University College, Cork, 7 - 9 September 1999

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Thursday 9 September

Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Group/Irish Area Section Colloquium
Growth Factors and Cytokines at the Maternal/Fetal Interface

Organizers:
T. McCarthy (Cork)
D. Jenkins (Cork)
Chair:
D. Jenkins (Cork)
Speakers:
09.00 D. Jenkins (Cork)
Welcome and introduction
09.10 P. Johnson (Liverpool)
Leucocyte populations and cytokine regulation in human uteroplacental tissues
09.50 Y. Loke (Cambridge)
Decidual NK cell interaction with trophoblast: cytolysis or cytokine production?
10.30 Poster Session
11.00 J. Aplin (Manchester)
Growth factor–extracellular matrix synergy in the control of trophoblast invasion
11.40 P. Dockery (Cork)
Structure–function relations in the human placenta
12.20 P. Le Bouteiller (Toulouse)
HLA-G and pregnancy: where and what for?
13.00 Lunch
14.00 M.-P. Piccinni & S. Romagnani (Florence)
Role of T cell cytokines in embryo implantation and miscarriage
14.40 T. McCarthy (Cork)
Molecular genetic analysis of HLA-G in pre-eclampsia and normal pregnancy
15.00 Close

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