2005 – 6th ESNI COURSE | Thessaloniki (Greece) | 12-15 September
I Day
Methods in Neuroimmunology
- Mechanisms of tissue injury in human inflammatory brain diseases(H. Lassman)
- Regulation of the immune response within the central nervous system (J. Antel)
- Immunoregulation of Th1 and Th2 responses in neuroinflammation (L. Probert)
- Cholinergic signals: a bridge between the nervous and the immune systems (I. Shaked)
- Antibody assays for neuronal targets (A. Vincent)
- Biomarkers in neuroinflammation: the role of cell surface molecules, cytokines and proteases(A. Miller)
- Pharmacogenetic approaches in neuroimmunology (I. Grossman)
- Animal models in neuroimmunological diseases (N. Grigoriadis)
II Day
Immunointervention
- The immunological homunculus(F. Quintana)
- Specificity and degeneracy of T cell recognition in CNS autoimmunity: considerations for the development of antigen and TCR specific therapies (B. Hemmer)
- DNA vaccination with pro-inflammatory cytokines (N. Karin)
- DNA vaccination with encephalitogenic epitopes in autoimmune disease (A. Lobell)
- Neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory therapeutic approach in experimental stroke (D. Hermann)
- T cell receptor peptide therapy in myasthenia gravis (S. Cohen-Kaminsky)
- Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease as a possible window for intervention? (T. Wiss-Coray)
- Statins: immunomodulatory effects and therapeutic potential for multiple sclerosis (0. Neuhaus)
III Day
Genetics
- Non-MHC gene influences in rat neuroinflammation (M. Jagodic)
- Gene positioning in rodent inflammation (R. Holmdhal)
- MHC gene influences and function in neuroinflammation (R. Weissert)
- HLA and human neuroinflammation (J. Hillert)
- Non-MHC genetics in humans (S. Sawcer)
- Genetics of neurodegeneration (F. Piehl)
- Genetics of peripheral neuropathies (C. Vedeler)
- Genetics of inflammation (ApoE and more) in models of neurodegeneration (D. Michaelson)
IV Day
Infection and autoimmunity
- Overview of molecular mimicry and post-infectious mechanisms (S. Miller)
- Mechanisms of mimicry in human diseases: the post streptococcal syndrome (PANDAS) paradigm (D. Karrusis)
- The significance of LPS and bacterial antigens in neurological para-infectious syndromes: the paradigm of Guillaine Barre Syndrome (I. Wirguin)
- Potential role of bacterial superantigens as triggers of autoimmune demyelination (P. Stinissen)
- Endogenous retroviruses and multiple sclerosis (T. Brudek)
- HIV and immune mediated neurological syndromes: mechanisms (I. Steiner)
- Post-polio syndrome: facts and myths (T. Olsson)
- Neuro-Lyme; what’s new (M. Fritzchke)