The 1^st KKU International Teaching Platform

Effect of Natural Products on
Cancer Cell and Cytokine Production

 

Jointly organized by

Khon Kaen University, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) and Institut Pasteur

 

July 17 – 22, 2006

At The Department of Microbiology

Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University,

Khon Kaen, Thailand

 

Course Brochure

Course Poster: Lectures/Lab course

Course Programme (Lectures/Lab Course):

Day 1: July 17, 2006 – Cytokines & natural products

- Natural immunity [Prof. Jean-Marc Cavaillon]

- The cytokine network; Techniques for the detection of cytokines [Prof. Jean-Marc Cavaillon]

- Natural products and infectious diseases [Dr. Varima Wongpanich]

- Cytokines and infectious diseases [Prof. Jean-Marc Cavaillon]

 

Day 2: July 18, 2006 – Apoptosis & natural products

- Cancer and Natural products [Prof. Vichai Reutrakul]

- Apoptosis - Some general notions [Dr. Sylvie Garcia]

- Apoptosis in the immune system [Dr. Sylvie Garcia]

- Techniques for detection of apoptosis [Dr. Sylvie Garcia]

 

Lecture Handout - Supplement

-       Handout cover

-       Opening remarks

-       Bibliography:

Apoptosis - Some general notions: Mak & Yeh (2002); Gros et al. (1999); Lavrik et al. (2005); Grenn & Kroemer (2005); Lopez et al. (2002); Lee et al. (2002); Huang et al. (2003); Woo et al. (2003)

Apoptosis in the immune system: Garcia et al. (1999); Selin et al. (1999); Faddel & Orrenius (2005); Bidère et al. (2006); Pinto et al. (2002); Boudet et al. (1996); Herold et al. (2006)

Techniques for detection of apoptosis: Zheng et al. (2004); Willingham (1999); Huang et al. (2003); Boudet et al. (1996); Woo et al. (2003); Kook et al. (2005); Barrett et al. (2001); Ploski et al. (2001); Lecoeur et al. (1997); Lecoeur et al. (2002); Lee et al. (2002)

Day 3-6: July 19-22, 2006 – Lab course

Lab Course Handout

Lab Course Handout - Supplement

Measurement of proliferation using CFSE: Lyons et al. (1994); Garcia et al. (1999)

Detection of apoptosis by flow cytometry: Lecoeur et al. (1997); Lecoeur et al. (1998); Ledru et al. (1998); Williams et al. (2004)

Real-time quantitative PCR: Presentation on Quantitative Real-time PCR technologies; Determination of PCR Efficiency; Bustin et al. (2000); Dheda et al. (2004); Livak et al. (2001); Vandesompele et al. (2002); Zhang et al. (2004)

Primers for quantitative PCR (housekeeping, pro- & anti-apoptotic genes): Abrams et al. (2004); Dheda et al. (2004); Gautschi et al. (2001); Huang et al. (2003); Itoh et al. (2003); Savli et al. (2003); Vandesompele et al. (2002); Zhang et al. (2004)