| IWG CME Courses at ERA-EDTA Istanbul Congress 2013 |
| Saturday. May 18 - 10.00-11.30 |
| Renal Pathology course in collaboration with the International Renal Pathology Society |
| Renal interstitial inflammation: more important than glomerular injury? |
| 1) Renal interstitial inflammation: chicken or egg? (M. El Nahas, UK) |
| 2) Interstitial inflammation in human lupus nephritis (A. Chang, USA) |
| 3) Interstitial inflammation in IgA nephropathy (L. Gesualdo, Italy) |
| 4) Karyomegalic interstitial nephropathy: from genetic defect of DNA damage rapair to progression of kidney disease (P. Ronco, France) |
| Saturday. May 18 - 11.30-13.00 |
| Treatment of Lupus Nephritis |
| 1) Rituximab (in the treatment of lupus nephritis): do the benefits outweight the risks? (V. Tesar, Czech Rep.) |
| 2) Rituximab associated with mycophenolate: the LUNAR trial experience (F. Fervenza, USA) |
| 3) Update on biologic and stem cell therapies for lupus nephritis (D. Jayne, UK) |
| 4) The role of repeated biopsies in the management of Lupus Nephritis (F. Ferrario, Italy) |
| Saturday. May 18 - 14.00-15.30 |
| Diseases of podocytes: basic research and clinical value |
| 1) Looking at podocyte physiology to better understand glomerular diseases (H. Holthofer, Finland) |
| 2) The role of the parietal epithelial cell versus the podocyte in glomerular disease (J. Floege, Germany) |
| 3) The angiotensin signalling in the podocyte and implications for therapy (A. Benigni, Italy) |
| 4) Parietal epithelial cell activation marker in early recurrence of FSGS in the transplant (A. Fogo, USA) |
| Saturday. May 18 - 15.30-17.00 |
| Complement dysregulation and renal diseases |
| 1) Update in complement involvement in renal diseases (M. Daha, NL) |
| 2) aHUS: a happy end story from CFH mutations to cure (M. Noris, Italy) |
| 3) Dense Deposit Disease and C3GN: different diseases or parts of a spectrum? (D. Gale, UK) |
| 4) Genetics of complement in aHUS (S. Rodriguez de Cordoba, Spain) |
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1st Meeting on Systems Biology approach in immune mediated renal disease and transplantation
September 12-14, 2013 - Bari, Italy |
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| 2012 |
IgA nephropathy update and European collaborative research in this glomerulonephritis
April 13-14, 2012 - Prague, Czech Republic |
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| 2011 |
JOINT SYMPOSIUM REINA SOFIA INSTITUTE / ERA-EDTA IWG
November 24-25, 2011 - Madrid, Spain
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| 2010 |
ERA-EDTA CME COURSE
Glomerular diseases and Transplantation: similarities in pathogenetical mechanisms and in treatment approaches
May 24-25, 2010 - Florence, Italy
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