Molecular Targets for Dietary Intervention in Disease
September 19-22, 2002

The 11th Annual Growth Factor and Signal Transduction Conference was sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa and the Cell Biology Program, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center,National Institutes of Health, ISU Office of Biotechnology, Miller Lecture Fund, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ISU, College of Agriculture, ISU, Molecular Express Inc.

Speakers

Diane Birt
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Molecular Targets for the Prevention of Cancer by Dietary Energy Restriction

Timothy Bowden
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Targeting p38 MAP kinase and PI- 3 kinase Pathways for the Chemoprevention of UV Induced Skin Cancer

John Chiang
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
Nuclear Receptor Regulation of Bile Acid and Cholesterol Metabolism

Nancy Colburn
NCI, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD
Novel Molecular Targets for Cancer Prevention: AP-1, NfkappaB and Pdcd4

Pamela Crowell
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Cancer Chemopreventive Activity of Monoterpenes and Other Isoprenoids

Roger Davis
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Signal Transduction by Stress-activated MAP Kinases

Sridevi Devaraj
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Alpha Tocopherol and Inflammation

Peter Edwards
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Control of ABC Transporters and Lipid Homeostasis by the Orphan Nuclear Receptors LXR, FXR and PXR

Lorraine Gudas
Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
The Molecular Actions of Vitamin A (Retinol) in Cancer Prevention

Paul Huang
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Endothelial Dysfunction, Nitric oxide and Atherosclerosis

Tom Kensler
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Transcription Factor Nrf2 Controls Expression of Detoxication and Antioxident Genes: A Target for Cancer Chemopreventive Agents

Peter Nissley
NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
IGF-I Receptor Signaling and Cancer

Tom Kensler
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Transcription Factor Nrf2 Controls Expression of Detoxication and Antioxident Genes: A Target for Cancer Chemopreventive Agents

Timothy Osborne
University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
Nutrient Regulation of Gene Expression by the Sterol Regulatory Binding Proteins (SREBPs)

C.S. Yang
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Molecular Targets for Cancer Chemopreventive Actions of Tea Polyphenols and Curcumin

 

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