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Critical Sulfhydryl Switches, Diet, and Cancer Prevention Workshop

Agenda

Thursday, August 28, 2003
7:30 – 8:00 am	Registration
8:00 – 8:30 am	Opening Remarks Describing the Challenge EH Jeffery University of Illinois Welcome P Greenwald Division of Cancer Prevention J Milner Nutritional Sciences Research Group

Session 1: Setting the Scene
8:30 am	Diet and Thiol Biochemistry DE Brash Yale School of Medicine
8:50 am	Cysteine/Glutathione Deficiency Disease L Hertzenberg Stanford University

Session 2: Emerging Technology for the Study of Cellular Sulfhydryls
9:10 am	What Methods Are Available for Clinical Evaluation of Thiol Status? M Stipanuk Cornell University
9:30 am	How Can We Evaluate Redox in Whole Cells: State of the Art and Novel Approaches M Philbert University of Michigan
9:50 am	Discussion
10:10 – 10:30 am	Break

Session 3: Diet and Thiol Regulation of the Cell Cycle
10:30 am	Do Cancer Cells Have an Aberrant Thiol Status In Vivo That Responds to Diet? G Buettner University of Iowa
10:50 am	Does Dietary Cysteine Regulation of the Cell Cycle Provide Clues to Additional Dietary Influences? D Jones Emory University
11:10 am	How Do Dietary Alteration in Glutathione and Thioredoxin Levels Affect Cell Cycle? A Holmgren Karolinska Institutet
11:30 am	Discussion
12:00 pm	Lunch

Session 4: Site-Specific Modifications of Cell Signaling Proteins by Sulfhydryl Switches
1:00 pm	Can Diet Modify Cell Proliferation Through Sufhydryl Switches on Transcription Factors? D Gius National Institutes of Health
1:20 pm	Can Dietary Factors Regulate Activity of Cell Signaling Proteins Through Sulfhydryl Biochemistry? CA O'Brien University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1:40 pm	How Can Non-Thiol Dietary Components Cause Thiol Regulation of the Cell Cycle? CS Yang Rutgers University
2:00 pm	Discussion

Session 5: Future Directions
3:00 – 4:00 pm	Panel and Floor Discussion on Research Needs E Stadtman National Institutes of Health
4:00 pm	Close