Accession Number:
ADA237649
Title:
Summary of National Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology (27th) (A Reticuloendothelial Society)
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 1 Jun 90-31 May 91,
Corporate Author:
MEDICAL COLL OF GEORGIA AUGUSTA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1991-05-31
Pagination or Media Count:
2.0
Abstract:
The 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology and the 12th International RES Congress was held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, October 14-18th, 1990. The theme of the meeting was cellular and cytokine networks in tissue immunity. The following areas were discussed in detail a cytokines in the regulation of hematopoetic and immune cell proliferation molecular cloning and characterization of interleukins 9 and 11, application of antisense probes in regulation of cell proliferation, and suppressive effects of IL-1, TNF a, and IL-lra b composition and function of tissue-specific immune networks in the skin, brain, lung, and gut with special emphasis on infection and autoimmune disease c neuroendocrine networks in the central nervous system during infection and inflammatory brain disease d novel inflammatory cytokines with chemotactic and cell activation properties that include IL-8.
Descriptors:
- *CONTROL
- ACTIVATION
- SOCIETIES
- BIOLOGY
- BRAIN
- NETWORKS
- MOLECULES
- CELLS
- DISEASES
- LUNG
- CLONES
- INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- NEUROLOGY
- GENETIC ENGINEERING
- IMMUNITY
- CELLS(BIOLOGY)
- INFLAMMATION
- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- LEUKOCYTES
- RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM
- CHEMOTAXIS
- ENDOCRINE GLANDS
- GREECE
- AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
- TISSUE IMMUNITY
- CONGRESS
Subject Categories:
- Medicine and Medical Research