Newswise — Autoimmune disease researchers worldwide are invited to access via Webcast, at no charge, the Johns Hopkins 10th Annual Autoimmunity Day scheduled for Friday, June 13, 2008, in Baltimore, Maryland. Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Autoimmune Disease Research and the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), the one-day meeting features leading authorities on autoimmunity who will speak and entertain questions from the audience.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Stephen Katz, Director, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, "CD8 T Cell Mediated Models of Autoimmunity"; Dr. Stephen D. Miller, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, "An Antigen-Specific Tolerance Strategy for Therapy of Murine Models of MS and Type 1 Diabetes--Mechanisms and Clinical Prospects"; and Dr. Joseph Craft, Yale University School of Medicine, "Effector T Cell Subsets and Function in Autoimmunity."
Other topics include "Autoimmunity in Autism," "The Role of LAG-3 and PD-1 in CD8 T Cell Tolerance to Self and Tumor Antigens," " Sex Differences in Autoimmune Disease," and "Regulation of Immune Functions by the Extracellular Matrix."
To register for the free Webcast, researchers should contact AARDA at [email protected], giving name, institution, and e-mail address.
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