PG9 - Molecular pathology and genetics in lung diseases

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France)
Aims: This course is designed to give an update on the role of genetics in the development of a variety of lung diseases. The specific aims of the course are:
• to provide an overview of recent developments in molecular pathology and genetics in asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer;
• to discuss methodological aspects in this field of pulmonary research.

The role of molecular pathology in diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France)
Possible target genes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis N. Kaminski (Pittsburgh, United States of America)
Genetics and functional impairment in COPD R. A. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Gene polymorphisms in bronchial asthma A. Heinzmann (Freiburg, Germany)