“chronic inflammation and
obesity:
friendly or hostile
fire“
The symposium was organized on June 18th, by the Division of Human Nutrition,
The Graduate School VLAG, Centre of Human Nutrigenomics &
Nutrigenomics Consortium/TIFN.
Chair: Michael Müller and Sander Kersten, NMG group &
Nutrigenomics Consortium.
speakers and topics
General introduction Nuclear Receptors, Energy Metabolism and
Inflammation
Beatrice Desvergne, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lipid induced cell stress and muscular insulin resistance
Patrick Schrauwen, Department of Human Biology, Maastricht
University
Development and origin of the inflammatory component of
atherosclerosis: Unravelling the effects of dietary cholesterol
using advanced systems biology
Robert Kleemann, Gabius Laboratory, TNO Quality of Life, Leiden &
Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center
Role of lipoproteins in bacterial infection and sepsis
Patrick Rensen, Departments of General Internal Medicine,
Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical
Center
PPARs, Obesity and Inflammation
Rinke Stienstra, NMG group & Nutrigenomics Consortium, Wageningen
University
Nuclear receptors and Steatosis
Folkert Kuipers, Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Disease,
Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Centre Groningen
more information: jolien.roobol@wur.nl