Wednesday, February 4th, 9AM : We will welcoming Dr Mark G. Swain who will present his conference "The fundamental role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of sickness behaviour in liver disease: from rodents to humans".
Dr Swain is professor of Medicine, Cal Wenzel Family Foundation Chair in Hepatology and Head, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary. His conference will be about role of inflammation in liver diseases, his main research subject.
Recent bibliography:
- D'Mello, C., Riazi, K., Le, T., Stevens, K. M., Wang, A., McKay, D. M., & Swain, M. G. (2013). P-selectin-mediated monocyte-cerebral endothelium adhesive interactions link peripheral organ inflammation to sickness behaviors. The Journal of Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 33(37), 14878-14888. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1329-13.2013
- D'Mello, C., & Swain, M. G. (2014). Liver-brain interactions in inflammatory liver diseases: implications for fatigue and mood disorders. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 35, 9-20. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2013.10.009
- Nguyen, K., D'Mello, C., Le, T., Urbanski, S. & Swain, M. G. (2012). Regulatory T cells suppress sickness behaviour development without altering liver injury in cholestatic mice. Journal of Hepatology, 56(3), 626-631. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2011.09.014
The conference is open to everybody and will be held at CRCHUM, February 4th, 9AM.
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