Adult T-cell Leukaemia

ATL and HTLV-I-related diseases; Regulation of HTLV-I gene expression and its roles in ATL development; Epidemiology of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infection; Ethno-epidemiology of ATL in Japan with special reference to the Mongoloid dispersal; ATL of Caribbean origin; Molecular epidemiology of HTLV-I and HTLV-II; HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP); Pathophysiology of ATL cells: cell growth characteristics; Animal models of HTLV-I infection; Chemotherapy of ATL; New approaches to the treatment of ATL.