Cardiovascular Inflammation – Models and Mechanisms
Inflammation is a central mechanism in cardiovascular disease pathogenesis, including prominently-studied roles in atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction. Recent clinical trials and GWAS confirm a causal role for inflammation, and for specific inflammatory mechanisms, but the clinical benefit of targeting inflammation remains limited, in part due to inadequate mechanistic understanding that is required to stratify and stage cardiovascular disease. Local opportunities for mechanistic clinical studies include the Oxford Acute Myocardial Infarction (OxAMI) study and the Oxford Heart, Vessels and Fat (HVF) cohort, that have yielded new biomarkers for clinical phenotyping. In experimental models, new mouse models have revealed links between cellular metabolism and redox signalling in inflammation.
Date:
4 February 2019, 12:00 (Monday, 4th week, Hilary 2019)
Venue:
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details:
Bernard Sunley Theatre
Speaker:
Prof Professor Keith Channon (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Organisers:
Laura Sánchez Lazo (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology),
Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology),
Jo Silva (NDORMS),
Wulf Forrester-Barker (University of Oxford, Nuffield Dept of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences)
Host:
Professor Fiona Powrie (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Part of:
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Laura Sanchez Lazo
