193rd Meeting for the Society for Endocrinology

Programme: Tuesday 5 November 2002

Mon 4 Nov | Tues 5 Nov | Wed 6 Nov | Attended Posters

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09.00 - 10.00 Wolfson Theatre
Plenary Lecture: Asia and Oceanic Medal Lecture
Chair: Franks S (London)
   
S3 09.00 New frontiers of estrogen action
Simpson ER (Clayton, Australia)
   
10.00 - 10.30 Osler Room
COFFEE
   
10.30 - 12.30 Wolfson Theatre
Symposium 3: Transcriptional control of endocrine development and function
Chairperson: Burrin J (London) & Parker M (London)
   
S13 10.30 Cell fate and hormonal regulation of the pituitary gonadotrope
Mellon PA (San Diego, USA), Jacobs S, Bailey J, Spady T, Coss D, Vasilyev V & Pernasetti F
   
S14 11.00 Inherited disorders of adrenal development
Achermann JC (London)
   
S15 11.30 Genetic control of sex differentiation
Hughes IA (Cambridge), Martin H & Jaaskelainen J
   
S16 12.00 Parathyroid development
Thakker RV (Oxford)
   
10.30 - 12.30 Council Chamber
Oral Communication 3: Steroid hormone action
Chair: Hinson J (London) & Hewison M (Birmingham)
   
OC17* 10.30 Evidence from co-culture studies that annexin 1 serves as a paracrine mediator of glucocorticoid action between folliculo-stellate cells and corticotrophs
Tierney T, Christian HC, Morris JF & Buckingham JC
   
OC18 10.45 The role of phosphorylation in mediating the annexin 1-dependent actions of glucocorticoids in the anterior pituitary gland
John C, Morris JF, Flower R & Buckingham JC
   
OC19 11.00 Adrenal agouti related protein (AGRP) expression is regulated by glucocorticoids and AGRP via the MC3-R or MC4-R may have an inhibitory paracrine role on corticosterone secretion
Dhillo WS, Small CJ, Gardiner JV, Bewick GA, Whitworth EJ, Jethwa PH, Seal LJ, Ghatei MA, Hinson JP & Bloom SR
   
OC20 11.15 The regulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein gene in human epidermal keratinocytes
Patel MC, Fowkes RC & Burrin JM
   
OC21 11.30 Expression of 11B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11BHSD) proteins in luteinizing human granulosa-lutein cells: Evidence for production of a paracrine/autocrine ovarian inhibitor of 11BHSD1 activity
Thurston LM, Chin E, Jonas KC, Abayasekara DRE & Michael AE
   
OC22 11.45 Agonist activated adrenocorticotropin receptor internalises via a clathrin-mediated G-protein coupled receptor kinase dependent mechanism
Baig AH, Hunyady L & Clark AJL
   
OC23 12.00 Enhanced 5alpha-reductase activity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): in vivo evidence for regulation by insulin
Tsilchorozidou T, Honour J, Nelson C & Conway GS
   
OC24 12.15 A longer term trial of DHEA replacement in Addison's Disease
Gurnell EM, Hunt PJ, Curran SE, Conway CL, Huppert FA, Herbert J & Chatterjee VKK
   
12.30 - 13.00 Osler Room
LUNCH
   
13.00 - 14.30 Library
Attended Posters
   
13.30 - 14.30 Wolfson Theatre
Clinical Endocrine Debate: "This house believes that optimal testosterone replacement therapy is unobtainable"
Chair: Bevan J (Aberdeen)
Proposer: Wu F (Manchester)
Opposer: Bouloux P (London)
   
14.30 - 16.30 Wolfson Theatre
Symposium 4: Maintenance of pregnancy
Chair: Critchley H (Edinburgh) & White J (London)
   
S17 14.30 Paracrine control of uterine differentiation and implantation
Jabbour HN (Edinburgh), Critchley HOD & Gubbay O
   
S18 15.00 Cell biology of embryo-implantation: unraveling the role of leukaemia inhibitory factor
Fouladi Nashta AA, Schofield G, Andreu CV, Nijjar N, Smith AG, Heath JK & Kimber SJ (Manchester)
   
S19 15.30 Immunology of implantation and pregnancy
Sargent IL (Oxford), Sacks GP & Redman CWG
   
S20 16.00 Endocrinology of labour and pre-term complications
Bennett P (London)
   
14.30 - 16.30 Council Chamber
Oral Communication 4: Neuroendocrinology and diabetes
Chair: Gillies GE (London) & Christie M (London)
   
OC25* 14.30 Gonadotrophin releasing hormone regulates expression and cellular distribution of Fanconi Anaemia A
Larder R, Chang L & Brown P
   
OC26 14.45 Pre- and postnatal dexamethasone treatment differentially alter the expression of annexin 1 and NOS-2 in adult rat thymus
Lamfon HA, Theogaraj E, John CD, Smith SF, Gillies GE & Buckingham JC
   
OC27 15.00 Co-localisation of ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABCA1) and annexin I in folliculo-stellate cells
Christian HC, Kamitani T, Nishino S, Buckingham JC & Morris JF
   
OC28 15.15 Hypothalamic-pituitary (h-p) irradiation resets the osmostat with upward shift in plasma osmolality
Darzy K, Mukherjee A, Wieringa G & Shalet SM
   
OC29* 15.30 Novel melanocortin 2 receptor (ACTH receptor) splice variant found in 3T3-L1 adipocytes - a system lacking SF-1
Noon LA, Clark AJL & King PJ
   
OC30 15.45 Investigation of impaired insulin action in cultured skeletal muscle from type 2 diabetes mellitus
McIntyre EA, Halse R, Yeaman SJ & Walker M
   
OC31 16.00 Effect of combined hormone replacement therapy on glucose metabolism in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes: A randomised controlled trial
Kernohan AFB, Lumsden MA, Cleland S, Petrie JR & Connell JMC
   
OC32 16.15 The effects of thiazolidinedione and biguanide combination therapy on serum lipid concentrations and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
Buse JB, Peters Harmel AL, Kendall DM, Boyle PJ & Marchetti A