8th International Congress on Uremia Research and Toxicity

Scientific Sessions

Time Table

Program

MARCH 12, 2014

Pre-ICURT Seminar

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm	Case discussion: Masato Oroku (Japan) (Tomoki Tsukahara (Jpan)) Plenary lecture: Shaul G Massry (USA) Isaac Judaeus Israeli: A Jewish Founder of The Origin of Nephrology

8:30 pm – 10:00 pm	Welcome Reception

DAY ONE : MARCH 13, 2014

CHAIRMAN OF THE DAY : KUNITOSHI ISEKI

7:50 am – 8:00 am	Kunitoshi Iseki (Japan) Opening Remarks

S1. Uremic Toxins Update 1
Chair Persons : Ichiei Narita (Japan), Kriang Tungsanga (Thailand)

8:00 am – 8:20 am	Toshimitsu Niwa (Japan) Update on the Molecular Basis of Indoxyl Sulphate-Induced Uremic Toxicity
8:20 am – 8:30 am	Discussion
8:30 am – 8:50 am	Henry Krum (Australia) Indoxyl Sulphate and Cardiac Toxicity
8:50 am – 9:00 am	Discussion
9:00 am – 9:20 am	Gerald Schulman (USA) A Nexus of Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: Tryptophan, Charcoal and Fibrosis. The Role of AST-120 for the Prevention of Progression
9:20 am – 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am – 10:00 am	Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

S2. FGF23 and Uremia Update
Chair Persons : Masafumi Fukagawa (Japan), Alejandro Trevino Becerra (Mexico)

10:00 am – 10:20 am	Makoto Kuro-o (Japan) Phosphate and FGF23 – Klotho Endocrine Axis in Pathophysiology of CKD
10:20 am – 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am – 10:50 am	Miroslaw Smogorzewski (USA) Role of FGF23 and PTH in the Myocardiopathy of Uremia
10:50 am – 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am – 11:20 am	Yasuo Imanishi (Japan) Involvement of Impaired FGF23 Secretion in the Acceleration of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes Mellitus with Normal Kidney Function
11:20 am – 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am – 12 noon	Two Free Communication Each is 10 minutes presentation followed by 5 minutes discussion

Luncheon Seminar (LS1)
Moderator: Henry Krum (Australia)

12 noon – 1:00 pm	Makoto Kuro-o (Japan) Chronic kidney disease as a premature aging syndrome Sponsored by Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.

Luncheon Seminar (LS2)
Moderator: Toshiki Moriyama (Japan)

12 noon – 1:00 pm	Daisuke Koya (Japan) Management of type 2 diabetes with impaired renal function Sponsored by MSD K.K.

Poster Session.

Chair Persons :	Shoichi Fujimoto (Japan), Shoichi Maruyama (Japan)
	Masanori Tokumoto (Japan), Seiji Ueda (Japan)

1:00 pm– 2:00 pm

S3. PTX, GNAS1, and VDR polymorphism
Chair Persons : Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Japan), Yahya Sagliker (Turkey)

2:00 pm – 2:20 pm	Kunitoshi Iseki (Japan) Role of Parathyroidectomy on Survival in Dialysis Patients
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm	Yahya Sagliker (Turkey) The Remaining 7 Exons of 13 Exons on GNAS 1 Gene and the Genes for Hereditary Osteodistrophias in Sagliker Syndrome. Combination- Compulsion of Hereditary Osteodistrophias and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
2:50 pm – 3:00 pm	Discussion
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm	Domenico Santoro (Italy) VDR Polymorphism in CKD Patients and Cardiovascular Complications
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm	Discussion
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

Free Communication

Chair Persons :

Chieko Hamada (Japan), Miroslaw Smogorzewski (USA)

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Each is 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion

Evening Lecture
Moderator : Yusuke Ohya (Japan), Joel D Kopple (USA)

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Hiroaki Masuzaki (Japan) Okinawa Crisis : Recent Research Progress and Future Perspective in Metabolic Syndrome

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Opening Ceremony

DAY TWO : MARCH 14, 2014

CHAIRMAN OF THE DAY : TOSHIMITSU NIWA

S4. Uremic Toxins Update 2
Chair Persons : Takashi Wada (Japan), Mirian Klinger (Poland)

8:00 am – 8:20 am	Daniel Teta (Switzerland) Pioglitazone in Non Diabetic Dialysis Patients Improves Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity, Reduces Visceral Fat and Suppresses Plasma Leptin/Adiponectin Ratio
8:20 am – 8:30 am	Discussion
8:30 am – 8:50 am	Mirian Klinger (Poland) Mortality Predictor Patterns in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis in Diabetic Patients
8:50 am – 9:00 am	Discussion
9:00 am – 9:30 am	Shaul G. Massry (USA) Impaired Phagocytosis in Diabetes Mellitus : Mechanisms and Treatment
9:30 am – 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am – 10:00 am	Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

S5. ESA and carnitine
Chair Persons : Yukio Yuzawa (Japan), Guido Bellinghieri (Italy)

10:00 am – 10:20 am	Masaomi Nangaku (Japan) Role of Uremic Toxins in ESA Resistance in Dialysis Patients
10:20 am – 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am – 10:50 am	Guido Bellinghieri (Italy) Erythropoiesis – Stimulating Agents: Dose and Mortality Risk Among Incident Hemodialysis Patients
10:50 am – 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am – 11:20 am	Gianfranco Guarnieri (Italy) Carnitine in CKD
11:20 am – 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am – 12 noon	Two Free Communication Each is 10 minutes presentation followed by 5 minutes discussion

