Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXV, 2003 Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series, Vol. 540

The 30^th scientific meeting of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) was held at the Western Conference Centre, UMIST, Manchester, in August 2002. It was attended by some 96 delegates and accompanying persons and there were 128 presentations.

1. Monitoring the Dynamics of Tissue Oxygenation In Vivo by Phosphorescence Quenching.- 2. Estimation of Cerebral Blood Flow in a Newborn Piglet Model of Neonatal Asphyxia.- 3. Measurement of the Optical Properties of the Adult Human Head with Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy and Changes of Posture.- 4. Partitioning of Arterial and Venous Volumes in the Brain under Hypdxic Conditions.- 5. Variability of PCO2 Breath-by-Breath in Normal Man.- 6. Spectral Characteristics of Spontaneous Oscillations in Cerebral Haemodynamics are Posture Dependent.- 7. NIRS Mediated CBF Assessment: Validating the Indocyanine Green Bolus Transit Detection by Comparison with Coloured Microsphere Flowmetry.- 8. Simultaneous Assessment of Microvascular Oxygen Saturation and Laser-Doppler Flow in Gastric Mucosa.- 9. TSC and Hemorrhagic Shock.- 10. Comparison of the Influence of Xenon vs. Isoflurane on Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships in Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Aortocaval Occlusion.- 11. Reevaluation of the Reliability of Cytochrome Oxidase Signal—Study of Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- 12. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Patients after Blunt Thoracic Trauma: The Influence of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.- 13. Changes in Redox Status of Cerebral Cytochrome Oxidase during Periods of Hypoperfusion in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- 14. The Effect of Ischemia and Hypdxia on Renal Blood Flow, Energy Metabolism and Function In Vivo.- 15. Oxygen and Oxidative Stress Modulate the Expression of Uncoupling Protein-5 In Vitro and In Vivo.- 16. Age-Related Alteration of Brain Function during Cerebral Ischemia.- 17. A Micro-Light Guide System for Measuring Oxygen by Phosphorescence Quenching.- 18. A New Approach to Monitor Spinal Cord Vitality in Real Time.- 19. How ProtonTranslocation across Mitochondrial Inner Membranes Drives the Fo Rotor of ATP Synthase.- 20. Applications and Benefits of a Non-Ionic Surfactant and Artificial Oxygen Carriers for Enhancing Post-Thaw Recovery of Plant Cells from Cryopreservation.- 21. Novel Injectable Gels for the Sustained Release of Protein C.- 22. Oxygen Consumption and Antioxidant Status of Plant Cells Cultured with Oxygenated Perfluorocarbon.- 23. Growth and Antioxidant Status of Plant Cells Cultured with Bovine Haemoglobin Solution.- 24. Preliminary Study for the Protein C Purification Using Mini-Antibodies Produced from Recombinant E. coli.- 25. Sensing Improvement of Protein C Biosensor by Sample Circulation.- 26. Theoretical Studies of IMAC Interfacial Phenomena for the Production of Protein C.- 27. Analysis of Equilibrium Adsorption Isotherms for Human Protein C Purification by Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography.- 28. Haemoglobin-Enhanced Mitosis in Cultured Plant Protoplasts.- 29. Oxygen Therapeutics (“Blood Substitutes”): Where are they, and what can we expect?.- 30. Microvascular PO2 and Blood Velocity Measurements in Rat Brain Cortex during Hemodilution with a Plasma Expander (Hespan) and a Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier (DCLHb).- 31. Steady-State MR Imaging with MION for Quantification of Angiogenesis in Normal Brain and in Brain Tumors.- 32. A New Intrinsic Hypdxia Marker in Esophageal Cancer.- 33. Monitoring the Effect of PDT on In Vivo Oxygen Saturation and Microvascular Circulation.- 34. Lack of Association between Tumor Oxygenation and Cell Cycle Distribution or Proliferation Kinetics in Experimental Sarcomas.- 35. Genomic and Phenomic Correlations in the Respiration of Basal Cell Carcinomas.- 36. Influence of Neuronally Derived Nitric Oxide on Blood Oxygenation andCerebral pO2 in a Mouse Model Measured by EPR Spectrometry.- 37. Optical Measurements of Tissue Oxygen Saturation in Lower Limb Wound Healing.- 38. Microcirculation Assessment in Vasculopathies: Capillaroscopy and Peripheral Tissue Oxygenation.- 39. The Effects of Food Intake on Muscle Oxygen Consumption: Noninvasive Measurement Using NIRS.- 40. Oxygen as a Regulator of Tissue Perfusion.- 41. The Flux of Oxygen within Tissues.- 42. EPR Spectroscopic Evidence of Free Radical Outflow from an Isolated Muscle Bed in Exercising Humans: Functional Role of ?Intracellular PO2vs. ?O2 Flux.- 43. Comparison of Closed-Circuit and Fick-Derived Oxygen Consumption during Anaesthesia for Liver Transplantation in Patients.- 44. A New Miniature Fiber Oxygenator for Small Animal Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- 45. The Effect of Graded Systemic Hypdxaemia on Hepatic Tissue Oxygenation.- 46. Modeling of Oxygen Diffusion and Metabolism from Capillary to Tissue.- Author Index.