QS424. Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Expression in Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) Maturation for Hemodialysis

ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC SURGERY AND SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY SURGEONS—ABSTRACTS RODENT MODEL OF SEVERE BURN TRAUMA. A. M. AlMousawi, G. A. Kulp, L. K. Branski, M. G. Jeschke, D. N. Herndon; Shriners Burns Hospital for Children, Galveston, TX QS403. LYOPHILIZATION CAN INCREASE PLASMA AVAILABILITY WITH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE. A. A. Alexandridis, S. Cho, K. Zink, J. A. Differding, P. J. Muller, A. Karahan, M. A. Schreiber; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR QS404. MASSIVE TRANSFUSION DOES NOT PREDICT MOF IN CRITICALLY INJURED TRAUMA PATIENTS. E. A. Gonzalez1, K. M. Jastrow, III1, M. F. McGuire2, C. L. Cunningham1, D. W. Mercer1; 1University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX; 2University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX QS405. ST2-DEFICIENT MICE EXHIBIT A DEFECT IN BACTERIAL PHAGOCYTOSIS AND PHAGOSOME MATURATION, AND ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POLYMICROBIAL SEPSIS. J. M. Buckley, J. H. Wang, H. P. Redmond; Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland QS406. HYPERTONICITY DIFFERENTIALLY REGULATES TNF␣ STIMULATED CYTOKINE PRODUCTION IN HUMAN PULMONARY EPITHELIUM AND MACROPHAGES. W. P. Choi, F. Wright, E. E. Moore, F. Gamboni, A. Banerjee; University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, CO QS407. INTESTINAL MUCUS PH SHIFTS IN RESPONSE TO SURGICAL INJURY AND ACTIVATES THE VIRULENCE OF INTESTINAL PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VIA IRON ACQUISITION. H. Fernandez, O. Zaborina, C. Holbrook, J. Long, A. Zaborin, V. Poroyko, D. Liu, J. Alverdy; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL QS408. APOPTOTIC SIGNALING REGULATES VASCULAR HYPERPERMEABILITY FOLLOWING HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK. E. W. Childs, B. Tharakan, F. A. Hunter; Texas A&M HSC/ Scott and White Hospital, Temple, TX QS409. ARGININE CATABOLISM TO ORNITHINE IN STORED PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE Yⴙ TRANSPORTER. L. Procter, P. Overall, C. Meier, P. Chang, B. Boulanger, P. Kearney, A. C. Bernard; University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY QS410. HUMAN POST-SHOCK MESENTERIC LYMPH INDUCES A HYPERCOAGULABLE STATE. J. C. Eun1, E. E. Moore2, E. D. Peltz1, C. R. Hamiel1, J. R. Jordan1, A. Banerjee1; 1 University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; 2Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO QS411. GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 PROTECTS MESENTERIC ENDOTHELIUM FROM INJURY DURING INFLAMMATION. K. C. Dozier, E. Cureton, R. Kwan, J. Sadjadi, B. Curran, G. P. Victorino; UCSF - East Bay, Oakland, CA

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QS413. A MURINE MODEL OF CLAUDICATION. M. A. Peck, H. Albadawi, R. S. Crawford, H. Yoo, C. J. Abularrage, V. I. Patel, M. F. Conrad, M. T. Watkins; Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA QS414. IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC MORPHOLOGIC DISEASE STATES IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE USING GENOMIC PROFILING. B. Sileshi1, D. evans2, D. M. Giangiacomo1, H. E. Achneck1, R. J. Manson1, M. W. Onaitis1, J. H. Lawson1; 1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 2Ohio State University, Columbus, OH QS415. SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY DETERMINANTS OF LOWER EXTREMITY REVASCULARIZATON FAILURE. K. A. O’Malley, E. Coons, R. Ungaro, S. A. Berceli, L. L. Moldawer, P. R. Nelson; Univ of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL QS416. EFFECT OF MECHANO-CHEMICAL STIMULATION ON ENDOTHELIAL CELL (EC) EXPRESSION OF TISSUE FACTOR (TF). N. Yamashita, A. Rochier, B. Sumpio; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT QS417. INTEGRIN ALPHAV BETA3 MEDIATES THE ANTIAPOPTOTIC EFFECT OF DEL1 ON ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. Z. Wang, M. T. Longaker, G. P. Yang; Stanford University, Stanford, CA QS418. ANTI-HUMAN PROTEIN S ANTIBODY INDUCES TISSUE FACTOR EXPRESSION THROUGH DIRECT INTERACTION WITH PLATELET PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE IN HUMAN CORONARY ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. D. Liao, J. Wang, P. Lin, Q. Yao, C. J. Chen; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX QS419. NON-NUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR EFAVIRENZ INCREASES MONOLAYER PERMEABILITY OF HUMAN CORONARY ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. M. Jamaluddin, P. Lin, Q. Yao, C. J. Chen; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX QS420. ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF CAROTID INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA IN A MOUSE MODEL. H. Chai, G. Schultz, K. Aghaie, W. Zhou; Stanford/Palo Alto VAMC, Stanford, CA QS421. NITRIC OXIDE REGULATES THE UBIQUITINCONJUGATING ENZYMES CRUCIAL FOR CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION. N. D. Tsihlis, C. S. Oustwani, M. N. Banerjee, Q. Jiang, M. R. Kibbe; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL QS422. MARCKS SILENCING INHIBITS VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PROLIFERATION AND NEOINTIMAL FORMATION IN HUMAN SAPHENOUS VEIN. M. C. Martin, N. D. Andersen, T. S. Monahan, J. Y. Malek, L. Pradhan, C. Ferran, F. W. LoGerfo; BIDMC, Boston, MA

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QS423. SERUM LEVELS OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-2 ARE A MARKER OF INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA. A. Tummers, D. J. Mountain, S. S. Kirkpatrick, S. L. Stevens, D. C. Cassada, M. B. Freeman, M. H. Goldman, O. H. Grandas; University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN

QS412. EFFECT OF TOBACCO SMOKE ON ARTERIAL CELL POPULATIONS AND STIMULATED CYTOKINE RESPONSES. J. Kittel, B. Arif, M. Pagano, J. A. Curci; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

QS424. MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE (MMP) EXPRESSION IN ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA (AVF) MATURATION FOR HEMODIALYSIS. E. S. Lee, Q. Shen, M. Guo, R. L. Pitts, M. H. Wu, S. Y. Yuan; UC Davis, Sacramento, CA