第08回 内藤コンファレンス

神経･免疫・内分泌ネットワーク [III]

組織委員

セッション

SessionA
Signal Transduction of Neuro-Immuno-Endocrine Networks

1. Cytokine Network and The Roles of Jak-Stat System in Signal Transduction

   [Ken-ichi Arai]

   University of Tokyo, Japan

2. Roles of CRF and Urocortin, Their Receptors and Binding Protein

   [Wylie Vale]

   The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA

3. Neuro-Immune-Endocrine Networks in Apoptosis

   [Tsuyoshi Sakane]

   St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan

4. Stress-Induced Enhancement of Cell-Mediated Immunity: The Roles of Hormones and Leukocyte Trafficking

   [Firdaus S. Dhabhar]

   The Rockfeller University, USA

5. The Host-Defense Mechanism (The Bio-Defense)-New Integration of Approaches from Cellular, Cytokine and Gene Levels

   [Kikuo Nomoto]

   Kyushu University, Japan

SessionB
Neuro Modulation of Immunity

1. Prostanoids and Their Receptors in Neuro-Immuno-Endocrine Networks

   [Kiyoshi Matsumura]

   Osaka Bioscience Institute and Subfemtomole Biorecognition Project, JRDC, Japan

2. Autonomic Neural Control of Immunity: Sympathetic Modulation of Cell-Mediated Immunity, Autoimmunity, and Immunosenescence

   [Davied L. Felten]

   University of Rochester Medical Center, USA

3. Role of Brain Cytokines in the Neural Modulation of Immunity

   [Toshihiko Katafuchi]

   Kyushu University, Japan

4. The Neuro-Immuno-Endocrine Role of Melatonin is Mediated by Novel Opioid Cytokines

   [Georges J. M. Maestroni]

   Instituto Cantonale di Patologia, Switzerland

5. Modulation of Neutrophil Apoptosis by Psychological Stress and Dexamethazone

   [Fujiro Sendo]

   Yamagata University, Japan

SessionC
Interaction between Endocrine and Neuro-Immune Systems

1. Corticotropin-Relaasing Hormone and Inflammation

   [George P. Chrousos]

   National Institutes of Health, USA

2. Hormone Action in the Immune, and Inflammatory Cells

   [Junichi Fukata]

   Kochi Medical School, Japan

3. Inhibin in Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Ovarian Interaction

   [Kaoru Miyamoto]

   Gunma University, Japan

4. Expression and Action of Intrapituitary Cytokines

   [Shlomo Melmed]

   Cedars-Sinai Research Institute-UCLA, USA

5. Role of Cytokines in Posterior Pituitary Function

   [Tokihisa Kimura]

   Tohoku Univesity, Japan

6. Parathyroid Hormone-related Peptide (PTHrP) in Neuro-Immune-Endocrine Network

   [SHunichi Yamashita]

   Nagasaki University, Japan

SessionD
Interaction Between Endocrine and Neuro-Immune Systems

1. Role of Cytokines in Adipocyte Differentiation

   [Teruo Kawada]

   Kyoto University, Japan

2. Fatty Acids as Circulating Hormones: Role on Differentiation and Gene Expression in Preadipocytes

   [Paul A. Grimaldi]

   University Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France

3. Adipocytokines: Possible Cause of Disorders in Visceral Fat Syndrome

   [Tohru Funahashi]

   Osaka University, Japan

4. Leptin (ob Gene Product), A Novel Cytokine in the Interaction of Adipose Tissue and Hypothalamus

   [Kiminori Hosoda]

   Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

SessionE
Pahtophysiology of Neuro-Immune-Endocrine Networks

1. Cytokines, NO, and Macrophages in Multiple Sclerosis

   [Jean E. Merrill]

   Berlex Biosciences, USA

2. Stress-Induced Neuronal Death: Analyses of Neuropathological Changes and Animal Behavior

   [Takeshi Tabira]

   National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Japan

3. Striatal Tissue is Highly Vulnerable to 3-Nitropropionate Intoxication: Ivolvement of Astrocytic Cell Death and Dysfunction of the Blood Brain Barrier

   [Hitoo Nishino]

   Natoya City University, Japan

4. Local Cytokine Responses During Acute and Chronic Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System

   [Steven L. Wesslingh]

   Flinders University of South Australia, Australia

5. Cytokine Production in the Central Nervous System with Inflammatory Lesions

   [Yoh Matsumoto]

   Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Japan