ISBRA 2012
Satellite Symposium in Kyoto
Recent Progress in Biomedicine on Alcoholism
1. Date:September 14 (Fri) 7:55-16:10
2. Venue:
Kyoto Research Park Conference
134 Chudoji-Minamimachi, Shimogyoku, Kyoto 600-8813
Tel：81-75-322-7888
3. Language: English

PROGRAM
7:30- Opening of the Reception Desk
7:55Opening remarks: Yoshiyuki Takei (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
8:00-8:25
Session 1 [Alcohol dependence I]
Chair: Dr. Shunhei Yamashina (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan)
Speaker: Dr. Koji Mizuno (University of Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan)
Title: Alcohol dependence (Tentative)
8:25-8:50
Session 2 [Mini Lecture]
Chair: Dr. Kazuyoshi Kon (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan)
Speaker: Dr. Kazushi Sugimoto (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
Title: Peptidemics: Novel approach to cancer diagnosis
8:50-9:20
Session 3 [Biomedical Aspect in ALD I (metabolic syndrome and cancer)]
Chair: Yoshinori Horie (International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan)
Speaker: Prof. Samir Zakhari (NIAAA, NIH, MD, USA)
Title: Molecular mechanisms of alcohol-induced liver injury
9:20-9:50
Sponsored Lecture I (Otsuka)Chair: Prof. Shuhei Nishiguchi (Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan)
Speaker: Dr. Motoh Iwasa (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
Title: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy and brain imaging
9:50-10:05
Coffee Break10:05-10:35
Sponsored Lecture II (MSD)
Chair: Prof. Yoshiyuki Takei (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
Speaker: Dr. Naoki Fujita (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
Title: Iron overload in alcoholic liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
10:35-11:05 ECM and ALD: beyond collagen and before fibrosis
Sponsored Lecture III (Chugai)
Chair: Prof. John Lemasters (Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA)
Speaker: Prof. Helmut K Seitz (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Title: The role of cytochrome P450 2E1 in alcoholic liver disease and alcohol mediated carcinogenesis
11:05-11:35
Sponsored Lecture VI (Lundbeck)
Chair: Prof. Hiroshi Yoneda (Osaka Medical University, Osaka, Japan)
Speaker: Prof. Karl Mann (Central Institute of Mental Health, Germany)
Title: “Nalmefene, a new treatment option in alcoholism”
11:35-12:05
Sponsored Lecture V (Tanabe-Mitsubishi)
Chair: Prof. Hiroshi Yoneda (Osaka Medical University, Osaka, Japan)
Speaker: Prof. Toshikazu Saito (Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan)
Title: Alcohol dependence (Tentative)
12:05-12:50
Luncheon-Seminar (Takeda)
Chair: Prof. Mikihiro Tsutsumi (Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan)
Speaker: Kenichi Ikejima (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan)
Title: Alcoholic liver disease and metabolic syndrome (Tentative)
12:50-13:35
Special Lecture
Chair: Yoshiyuki Takei (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
Speaker: Kaname Shimaoka (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
Title: Conformational Regulation of Integrin Activation
13:35-14:05
Session 4 [Biomedical Aspect in ALD III (metabolic syndrome)]
Chair: Prof. Nobuhiro Sato (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan)
Speaker: Prof. Bin Gao (NIAAA, NIH, MD, USA)
Title: Therapeutic potential of interleukin-22 in alcoholic liver disease and pancreatitis
14:05-14:35
Session 5 [Biomedical Aspect in ALD IV (immunity in ALD)]
Chair: Prof. Hidekazu Tsukamoto (University of Southern California, CA, USA)
Speaker: Prof. Laura Nagy (Cleveland Clinic, NE, USA)
Title: Protective role of hemeoxygenase-1 and CO in ethanol-induced liver injury in mice

14:35-15:05
Session 6 [Biomedical Aspect in ALD V (fibrosis in ALD I)]

Chair: Prof. Yasusi Matsuzaki (Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan)
Speaker: Prof. Gavin E Arteel (University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, KY, USA)
Title: ECM and ALD: Beyond collagen and before fibrosis

15:05-15:35
Session 7 [Biomedical Aspect in ALD II]
Chair: Prof. Kenji Fujiwara (Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan)
Speaker: Prof. John Lemasters (Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA)
Title: Alcohol, aldehydes and hepatic steatosis: role of mitochondrial voltage dependent anion channels”
15:35-16:05
Session 8 [Biomedical Aspect in ALD VI (fibrosis in ALD II)]
Chair: Prof. Helmut Seitz (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Hidekazu Tsukamoto (University of Southern California, CA, USA)
Title: Morphogens in alcoholic liver fibrosis and cancer
16:05Closing remarks: Yoshiyuki Takei (Mie University, Mie, Japan)
16:15Walking tour in Kyoto
19:00Official Dinner at Restaurant "Funatsuru"

Symposium Secretariat:
Dr. Naoki Fujita
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
Tel.: +81 59 231 5017, Fax: +81 59 231 5223
E-mail: isbra-kyoto@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp