title: Conference scene: taking the heat out of chaperokine function.
abstract: The field of heat-shock protein (HSP) research has been revitalized when extracellular HSPs were reported in the literature in the 1990s. Emerging findings suggest that HSPs can perform a wide variety of biological functions, more than their traditional role as molecular chaperones. With prominent speakers from various HSP fields, the 1(st) Heat Shock Protein - Multiple Roles in Inflammation, Vaccination and Homeostasis Conference covered topics on intracellular and extracellular HSPs along with the role of bacterial and self-HSPs. This conference, organized by Euroscicon, brought together more than 20 delegates from industry and academia for a lively discussion of the current state of HSP research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Academic Rheumatology, Division of Immunology, Inflammatory & Infectious Disease, School of Medicine, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK. ahmad.gazali@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gazali
mesh_terms: D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D005060:Europe; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins