOGENESIS OF PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION<
K Teichert-Kuliszewska, G Karoubi, DW Courtman, MA Kuliszewski, DJ Stewart
Toronto, Ontario

096 - ABNORMALITIES IN FUNCTION AND PHENOTYPE OF CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN PATIENTS WITH AORTIC COARCTATION
L Zucco, MA Kuliszewski, E Horlick, L Swan, J Therrien, DJ Stewart, MJ Kutryk
Toronto, Ontario

097 - TARGETED ENDOTHELIAL CELL (EC) OVEREXPRESSION OF ANGIOPOIETIN-1 (ANG-1) PROTECTS AGAINST HYPOXIC PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)
L Kugathasan, YD Zhao, Y Deng, DJ Dumont, DJ Stewart
Toronto, Ontario