ESCI Council: Luca Liberale and Marcel Twickler

ESCI YRC: Stefano Ministrini

Invited Organizer(s): Alberto Sulli and Maurizio Cutolo

Meeting room: Room A (CBA Building)

Thursday, 22 May

09.00 Introduction: Maurizio Cutolo and Alberto Sulli (Genova, Italy)

09.00-10.30 Session 5.1 - Polymyalgia rheumatica

Chairs: Marco Amedeo Cimmino (Genova, Italy), Dario Camellino (Arenzano, Italy)

09.00-09.30 Polymyalgia rheumatica: autoinflammatory and/or autoimmune condition?, by Elvis Hysa (Genova, Italy)

09.30-10.00 Optimising polymyalgia rheumatica treatment in early and advanced phases, by Juan Molina Collada (Madrid, Spain)

10.00-10.15 Oral presentation (abstract 41): Targeting CCL8 for abdominal aortic aneurysm therapy: role in inflammation and lipid
metabolism modulation, by G. Karimdjanova (Tashkent, Uzbekistán)
10.15-10.30 Oral presentation (abstract 163): Association of TNF-α (-308G/A), IL-17A (-197G/A), and IL-10 (-592C/A) gene polymorphisms
with susceptibility to rheumatic heart disease in Uzbek population, by O. Sharipova (Tashkent, Uzbekistán)
 

10.30-11.00 Coffee-break

11.00-12.30 Session 5.2 - Systemic sclerosis

Chairs: Maurizio Cutolo (Genova, Italy) Serena Guiducci (Florence, Italy)

11.00-11.30 The role of nailfold capillaroscopy for the early diagnosis, by Vanessa Smith (Ghent, Belgium)

11.30-12.00 Optimising the treatment in early and advanced phases, by Christopher Denton (London, UK)

12.00-12.15 Oral presentation (abstract 6): Performance of antinuclear antibodies assessment by indirect immunofluorescence
and chemiluminescence assays by clinical pre-test risk stratification, by G. Cafaro (Perugia, Italy)
12.15-12.30 Oral presentation (abstract 193): An Unusual Drug for an Uncommon Disease: A Case of Severe Sclerosing Mesenteritis
in an Internal Medicine Ward, by I. Cafaro (Genoa, Italy)

12.30-13.30 Poster session
13.00-14.00 Satellite symposium

13.30-14.30 Lunch

14.30-16.00Session 5.3 - Osteoporosis

Chairs: Alberto Sulli (Genova, Italy), Diego Ferone (Genova, Italy)

14.30-15.00 Different causes different osteoporosis?, by Giovanni Adami (Verona, Italy)

15.00-15.30 Optimising the treatment in early and advanced phases, by Sabrina Paolino (Genova, Italy)

15.30-15.45 Oral presentation (abstract 5): Deficient immunomodulating effects of platelets in rheumatoid arthritis
contribute to Th17 axis activation, by G. Cafaro (Perugia, Italy)
15.45-16.00 Oral presentation (abstract 184): Clinical Characteristics and Genetics of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
in Diverse Populations: A Comparative Study of Italy, Turkey, and Lebanon, by N. Jaber (Bari, Italy)

16.00-17.00 Satellite symposium
17.00-18.00 Satellite symposium
17.00-18.00 Poster session and coffee-break

20.00 Congress dinner