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| Symposium on Innate immunity to pulmonary infection, held at the Wolfson Pavillion,University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa, 28-30 November 2005 Editors: Derek J. Chadwick (Organizer) and]amie Goode This symposium is based on a proposal made by Siamon Gordon and Gordon Brown Siamon Gordon Chair's introduction Eric D. Bateman and Anamika Jithoo Lung diseases in South Africa: an overview Discussion Paul D. van Helden, Marlo Mo11er, Chantal Babb, Robin Warren, Gerhard Walzl, Pieter Uys and Eileen Hoal TB epidemiology and human genetics Discussion David P. Speert Bacterial infections of the lung in normal and immunodeficient patients Discussion Malik Peiris Pathogenesis of avian flu H5N1 and SARS Discussion Claudia Montagnoli, Silvia Bozza, Roberta Gaziano, Teresa Zelante, Pierluigi Bonifazi, Silvia Moretti, Silvia Bellocchio, Lucia Pitzurra and Luigina Romani Immunity and tolerance to Aspergillusfumigatus Discussion Cecilia Garlanda, Barbara Bottazzi, Giovanni Salvatori, Rita De Santis,Alessia Cotena, Livija Deban, Viriginia Maina, Federica Moalli, Andrea Doni, Tania Veliz-Rodriguez and Alberto Mantovani Pentraxins in innate immunity and inflammation Discussion Anthony W. Segal How superoxide production by neutrophil leukocytes kills microbes Discussion Ralph M. Steinman Linking innate to adaptive immunity through dendritic cells Discussion Gordon D. Brown Macrophage receptors and innate immunity: insights from dectin-1 Discussion Bernhard Ryffel, Muazzam Jacobs, Shreemanta Parida, Tania Botha,Dieudonnee Togbe and Valerie Quesniaux Toll-like receptors and control of mycobacterial infection in mice Discussion T. J. Williams and C. t. Weller Population of lungs by mast cells Discussion John K. Sheehan, Mehmet Kesimer and Raymond Pickles Innate immunity and mucus structure and function Discussion R. B. Sire, H. Clark, K. Hajela and K. R. Mayilyan Collectins and host defence Discussion Bart N. Lambrecht and Leonie S. van Rijt Infections and asthma pathogenesis: a critical role for dendritic cells? Discussion t. A. Vella and O. J. Finn Innate and adaptive immunity in lung cancer Discussion Siamon Gordon Summing-up Index of contributors Subject index |
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