The 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS2025)

Program

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The 10th Shimamoto Takio Memorial Lecture1

Saturday, July 5  10:45~11:45

Chair
  • Hitoshi Shimano
  • (University of Tsukuba Endocrinology and Metabolism)

STML-1「New Pathways in Lipid Metabolism」

Speaker
  • Peter Tontonoz
  • (University of California Los Angeles)

The 10th Shimamoto Takio Memorial Lecture2

Sunday, July 6  9:00~10:00

Chair
  • Hitoshi Shimano
  • (University of Tsukuba Endocrinology and Metabolism)

STML-2「Regulation of Fatty Acid Synthesis and Triglyceride Production in Insulin-resistant Livers」

Speaker
  • Jay D. Horton
  • (Center for Human Nutrition/Department of Internal Medicine/Department of Molecular Genetics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX)

The 10th Shimamoto Takio Memorial Lecture3

Sunday, July 6  14:00~15:00

Chair
  • Kouji Kajinami
  • (Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada/Teikyo University, Hachioji, Japan)

STML-3「Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in the US Pooling Project」

Speaker
  • Ernst J. Schaefer
  • (Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA/Boston Heart Diagnostics, Framingham, MA USA)

Symposium8
「Lipid Diversity and Pathophysiological Signature 〜Joy of Fatty Acid Secrets〜」

Saturday, July 5 16:40~19:10

Chairs
  • Takao Shimizu
  • (Institute of Microbial Chemistry/Japan Institute of Health Security (JIHS))
  • Hitoshi Shimano
  • (University of Tsukuba Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Commentator
  • Peter Tontonoz
  • (University of California Los Angeles)
  • Jay D. Horton
  • (Center for Human Nutrition/Department of Internal Medicine/Department of Molecular Genetics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX)

S8-1「Biology of LipoQuality and the Lipidome Atlas」

Speaker
  • Makoto Arita
  • (Division of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan)

S8-2「Adiponectin receptor 2 is a remodeling phospholipase A2 alleviating palmitic acid-induced lipotoxicity」

Speaker
  • Junken Aoki
  • (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

S8-3「Elovl6-Driven Fatty Acid Elongation: A Key Regulator of Lipid Quality and Metabolic Disease Pathogenesis」

Speaker
  • Takashi Matsuzaka
  • (Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba)

S8-4「PLA2 research in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases」

Speaker
  • Makoto Murakami
  • (Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)

S8-5「PML nuclear bodies are linked to lipid metabolism via nuclear vesicles」

Speaker
  • Toyoshi Fujimoto
  • (Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age)

KSoLA-TSLA-JAS Joint Symposium
「Public Health Strategies and Policy for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease」

Saturday, July 5  8:30~10:00

Chairs
  • Hidenori Arai
  • (National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan)
  • Keeho Song
  • (Konkuk University Medical Center)

JKTJS-1「LDL-cholesterol: when to screen and how to treat? - Lessons from the Tokyo Young FH study -」

Speaker
  • Hiroaki Okazaki
  • (Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan)

JKTJS-2「Spotlight on Japan’s Policy ーJapanese National Plan for Promotion of Measures Against Stroke and Cardiovascular Diseaseー」

Speaker
  • Masanari Kuwabara
  • (Division of Public Health, Center for Community Medicine; and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University)

JKTJS-3「New clinical pathway national consensus on lipid profile in Taiwan 2025: where do we stand now?」

Speaker
  • Ping-Yen Liu
  • (Cardiology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan/Current President of Taiwan Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis, Taipei, Taiwan)

JKTJS-4「Public Health Strategies for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Korea: Focus on Dyslipidemia Management and Policy」

Speaker
  • Keeho Song
  • (Konkuk University Medical Center)

APSAVD-IAS-JAS Joint Symposium
「Lipid Management in Patients with MASLD/MASH」

Saturday, July 5 13:50~15:20

Chairs
  • Hapizah Nawawi
  • (Academy of Science and Academy of Medicine Malaysia, Malaysia)
  • Hidenori Arai
  • (National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan)

AIJJS-1「Epidemiology of MASLD/MASH in Asia」

Speaker
  • Lai Wei
  • (Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

AIJJS-2「The Current Status of Treatment of MASLD/MASH in Asia」

Speaker
  • Sakkarin Chirapongsathorn
  • (Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand)

AIJJS-3「The Significance of Lipid Management and Future Treatment Prospects in MASLD/MASH」

Speaker
  • Atsushi Nakajima
  • (IUHW Atami Hospital/Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan)

Luncheon Seminar 7

Sunday, July 6  11:50~12:40

Chair
  • Mariko Harada-Shiba
  • (Cardiovascular Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University)

LS7「Advances in lipid-lowering therapy for severe heterozygous and homozygous FH」

Speaker
  • Frederick J. Raal
  • (Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)