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| Translational Research in Autoimmunity | ||||||||||||||||
| October 01, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
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Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Hotel Portofino Kulm, Portofino (Genoa), Italy April 3 - 6, 2003 1) Tools and Strategies for Translational Research - Autoimmune disease: why and where it occurs - From bench to bedside - International networks for rare diseases - The evolution of the biotech industry - The NIH model of support for translational research - EU strategies for translational research - Safety vs. Speed: the FDA perspective to regulatory issues 2) T Cell Mediated Intervention - The immune synapse as a target of intervention - Molecular determinants of epitope immunogenicity - Definitions and modulation of the T cell repertoire by altered peptide ligands - Animal models of antigen specific immune modulation - Heat shock proteins as immunemodulators in animal models - Heat shock proteins as tools of intervention in autoimmunity - Suppressor T cells - Regulatory T cells 3) Antigen-Specific Intervention - Modulation of antigen specific T cell responses in rheumatoid arthritis - Immunoregulation in the therapy of autoimmune diabetes - Immune modulation in multiple sclerosis - Antigen specific therapy of diabetes 4) Antigen presenting cells, Soluble and Accessory Molecules as Tools for Intervention - Antigen presenting cells as tools for immune therapy - Role of the epithelium in orchestrating the onset of innate and acquired immune responses - Control of autoaggression and tumor immunity by the microenvironment - Dendritic cells as targets for immune intervention - Anergy and apoptosis in immune tolerance and autoimmunity - Current experience with intervention on CD40 - Natural killer cells as effectors and regulators - Modulation of cytokine profiles - Perspectives of anti-IL-6 therapy - Decoy receptors: a strategy to regulate inflammatory cytokines and chemokines - Chemokines and chemokine receptors |
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| Organized by: | Istituto Giannina Gaslini | |||||||||||||||
| Invited Speakers: | B Kotzin (Denver) D Carson (San Diego) A Martini (Genova) S Fumero (Milano) S Sztein (Bethesda) J Siegel (Washington) A Lanzavecchia (Bellinzona) A Sette (San Diego) E Sercarz (San Diego) V Kuchroo (Boston) W van Eden (Utrecht) B Prakken (Utrecht) J Bluestone (San Francisco) MG Roncarolo (Milano) S Albani (San Diego) JF Bach (Paris) D Hafler (Boston) I Cohen (Rehovot) R Steinman (New York) M Kagnoff (San Diego) G Hammerling (Heidelberg) L Adorini (Milano) A Abbas (San Francisco) B Lipsky (Bethesda) L Moretta (Genova) S Romagnani (Firenze) F De Benedetti (Roma) A Manotovani (Milano) F Sinigaglia (Milano) |
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| Deadline for Abstracts: | 15 February 2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Registration: | Registration deadline: March 14, 2003 Registration fees: Full < March 14, 2003 300.00 € > March 14, 2003 400.00 € Students(under 36 years of age) < March 14, 2003 150.00 € > March 14, 2003 200.00 € |
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| E-mail: | sisp@ospedale-gaslini.ge.it | |||||||||||||||
| Posted by: | Thomas Wiley | |||||||||||||||
| Host: | 62.101.86.84 | |||||||||||||||
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