November 7-8, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The aim of this symposium is to show that factors which increase tissue damage during disease such as hypoxia and ischemia, are also critical determinants of inflammatory progression. Much recent work has shown that ischemic tissue damage both induces and accelerates inflammation and that this in turn can act to aggravate many different pathological states. This meeting introduces important recent findings demonstrating these interrelationships, and allows for discussion of corollary effects, including: Hypoxia and ischemia during infection; Host-pathogen influence on microenvironment; Auto-immune/inflammatory diseases and hypoxia/vascular disruption/ischemia; Stroke, hypoxia/ischemia, and inflammation; Myocardial infarction and the inflammatory response; and Hypoxia-induced inflammation in tumorigenesis.
These topics will allow the leaders in the field to present the latest connections between inflammation and the hypoxic microenvironment during disease progression and resolution. The potential for drug development focused on the microenvironment during inflammation will also be addressed.
This program is designed to facilitate full engagement by young investigators and offers ample opportunities for discussion and networking. The BioSymposia Young Investigator Awards will be given to the lead authors of the best papers in the poster session adjudicated by an expert panel.
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