Drs. Derek Angus and Bill Chen present on the basic
mechanisms and novel therapeutics in Sepsis.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
- Improve participant’s understanding in basic mechanism of
sepsis.
- Update participants on potential future sepsis therapies.
Reading Resources:
- Chen BB, Coon TA, Glasser JR, McVerry BJ, Zhao J, Zhao Y,
Zou C, Ellis BM, Sciurba FC, Zhang Y, *Mallampalli RK. A combinatorial F box
protein directed pathway controls TRAF stability to regulate inflammation. Nat Immunol. 2013 Mar 31. doi: 10.1038/ni.2565.
[Epub ahead of print]. PMCID: PMC3631463. Highlighted in Nat Rev Immunol and
Nat Rev Drug Design.
- McKelvey AC, Lear T, Dunn SR, Evankovich J, Landino JD,
Bednash JS, Zhang Y, McVerry BJ, Liu Y, Chen BB. RING Finger E3 Ligase PPP1R11
Regulates TLR2 Signaling and Innate Immunity. eLife 2016 Nov 2;5. pii: e18496.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.18496. PMID: 27805901, PMCID: PMC5092053.
- Hotchkiss RS and Nicholson DW. Apoptosis and caspases
regulate death and inflammation in sepsis. Nature Reviews Immunology 6, 813-822.
2006 Nov doi:10.1038/nri1943
Disclosures:
Drs. Angus and Chen has reported no relevant relationships
with any entities producing health care goods or services.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial
relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or
distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients
is listed above. No other planners,
members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content
reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this
education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates
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participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded
(0.1) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to 1 contact hour.
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Release Date: 5/2/2017 | Last Modified On:
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