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7:30-8:15 Breakfast

8:30-10:00 Session V: TRAIL Signaling (H. Walczak/J. Borst)

Henning Walczak: TRAIL-induced apoptosis is not inhibited by overexpression of Bcl-2 or Bcl-XL.

Juthathip Mongkolsapaya: Structure of the apoptosis inducing TRAIL-DR5 complex.

Martin Sprick: Caspase-8 and FADD/Mort1 are necessary components of the TRAIL-R2 death-inducing signalling complex (DISC).

Marion MacFarlane: Active effector caspases and cleaved cytokeratins are sequestered into cytoplasmic inclusions following TRAIL-induced apoptosis.

 

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:25 Session VI: TRAIL Biology (H. Walczak/M. Hahne)

Markus Weigand: Differential regulation of the CD95- and TRAIL-system on human peripheral T-lymphocytes.

Katharina Simon: Involvement of TRAIL receptor 2 in thymic negative selection.

Martin Leverkus: Regulation of TRAIL sensitivity in primary and transformed human keratinocytes.

 

11.25-13.00 Session VII: Clinical aspects of apoptosis (G. Condorelli/G. Stassi)

Giorgio Stassi: FLIP (FLAME-1/I-FLICE) and Bcl-XL protect thyrocytes from Fas-mediated destruction in Graves’ disease.

Gianluigi Condorelli: Apoptotic pathways in cardiomyocytes.

Thomas Brunner: Cyclosporin A-insensitive CD95 (Fas) ligand expression in the pathogenesis of acute intestinal Graft-versus-Host Disease.

Corina Lorz: Proapoptotic FasL is present in normal kidney tubules and inflammed glomeruli.

Marcello Pinti: Quantitative analysis of CD95 and CD95L mRNA expression in HIV infection.

 

13:00-14:30 Lunch at conference site

20:00 Dinner at the conference site