8-3SY Mast Cells: Novel Ways for Suppression

Monday, 5 December 2011: 15:45 - 16:05
Gran Cancún 4 (Cancún Center)

Francesca Levi-Schaffer, PhD , Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Learning Objectives:
The main objective is to learn which inhibitory receptors are expressed by mast cells, their function and how they can down modulate mast cell activation and survival. Also, the regulation of mast cell death by the activation of death receptors will be addressed.