22-2SY Pathogenesis

Tuesday, 6 December 2011: 15:25 - 15:45
Xcaret (Cancún Center)

David Peden , School of Medicine, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CHAPEL HILL, NC

Learning Objectives:
After participation in this session, participants should:

 

 

1. Appreciate the immune mechanisms which modulate occupational allergy due to highj molecular and low molecular weight allergens

2. Appreciate the role of innate immune processes in modulating occupational asthma and lung disease

3. Apprecoate the role of oxidative stress and GSTM1 in modulating occupational asthma