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Diffuse lung disease in children: Summary of a scientific conference
Author(s) -
Hamvas Aaron,
Deterding Robin,
Balch William E.,
Schwartz David A.,
Albertine Kurt H.,
Whitsett Jeffrey A.,
Cardoso Wellington V.,
Kotton Darrell N.,
Kourembanas Stella,
Hagood James S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.22805
Subject(s) - pulmonologists , medicine , disease , induced pluripotent stem cell , interstitial lung disease , lung disease , translational research , engineering ethics , intensive care medicine , pathology , lung , genetics , embryonic stem cell , biology , engineering , gene
Summary A multi‐disciplinary scientific conference focused on diffuse and interstitial lung diseases in children was held in La Jolla, CA in June 2012. The conference brought together clinicians (including Pediatric and Adult Pulmonologists, Neonatologists, Pathologists, and Radiologists), clinical researchers, basic scientists, government agency representatives, patient advocates, as well as children affected by diffuse lung disease (DLD) and their families, to review recent scientific developments and emerging concepts in the pathophysiology of childhood DLD. Invited speakers discussed translational approaches, including genetics and proteomics, epigenetics and epigenomics, models of DLD, including animal models and induced pluripotent stem cells, and regenerative medicine approaches. The presentations of the invited speakers are summarized here. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2014; 49:400–409. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.