PROGRAM

 

Sunday, May 26

 

 

 

5:00 – 8:00 PM

Open Registration

8:00 PM

Welcome Reception

 

 

 

Monday, May 27

 

 

 

7:30 AM

 

Breakfast

 

 

 

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Registration

 

 

 

Session I: Complement

Co-Chairs: Anna Erdei, Paul P. Morgan

 

 

 

9:00 AM

1

Complement as the lynchpin of innate immune defence in the central nervous system.

B.P. Morgan and P. Gasque

 

 

9:25 AM

2

Modulation of the adaptive immune response by innate elements.

A. Erdei, Zs. Bajtay, J. Prechl, M. Józsi, K. Kerekes, E. Molnár

 

 

9:45 AM

3

Complement activation and deflection of innate immunity during sepsis.

P.A. Ward, N. Riedemann, M. Huber-Lang, V. Sarma, J.D. Lambris, and F. Zetoune.

 

 

10:05 AM

4

Fibronectin is upregulated by the anaphylatoxin C5a in hepatic stellate cells from rat liver.

O. Götze, M. Schmitz  and G. Schlaf

 

 

10:25 AM

5

L-Ficolin/P35 Associates to MASP-1, -2, -3 and MAp19 with high affinity and competes with MBL.

N. Thielens, S. Cseh, L. Vera, M. Matsushita, T Fujita & G. Arlaud

 

 

10:45 AM

6

Inhibition of tissue factor abrogates Instant Blood-Mediated Islet Reaction (IBMIR) in vitro: Possible application in clinical allogeneic pancreatic islet transplantation.

B. Nilsson, L. Özmen, A. Lukinius, H. Johansson, G. Elgue, K. Nilsson Ekdahl, O. Korsgren,

 

 

11:05 AM

7

Rational design of a complement inhibitor targeting C3.

D. Morikis, L. Spuce, C. Floudas, and J.D. Lambris

 

 

 

 

 

11:30 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

Session II: Development

Co-chairs: Dimitrios Mastellos, Billie J. Swalla

 

 

 

12:00 Noon

8

A critical role for the complement C5a anaphylatoxin receptor in liver regeneration

D. Mastellos, M. Markiewski, C. W. Strey, R. Tudoran, L. Greenbaum and J. D. Lambris

 

 

12:25 PM

9

The role of a newly-identified heterologous crosstalk between G-protein coupled seven transmemrbrane span receptors - chemokine receptor CXCR4 and complement C3aR in human hemato-lymphopoiesis and innate immunity.

R. Reca, M. Majka, J. Kijowski, D. Mastellos, S. Franchini, J.D. Lambris & M. Z. Ratajczak

 

 

12:45 PM

10

Expression patterns of C3 and Bf genes during embryo development in the Ascidian Ciona Intestinalis (Urochordata).

P.R. Pinto, F. Yoshizaki, Y. Kimura, R. Marino, R. De Santis, M. Nonaka, J.D. Lambris

 

 

1:05 PM

11

The activation of the innate immune system during Ascidian Metamorphosis

B.J. Swalla and B.J. Davidson

 

 

1:30 PM

12

Hemolin is an insect immune protein crucial for embryonic development.

R. Bettencourt, Y. Assefaw Redda, O. Terenius, and I. Faye

 

 

 

 

 

1:55 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:30

 

Dinner at a local Greek Taverna in Myconos Center

The bus will depart from the “Royal Myconian Hotel” at 6:00 pm

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 28

 

 

 

7:30 AM

 

Breakfast

 

 

 

Session III: NK, Mast Cells, and DC

Co-chairs: Doina Ganea, Peter Parham

 

 

 

9:00 AM

13

Interaction of human NK cells with tumor targets and with other members of the innate immune response.

A. Moretta

 

 

9:25 AM

14

Co-evolution of NK Cell Receptors and MHC Class I.

P. Parham

 

 

9:50 AM

15

Role of Natural Killer Cells as Long-Term Viral Reservoir And Sanctuary For HIV-1 In Patients.

A. Valentin, M. Rosati, R. Yarchoan, G.N. Pavlakis

 

 

10:15 AM

16

Mast Cells as Sentinels and Effectors of Innate Immunity.

S.J. Galli

 

 

10:40 AM

17

Neuropeptides control cytokine and chemokine production by dendritic cells.

D. Ganea, E. Vassiliou, M. Delgado, X. Jiang

 

 

 

 

 

11:05 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

11:30 AM

 

Poster Session

 

 

 

 

18

Gilthead seabream acidophilic granulocytes are active phagocytic cells and produce IL-1b

E. Chaves-Pozo, P. Pelegrin, J. Garcia-Castillo, A. Tomas-Loba, A. Garcia-Ayala, V. Mulero, J. Meseguer

 

 

 

19

Expression and identification of leucocyte receptors mediating innate cytotoxic activity in the Mediterranean gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.)

A. Cuesta, M.A. Esteban, J. Meseguer

 

 

 

20

Molecular cloning and expression analysis of TNF a from a marine fish reveal its constitutive expression and ubiquitous nature. 

J. Garcia-Castillo, P. Pelegrin, E. Chaves-Pozo, A. Tomas-Loba, V. Mulero, J. Meseguer

 

 

 

21

Genomic structure and expression analysis of two pleurocidin gene clusters from the winter flounder, pleuronectes americanus.

S. E. Douglas and J.W. Gallant

 

 

 

22

Structure and activation of the limulus amebocyte.

M. Conrad, R. Pardy, N. Wainwright, A. Child, K. Lee, W. Cohen, and P. Armstrong

 

 

 

23

Structure and activation of non-mammalian thrombocytes.

K-G Lee, T. Miller, I. Anastassov, and W.D. Cohen

 

 

 

24

A pattern recognition receptor activates Imd/Relish-mediated antibacterial defense and prophenoloxidase cascade in drosophila.

S.Kurata

 

 

 

25

Antitumor activities of gaegurin 6 against wild-type and multidrug resistant tumor cell.

B.J. Lee, S. Kim, S.S. Kim, Y.-J. Bang, S-J. Kim

 

 

 

26

Identification and characterization of xenopus CD8+ T cells that express a NK cell-associated molecule.

J. Robert, .L Rau, T. Horton, J. Gantress, A. Bell, R. Stewart, N. Cohen, & J. Horton

 

 

 

27

A peptidoglycan recognition protein with amidase activity.

P. Mellroth, J. Karlsson, H. Steiner, H

 

 

 

28

Interaction of Ascorbic Acid with several genotoxic agents. Studies using the wing spot test in Drosophila melanogaster.

B. Kaya, A. Creus, A. Velázquez, A. Yanikoglu and R. Marcos

 

 

 

29

Cytokine response to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection: a bridge between innate and adaptive immune systems.

Y. Mizrachi Nebenzahl E. Ling, N. Troyanovsky, G. Feldman, R. Dagan

 

 

 

30

S. Pneumoniae surface lectin and non-lectin proteins as putative vaccine against mucosal and invasive diseases.

Y. Mizrachi Nebenzahl., E. Ling, G. Feldman, S. Lifshitz, M. Portnoi, K. Overweg, J. Wells, R. Dagan

 

 

 

31

CD59 Expression promotes EL4 tumor growth in syngeneic C57BL/6 Mice.

M. Imai, F. Hong, G.D. