Main description:

This is the second edition of this proceedings. Contributors include leading names in the field of research, addressing mutiple topics, which were covered at the last Osteoimmunology conference.

Contents:

Osteoimmunology: An Introduction.- NF- B and inflammatory bone loss: "alternative" family members take their place at the table.- Adaptive immune responses and bone.- Intracellular calcium signaling for osteoclast differentiation.- Lessons from Glucocorticoid Receptor action in Bone: New ways to avoid side effects of steroid therapy.- A Tak1/p38 signaling axis regulates Runx2 activity and osteoblast functions.- Parathyroid hormone: A dynamic regulator of bone, immune, and hematopoietic cells.- Sphingosine-1-phosphate and chemokines in the control of osteoclast precursors migration visualized by intravital multiphoton microscopy.- T cells mediate the effects of PTH in bone.- The relationship between inflammation, destruction and remodeling in chronic joint diseases.- Regulation of RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis by TGF-b.- Effects of the Interleukin-1 Cytokine Family on Bone.- DAP12 regulates the osteoclast cytoskeleton Osteoclasts determinanats and implications for therapy.