Internet World Congress '98 Invited Symposium

	Novel Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Allergic Inflammation Chair: Judah Denburg (McMaster University, Canada)

0218 Alpha d/beta 2 Integrin Is a Ligand For Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (VCAM-1) MH Grayson (Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, USA) M van der Vieren (ICOS Corporation, Bothell, USA) WM Gallatin (ICOS Corporation, Bothell, WA, USA) PA Hoffman (ICOS Corporation, Bothell, WA, USA) D Staunton (ICOS Corporation, Bothell, WA, USA) BS Bochner (Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, USA)

0270 Regulation of IL-5 and IL-5 Receptor Expression in the Bone Marrow of Allergic Asthmatics JA Denburg (Dept of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster University, Canada) R. Sehmi (Dept of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster University, Canada) J. Upham (Dept of Medicine, Division of Respirology, McMaster University, Canada) J. Lundahl (Dept of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster University, Canada) L. Wood (Dept of Medicine, Division of Respirology, McMaster University, Canada) G. Gauvreau (Dept of Medicine, Division of Respirology, McMaster University, Canada) P. O'Byrne (Dept of Medicine, Division of Respirology, McMaster University, Canada)

0528 Anti-IgE as a Probe to Understand Allergic Inflammantion. R.B. Fick (Clinical Sciences, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA) S.S Smigelski (Development, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA) M.J Anchick (Medical Affairs, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA)

0863 Ontogeny of Atopy PG Holt (Division of Cell Biology, TVW Telethon Inst. for Child Health Research, Australia)

0232 The Modulation of Allergic Airways Disease by Interleukin-4 and -5: Studies using Cytokine Deficient Mice PS Foster (Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Australia) SP Hogan (Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Australia) IG Young (Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Australia) KI Matthaei (Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Australia)

0198 Glucocorticoids and Allergic Inflammation R. Schleimer (Johns Hopkins Asthma Center, Baltimore, USA)

0544 Interleukin 5 Receptor Biology J Tavernier (VIB09, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium) D Robinson (Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine at NHLI, London, UK)

0479 Molecular Basis of Leucocyte Migration In Allergic Disease AJ Wardlaw (Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Leicester, UK)