Symposium:               Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Lung Parenchymal and Airway Remodeling

 

Track:                         Tissue Dynamics in the Lung

Tuesday, 10:30 AM—12:30 PM, 30 D/E

Chaired:                        Rubin Tuder

 

10:30 AM                    The role of lung vasculature in interstitial and airway lung diseases. Rubin Tuder. Johns Hopkins Univ.

 

11:00 AM                    Transgenic modeling of lung parenchyma and airway remodeling in airway diseases (asthma and emphysema). Jack Elias. Yale Univ.

 

11:30 AM                    Role of TGF beta in lung repair and injury. Jack Gauldie. McMaster Univ.

 

12:00 PM                     Molecular and cellular pathways leading to airway remodeling in asthma. Clare M. Lloyd.     Imperial Col.