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Purpose of the Conference
a University of California San Francisco, California From its beginning sixteen years ago, the Transatlantic Airway Conference, which is held annually, has deliberately maintained a narrow focus on airway biology, with an eye on airway disease. This is reflected in the following list of past topics which, while addressing selected aspects of airway function and dysfunction, collectively provide a broad view of basic merchanisms which underlie various airway diseases: Interaction Between Inflammatory Response and Smooth Muscle; Airway Neuropeptides: Airway Epithelial Function; Receptors and Second Messengers; Pulmonary Epithelial Growth and Repair; Airway Mucins; Airway Circulation; Integrins and Other Adhesion Molecules; Proteases and Antiproteases; Biology of Viral Infection; Bacteria and Airway Interactions; Genetic Basis of Asthma; Biology of Airway Smooth Muscle; Inflammation in COPD; Antigen Presentation, Processing and Immunomodulation; and Mechanisms of Airway Remodeling (all published as supplements in the American Review of Respiratory Disease/American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine). The seventeenth conference examined the role of oxidants and antioxidants in the airway from two perspectives. On the one hand, data were presented which show how the airway utilizes reactive oxygen species for cell signaling and antimicrobial host defense functions. On the other, the participants discussed antioxidant mechanisms as protection against oxidant stress and tissue injury. Aron Fisher, the chairman of the conference, not only assembled an impressive group of leading scientists in this field of investigation, but also exhibited great skill in leading stimulating and productive discussions. Traditionally, the Transatlantic Airway Conference has brought together scientists from Europe and North America, and from within and outside the pulmonary research community. The conference on oxidants and antioxidants was no exception. The papers published in this supplement served as catalysts for free discussions and exchange of ideas which we trust will benefit future research in airway biology. The scientific committee thanks the following participants: C. Barazzone-Argiroffo, Geneva; A. Clement, Paris; G.E. Conner, Miami; J. Crapo, Denver; C.E. Cross, Davis; J. Finkelstein, Rochester; A.B. Fisher, Philadelphia; L. Flohe, Braunschweig; H.J. Forman, Birmingham; J.J. Haddad, San Francisco; Y-S. Ho, Detroit; R. Hubmayr, Rochester; H. Ischiropoulos, Philadelphia; R.M. Jackson, Birmingham; Y. Janssen-Heininger, Burlington; F.J. Kelly, London; P.J. Kemp, Leeds; P. LeMarchand, Paris; J. McEnery, Belfast; J.D. Morrow, Nashville; V. Muzykantov, Philadelphia; M. O'Reilly, Rochester; S. Orrenius, Stockhold; P. Paredi, London; I. Rahman, Edinburgh; B. Rüstow, Berlin; C.K. Sen, Columbus; H. Sies, Düsseldorf; and R.J. Van Klaveren, Leuven. The committee is additionally indebted to B. Jung, N. Zimmermann, B. Disse, D. Wiese, and the Boehringer-Ingelheim Company for their continuing generous and unassuming support of this series of scientific conferences. This article has been cited by other articles:
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