title: Molecular pathology and clinical aspects of alcohol-induced tissue injury.
abstract: Proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 RSA Meeting in Montreal, Canada; organized and co-chaired by Patricia E. Molina and Manuela Neuman. The presentations were (1) Mechanisms of alcohol-induced cell injury by Craig McClain; (2) Cytokines in alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis by Manuela Neuman; (3) Combination of alcohol and hepatitis C virus and liver injury by Dominique Valla; (4) Chronic ethanol exposure potentiates lipopolysaccharide liver injury, despite inhibiting Jun N-Terminal kinase and caspase 3 activation by Anna Mae Diehl; (5) Glutathione homeostasis in alcoholism: Role in alveolar epithelial barrier and lung injury by David M. Guidot; (6) Metabolic and inflammatory contribution of alcohol to trauma-induced tissue injury by Patricia E. Molina; (7) Growth factor and protein synthesis dysregulation: Role in alcoholic myopathy by Charles H. Lang.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Center and Department of Physiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. pmolin@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Patricia E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McClain
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valla
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guidot
authors.forename: Anna Mae
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuman
mesh_terms: D020751:Alcohol-Induced Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000633:toxicity*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol