The article offers information on the several papers discussed at the second international conference on cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Simon Sakaguchi, professor and chairperson at Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan presented the keynote on the contributions of T cells for self tolerance and immune homeostasis. The conference featured presentations by several college teachers including those given by Ralf Paus, S.C.Lee and Jan Peter Dutz.
Information about several papers discussed at the symposium on cellular therapy of cancer, held in Manchester, England from December 2-3, 2006, is presented. The participants discussed several issues related to gene-modified T cell-based immunotherapies. Those who took part in the discussion included medical experts Balbino Alarcon, Janos Szollosi and Zelig Eshhar.
Information about several papers discussed at a conference on the establishment and replenishment of thymic epithelium and the persistence of epithelial progenitor cells into adult life is presented. One researcher presented a data showing that efficient importation of T cell progenitors into the adult thymus requires P-selectin—P-selecting ligand-1 interaction. Another researcher suggested that adult mesenchyme cannot induce proliferation in thymic epithelium.
Presents papers on viral opportunistic infections, which were presented at the Fourth International Symposium on NeuroVirology and at the Tenth Conference on Neuroscience of HIV Infection. Evaluation of a JC virus-specific immunoglobulin M enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Detection of cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for an HLA A-restricted epitope of JC virus VP1 protein; HIV+ patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, anti-JC virus CZD4 T-cell responses following prolonged highly-active antiretroviral therapy.