Track: ANATOMY
Track: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Track: PATHOLOGY
Track: PHARMACOLOGY
Track: PHYSIOLOGY
Charles Dinarello
Speaker
University of Colorado
In his talk on "IL-1 as the Master Cytokine for Inflammatory Diseases", Dr. Dinarello starts his lecture with the historical background for searching endogenous fever-producing molecule. He then explains the studies that confirm the ability of recombinant IL-1 to evoke disease in experimental models as well as the shift to using IL-1 to blocking IL-1 in humans with inflammatory diseases. Dr. Dinarello concludes that new therapies that reduce IL-1's activities will become a new frontier in lifting the burden of disease.
Speaker: Charles Dinarello – University of Colorado