Session Number:
S28
Session Title:
Mechanisms of beta cell degeneration - ROS and metabolic stress
Session Type:
Symposium
Session Start/End Time:
Friday, Oct 02, 2009, 8:30 AM -10:30 AM
Location:
Halban Hall
Presenters:
 
 
Chair --D.L. Eizirik;
Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Free University Brussels (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
 
Chair --I.C. Green;
University of Brighton, United Kingdom.

 
Lipotoxicity in insulin-producing cells--M.B. Wheeler;
Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
 
Signalling events of lipotoxicity - a proteomic approach--P. Bergsten;
Dept. of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
 
Concepts of beta cell preservation in type 2 diabetes--P. Marchetti;
Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Italy.