POSTER SESSION III Tuesday, March 25, 2003   —  9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Exhibit Hall A - C KIDNEY PATHOLOGY 147 Effects of N-acetyl-cysteine, Taurine, and Oxerutin on the Glomerular Lesions of Long-Term Experimental Diabetes Mellitus (1223) CM Pesce, S Menini, P Odetti, E Pesce Maineri, N Traverso, MA Pronzato DISTBIMO, DIMI, DIMES, Universita di Genova, Genova, Italy 148 Thrombomodulin (TM) but Not Endothelial Cell Protein C Receptor (EPCR) mRNA Is Downregulated in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rat Kidneys (1218) ZG Laszik, XJ Zhou, FG Silva, CT Esmon, ND Vaziri University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK; University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 149 Model of Robust Induction of Glomerulosclerosis in Mice: Importance of Genetic Background (1219) L-J Ma, AB Fogo Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 150 Renal Shiga Toxin-1 Binding and Receptor Expression Do Not Vary with Age (1214) F Clayton, Z Ergonal, AB Fogo, DE Kohan Salt Lake VAMC, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 151 Organic Osmolytes Prevent COX2-Inhibitor-Induced Apoptosis in Renal Medullary Interstitial Cells (1221) GW Moeckel, L Zhang, C Hao, AB Fogo, MD Breyer Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 152 Renal Pathology in a Rat Model of Intestinal Hyperoxaluria (1220) SM Meehan, CR O'Connor, GR Gerber University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 153 HSP72 Interacts with Paxillin in Renal Epithelial Cells Subjected to Chemical Ischemia (1230) Y-H Wang, H-P Mao, SC Borkan, S Sharifi Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA; Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 154 Viral Infections in Renal Transplanted Patients Are Associated with Plasma Cell-Rich Acute Rejection and Poor Graft Survival (1209) FB Aiello, F Calabrese, P Rigotti, G Sarzo, M Valente University of Padua, Medical School, Padova, Italy 155 CD3 and CD20 Immunohistochemistry of Renal Transplant Biopsies with Polyoma Virus-Associated Nephritis or Acute Allograft Rejection (1213) A Chang, J Kowalewska, AP Limaye, CL Davis, RF Nicosia, CE Alpers, KD Smith University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 156 Induction of Host Gene Expression by BK Virus (BKV) in Cultured WI-38 Cells: Implications for the Pathogenesis of BKV Nephropathy (BKVN) (1224) PS Randhawa, J Luo, D Zygmunt, U Chandran, S Li, J Gilbertson University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 157 Early Onset of Apoptotic Events in Pig-to-Primate Renal Xenotransplantation (1212) F Calabrese, M Valente, N Baldan, A Dedja, P Rigotti, E Cozzi, E Ancona, G Thiene University of Padua, Padua, Italy