This book is the proceedings of the Falk Symposium No.156 on 'Genetics in Liver Disease', part of the XIII International Liver Week 2006 held in Freiburg, Germany, 7 October 2006. The first section covers the basic aspects of genetic diagnosis, pharmacogenetics, micro-arrays and their relevance for liver diseases, including viral hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and gallstone diseases. In the second section, the most important hereditary liver diseases are discussed, including haemchromatosis, Wilson disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, porphyrias and cystic fibrosis. In the third section, the genetics of cholestatic and metabolic liver diseases as well as the current status of experimental and clinical studies of gene therapy for liver diseases and stem cell transplantation are presented. Each section starts with a State-of-the-Art Lecture which introduces the topic.

In the tradition of the Falk Symposia, this book provides an exciting overview of the current developments in the field of genetics of liver diseases, their diagnosis, treatment and prevention, presented by an international array of outstanding scientists and clinicians.

Interdisciplinary symposium bringing together basic science and clinical applications Up-to-date research findings at the highest scientific level

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This book is the proceedings of the Falk Symposium No.156 on Genetics in Liver Disease , part of the XIII International Liver Week 2006 held in Freiburg, Germany, 7 October 2006. The first section covers the basic aspects of genetic diagnosis, pharmacogenetics, micro-arrays and their relevance for liver diseases, including viral hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and gallstone diseases. In the second section, the most important hereditary liver diseases are discussed, including haemchromatosis, Wilson disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, porphyrias and cystic fibrosis. In the third section, the genetics of cholestatic and metabolic liver diseases as well as the current status of experimental and clinical studies of gene therapy for liver diseases and stem cell transplantation are presented. Each section starts with a State-of-the-Art Lecture which introduces the topic. In the tradition of the Falk Symposia, this book provides an exciting overview of the current developments in the field of genetics of liver diseases, their diagnosis, treatment and prevention, presented by an international array of outstanding scientists and clinicians.

Inhalt
Basic Aspects.- State-of-the-Art Lecture I: Pharmacogenetics.- Microarray analysis and liver diseases.- Genetics of gallstone disease.- Genetics in viral hepatitis: role of HLA class I and II alleles in hepatitis C virus infection.- Liver cancer.- Hans Popper Aware Lecture: Circulatory and renal failure in cirrhosis.- Liver diseases (Part 1).- State-of-the-Art Lecture II: Hereditary haemochromatosis: the genes and the disease.- Wilson disease: practical applications of molecular approaches.- Wilson disease: therapeutic strategies.- Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: a journey through 30 years, clinical findings in relation to current biochemical knowledge.- Porphyrias.- Liver disease in cystic fibrosis.- Liver diseases (Part 2).- State-of-the-Art Lecture III: Genetics of cholestasis.- Hereditary liver diseases: screening strategies.- Gene therapy for liver diseases: experimental strategies.- Cancer gene therapy: the experience from clinical trials.- Stem cell transplantation.