The Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group
The New York Academy of Sciences
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Advances in Translational Models to Study Fibrosis
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Posted July 31, 2018
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Overview
Wound healing has long held fascination for basic and medical researchers. Scar formation, by a process known as fibrosis, allows tissues and organs to recover from injuries, although not always perfectly. Fibrosis also allows organs, such as the heart and lungs, to remodel themselves to meet changing physiologic demands. While these types of fibrosis are beneficial, misplaced or excessive fibrosis can be quite detrimental to tissue and organ function, and lies at the core of many human disease states. On April 17, 2018, fibrosis researchers convened at The New York Academy of Sciences to discuss methods to study, prevent, and ultimately treat disease conditions caused by pathologic fibrosis, in a one-day conference entitled Advances in Translational Models to Study Fibrosis.
Speakers
Jonathan Garlick, DDS, PhD, Tufts University
Florian Rieder, MD, Lerner Research Institute and Cleveland Clinic
Robert Lafyatis, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Galina Bogatkevich, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina
Eric White, MD, University of Michigan School of Medicine
Scott MacDonnell, PhD, Regeneron
Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, Perelmann School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Mary E. Choi, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine
Session 2: Molecular Mechanisms of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Session 4: Novel Models of Fibrotic Kidney Disease