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Institut Pasteur, Paris
June 09-10, 2005
Epidemiologic, clinical and experimental observations strongly support the concept that the conditions under which the primary encounter with antigenic molecules takes place influence the immune response for a long time, whether immunity, allergic sensitization, or tolerance is triggered. Through advances in the understanding of the functions and regulation of the human and mouse immune system in relation to the metabolism of nutrients, important features have been delineated. Nutrition does influence the regulation of signal transduction and gene expression at different levels of the immune system, modulating immune cell functions whatever the developmental stages of the organisms under study.
During gestation and early childhood the diet is of immense importance for shaping health in later life. Nutrient deficiencies may be associated with impairment or delay of both constitutive and adaptive immune development, preferentially affecting infants and elderly people. On the other hand, nutritional interventions containing selected substrates, trace elements or vitamins have been successful in critically ill and infected patients.
The purpose of this EUROCONFERENCE on Nutrition, Immune Functions and Health is to present selected and noteworthy recent findings in the area of nutrition - dependant regulation of the immune system at the tissue level whenever relevant. Speakers will focus the attention on the potential mechanisms by which nutrients could modify the complex and dynamic status named “immunity” at different developmental stages of the life of an individual as well as the beneficial effects of immuno-enhancing diets as seen in clinical trials.
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Organized by:
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Institut Pasteur |
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Invited Speakers:
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Per BRANDTZAEG, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Andrew PRENTICE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Birgitta STRANDVIK, Göteborg University, Sweden
Lars A. HANSON, Göteborg University, Sweden
Carlos MUNOZ, INTA, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Angel GIL, University of Granada, Spain
Guoyao WU, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Eduardo SCHIFFRIN, Nestec Ltd, Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, CH
Rebecca J. STOLTZFUS, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Ascension MARCOS, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
Giuseppe MATARESE, Istituto di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale, Napoli, Italy
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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April 18, 2005
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Registration:
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Website: http://www.pasteur.fr/applications/euroconf/nutrition
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E-mail:
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euroconf-ip@pasteur.fr
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