Congress Venue:Florence, Italy

Objective:

Organization of a meeting devoted to collaborative projects presentation for fund raising

Date: May 23rd, 2010

Scientific Fair & Exhibition MeetingScientific Fair & Exhibition Meetingof Immunonephrology WGof Immunonephrology WG

ERA-EDTA

May 23rd, 2010

14.00 – 14.30 Registration

14.30 – 14.45 Welcome to attendants R Coppo, M Daha

14.45 – 15.15 “Branding Corporation: EDTA and WGThe role of the Scientific Fair” L Gesualdo

15.15 – 17.30

17.30 – 19.30 Poster visit and discussion

Program

Combined EULAR-ERA/EDTA recommendations for the management of lupus nephritis. D Jayne (UK)

Exploring a new concept in the pathogenesis of nephrotic syndrome – the production of circulating proteases by the activated immune system. M Saleem (UK)

Immune-regulatory functions of chemokine binding proteins in glomerular and tubulointerstitial renal disease. V Vielhauer (D)

Podocyte-specific autoantibodies in diabetic nephropathy. L Musante (Ireland)

Role of the immune system in hypertensionAng II-induced chronic renal damage. D Mueller (D)

Lights and shadows on proliferation signal inhibitors (PSIs). A national study in recipients of kidney transplant. M Salvadori (IT)

Immunonephrology Scientific Fair 2010

25 high quality projects were presented to industries toexplore areas of common interest.

3 platforms were identified:

• Animals models useful to develop new drugs or test drugs under evaluation

• Cell colture systems (mostly co-colture complex systems)• useful to develop biomarkers and detect subsets of patients at

risk of progression. These tecniques can be helpful for glomerular disease, transplantation and immune involvement in hypertension.

• 3) Rare diseases for which biobanks and data registries open to the whole EU will be developed