Brain-Immune Interactions in Stress

-the impact of hormones on disease.

A meeting organised by the

Brain-Immune Network Group

Bristol, UK, November 30^th 2002.

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Angelika Buske-Kirschbaum, University of Trier, Germany.

Altered responsiveness of the HPA axis

-a pathological factor in chronic allergic inflammation?

Angela Clow,

University of Westminster, UK

The diurnal pattern of cortisol secretory activity in relation to health and ageing.

Mark Cooper,

University of Birmingham, UK

Immune-endocrine interactions in bone: regulation of autocrine glucocorticoid metabolism by pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Maurizio Cutolo,

University of Genova, Italy

Sex hormones and apoptosis: effects on monocytes/macrophages.

Ilia Elenkov, NIH, Bethesda, USA.

Systemic stress-induced Th2 shift and its clinical implications.

Katia Karalis Harvard University, USA

New insights in the pro-inflammatory properties of CRH.

Clemens Kirschbaum

University of Duesseldorf, Germany

Sex differences in cortisol stress responses in humans.

John Kirwan, University of Bristol, UK

Glucocorticoids, cytokines and rheumatoid arthritis: lessons from the clinic.

Mauro Perretti,

University of London, UK

ACTH and the peripheral control of inflammation

Johannes Reul, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany

The role of the HPA axis in EAE.

Rainer Straub,

University of Regensburg, Germany.

Adrenal steroid cascades in chronic inflammatory disease.

Julie Turner-Cobb,

University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

Influence of multiple social roles and individual differences on diurnal cortisol in