Luncheon Seminar (LS3)
Moderator: Masaomi Nangaku (Japan)

12 noon – 1:00 pm	Gerald Schulman (USA) A Nexus of Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: Tryptophan, Charcoal and Fibrosis. — The Role of AST-120 for the Prevention of Progression — Sponsored by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation

Luncheon Seminar (LS4)
Moderator: Naoyuki Kawatani (Japan)

12 noon – 1:00 pm	Takeshi Nishino (Japan) What have we learned from the studies for the development of anti-gout drugs? Sponsored by TEIJIN PHARMA LIMITED

Poster Session.

Chair Persons :	Kazuhiko Tsuruya (Japan), Masahito Tamura (Japan)
	Midori Hasegawa (Japan), Takafumi Ito (Japan)

1:00 pm– 2:00 pm

S6. Oxidative stress, renal fibrosis, and RAAS blockade
Chair Persons : Naoki Kashihara (Japan), Boleshaw Rutkowski (Poland)

2:00 pm – 2:20 pm	Chih-Kang Chiang (Taiwan) Oxidative stress and renal fibrosis
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm	Akira Nishiyama (Japan) Extra-renal effect of RAAS Blockade
2:50 pm – 3:00 pm	Discussion
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm	Boleslaw Rutkowski (Poland) Nephroprotective Action of RAAS Blockade
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm	Discussion
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

S7. Frontiers of CKD research
Chair Persons : Kunitoshi Iseki (Japan), Motoko Yanagita (Japan)

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm	Miki Nagase (Japan) Recent topics on podocyte and aldosterone
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm	Motoko Yanagita (Japan) Mechanisms and prevention of renal fibrosis
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm	Discussion
5:00 pm – 5:20 pm	Reiko Inagi (Japan) Proteostasis and uremia
5:20 pm – 5:30 pm	Discussion
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm	Two Free Communication Each is 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion

Enjoy Okinawa Night!

DAY THREE : MARCH 15, 2014

CHAIRMAN OF THE DAY : SHAUL G. MASSRY

S8. Uremic toxins, Inflammation, and CVD
Chair Persons : Shinichi Nishi (Japan), Sudhir V. Shah (USA)

8:00 am – 8:20 am	Bengt Lindholm (Sweden) Timing of dialysis initiation: When and with what?
8:20 am – 8:30 am	Discussion
8:30 am – 8:50 am	Sudhir V. Shah (USA) Recent Advances in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis in CKD Patients
8:50 am – 9:00 am	Discussion
9:00 am – 9:20 am	Tetsuo Shoji (Japan) Endocrine and metabolic alterations as risk factors of cardiovascular disease in Dialysis Patients
9:20 am – 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am – 10:00 am	Coffee Break

S9. ADMA, Vitamin D, and DM nephropathy
Chair Persons : Kunihiro Yamagata (Japan), Katarina Sebekova (Germany)

10:00 am – 10:20 am	Vladimir Teplan (Czech Republic) Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Obesity after Renal Transplantation: An Effect of Exercise Training and Nutrition
10:20 am – 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am – 10:50 am	Katarina Sebekova (Slovakia) Skin Autofluorescence, Circulating AGEs and Vitamin D3 Levels in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Controls
10:50 am – 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am – 11:20 am	Sydney Tang (Hong Kong) Diabetic nephropathy and Proximal tubular damage
11:20 am – 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am – 12 noon	Two Free Communication

Luncheon Seminar (LS5)
Moderator: Seiji Ueda (Japan)

12 noon – 1:00 pm	Akira Nishiyama (Japan) Pharmacological impacts of GLP-1 analogues and DPP-4 inhibitors on their cardiovascular protective effects Sponsored by NOVARTIS

Luncheon Seminar (LS6)
Moderator: Hideki Hirakata (Japan)

12 noon – 1:00 pm	Yoshitaka Isaka (Japan) Hyponatremia in ESKD patients Sponsored by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

S10. Clinical Topics of Uremic Patients
Chair Persons : Hideki Hirakata (Japan), Joel D. Kopple (USA)

1:00 pm – 1:20 pm	Nathan Woolf Levin (USA) Bioimpedence Can Solve the Problem of Fluid Overload
1:20 pm – 1:30 pm	Discussion
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm	Joel D. Kopple (USA) Factors Affecting Daily Physical Activity in Maintenance Dialysis Patients
1:50 pm – 2:00 pm	Discussion
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm	Garabed Eknoyan (USA) Clinical Trials in Uremia : Time to Reappraise
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm	Discussion

3:00 pm	Farewell Party (Bus tour, Bankoku Shinryokan) * Tickets (10,000 JPY) are available at the registration desk
11:00 pm	Return to Hotels (LAGUNA GARDEN HOTEL)

Secretariat

Dialysis Unit, University Hospital of the Ryukyus
207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan
Phone : +81-98-895-1341 Fax : +81-98-895-1501

Congress Secretariat

Japan Convention Services, Inc.
12-33 Nishinakasu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, 810-0002, Japan
Phone : +81-92-712-6201 Fax : +81-92-712-6262
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Sponsored by

Okinawa Heart and Renal Association (OHRA)

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