The 10th Naito Conference

Molecular Biological Approaches for Intractable Diseases [I]

Period	1998/10/29 (Thu.) - 1998/11/01 (Sun.)
Venue	Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industr（Gifu-pref）
Participants	Lectures：25 Posters：60

Molecular Approach for Insulin Secretion Defects in Diabetes Mellitus

[Yoshitomo Oka]

Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
Amylin Gene: Gene Susceptibility to Early Onset of Japanese Type 2 Diabetes

[Tokio Sanke]

Wakayama University of Medical Science, Japan
Molecular Structure of Pancreatic Islets

[Jun Takeda]

Gunma University, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Japan
From Genomics to Aetiology in the Multifactorial Disease Type 1 Diabetes

[John A. Todd]

Cambridge Institute for Medical Reseaerch, University of Cambridge, UK
Molecular Genetics of Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

[Graeme I. Bell]

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, USA

Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipidemic Rabbits and the LDL Receptor Gene Family

[Tokuo T. Yamamoto]

Tohoku University, Gene Research Center, Japan
Genetic Analysis of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR), An Animal Model of Hypertension and Insulin Resistance

[Takanari Gotoda]

University of Tokyo, Japan
Genetics of Diabetes and its Associated Phenotypes in the GK Rat

[Holger Luthman]

Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Role of the POMC Neurons in the Regulation of Feeding and Metabolism

[Roger D. Cone]

Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, USA
Genetic Causes of Obesity in Childhood

[Stephen O'rahilly]

University of Cambridge, Addenbrook's Hospital, UK

Lipoprotein Metabolism and its Molecular Abnormalities

[Yokode Masayuki]

Kyoto University Granduate School of Medicine, Japan
Downstream Effectors of PI 3-Kinase in Insulin Action

[Masato Kasuga]

Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan
The KATP Channel in Pancreatic β-Cells: The ATP and ADP Sensor in Insulin Secretion

[Susumu Seino]

Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Molecular Basis of Beta-Cell Destruction and IDDM

[Jorn Nerup]

Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark
Exploring the Role of the Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins and Brown Adipocytes in tbe Regulation of Body Weight

[Leslie P. Kozak]

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center, USA

Fas-Mediated Apoptosis and Disease

[Shigekazu Nagata]

Osaka University Medical School, Japan
Roles of Fas Ligand and TNF α in Chronic Inflammatory Disease; Prospect for Gene Therapy

[John D. Mountz]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Mechanisms of Pancreatic β Cell Death in Diabetes

[Daniel Pipeleers]

Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit, Belgium
Polyglutamine Disease and Apoptosis

[Akira Kakizuka]

Osaka Biocience Institute, Japan
Insights into the Molecular Basis of Huntington's Disease and Other Polyglutamine Disorders

[Gillian P. Bates]

UMDS, Guy's Hospital, University College London, UK

Defects of Signal Transduction via TCR-CD3 Complex in Patients with Systemic Lupus Eryhtematosus - Altered Expression of TCR Zeta Chain

[Tsutomu Takeuchi]

Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Japan
RAGE: Involvement in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Complications and Cellular Dysfunction in Amyloidoses

[David M. Stern]

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, USA
Carbonyl Stress and Metabilic and Neurological Diseases

[Toshio Miyata]

Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan
Intracytoplasmic Inclusions and Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease

[James E. Galvin]

Allegheny University of the Health Scinences, USA
CAG Repeat Diseases - similarities and dissimilarities with the other 'protein storage disorder's

[Nobuyuki Nukina]

RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan