Cai laboratory attended the Annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando, FL

The Cai laboratory attended the Annual American Heart Association Scientifc Sessions in Orlando, FL with four presentations, two as oral presentations and two as poster presentations (see below). Dr. Cai gave an invited talk on "Role of vascular oxidative stress in obesity"

· Bouhidel JO, Cai H. Postconditioning with netrin-1 protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via a DCC/ERK1/2/eNOS. Nov. 2011 The 83rd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association, Orlando, FL, USA (oral presentation)

· Siu KL, Youn JY, Zhang J, Cai H. Effects of netrin-1 on vascular injury and repair. Nov. 2011 The 83rd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association, Orlando, FL, USA (oral presentation)

· Youn JY, Gao L, Cai H. Mechanisms of vascular oxidative stress induction of obesity. Nov. 2011 The 83rd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association, Orlando, FL, USA

· Siu KL, Zhang J, Lotz C, Zhang J, Ping PP, Cai H. Netrin-1 abrogates ischemia reperfusion induced mitochondrial dysfunction in the heart via attenuation of NOX4 and eNOS uncoupling. Nov. 2011 The 83rd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association, Orlando, FL, USA

Photo presented is in the meeting room after Dr. Kin Lung Siu's oral presentation on a novel role of netrin-1 on vascular repair.

From left to right: Dr. Kin Lung Siu, Dr. Ji Youn Youn, Dr. Linda Cai, Dr. Jack Wong from UCSF, Dr. Zhenggen Jin from University of Rochester.