Co-funding Institute(s):
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
International Workshop on Phosphodiesterases: Their Genetics Function and Human Diseases (PDE2009)
June 8, 2009 - June 9, 2009
Bethesda, MD, United States
Contact for additional information: Dr. C.A Stratakis, NICHD 301-4966-4686
DescriptionThe purpose of the proposed meeting is to bring together experts from a variety of disciplines (endocrinology, pharmacology and biochemistry, dietary medicine, reproduction science, cancer and other) with the scope of refocusing research on PDEs to a more translational, bench-to-bedside manner and identify genetic components of the activity of these enzymes that may affect disease susceptibility in many systems, as well as identify pharmacological and/or dietary supplement compounds that may enhance or inhibit their activity in ways or in tissues that were not known hitherto to be affected.