Fall 2005 Symposium

The Inflammatory Basis of Pulmonary Fibrosis

Joint IRA/PRG Meeting ($50 Registration Fee)

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Friday, October 7th, 2005

Millennium Pharmaceuticals Auditorium

35 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA

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Hotel Info: Hotel @ MIT, 20 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA

Organizers: James L. Ellis and
Claire Brown (PRG)
 Lisa Schopf and
Bill Selig (IRA)

Speakers:

Steve Shapiro (BWH at Harvard)

· Role of Proteinases in Inflammatory Cell Migration.

Jack Gauldie (McMaster)

· Smad3 Linkage between Inflammation and Fibrosis.

Cory Hogaboam (U. of Michigan)

· Innate Immune Mechanisms Regulate the Airway Remodeling Response during Chronic Fungal Asthma.

Larry de Garavilla (Johnson and Johnson)

· Proteases: Proinflammatory/Profibrotic Roles in Lung Diseases.

Humphrey Gardner (Biogenidec)

· Molecular Points of Convergence between IPF and Disease Models.

Charollette McKee (Wyeth)

· Clinical Trial in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Past, Present, and Future.

Naftali Kaminski (U. of Pittsburgh)

· Dissecting Molecular Networks in Pulmonary Fibrosis.

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