The 20th International Taurine Meeting Taurine and Brain Health program and abstracts may 23-27, 2016 The Plaza Hotel Seoul, korea by the Organizing Committee of the 20

Biology and Chemistry of Taurine Derivatives I

Chairperson: Simo S. Oja (University of Tampere, Finland) & Chaekyun Kim (Inha University, Korea)

9:00 - 9:35 Lecture 4

Opposing effects of taurine and taurine chloramine on the fate of neutrophils in inflammation

Janusz Marcinkiewicz

Chair of Immunology Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

9:35 - 10:00 Oral Presentation 5

Effect of N-(D-Ribopyranosyl)taurinesodium salt on differentiation of human preadipocytes and the expression of adipokines through inhibition of the STAT-3 signaling pathway in differentiated human adipocytes

Kyoung Soo Kim¹, Hyung-In Yang², Sung Hoon Kim³

¹East-West Bone and Joint Disease Research Institute, KyoungHee University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Chemistry, Kunkook University, Seoul, Korea

10:00 - 10:25 Oral Presentation 6

The interaction of hypotaurine and other sulfinates with reactive oxygen and nitrogen species: a survey of scavenger action and mechanisms of reaction

Alessia Baseggio Conrado¹^,², Mila D’Angelantonio³, Laura Pecci¹, Mario Fontana¹

¹Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Sapienza Università di Roma – Roma, Italia
²Photobiology Unit, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School – Dundee, UK
³ISOF, CNR, Area della Ricerca di Bologna - Bologna, Italy

10:25 - 10:45 Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:30 Special free tour (Tong-Tong Tour) to new Seoul City Hall with English guide for accompanying persons in Taurine Meeting (Tour stars at 10:15)

10:45 - 12:10 Session V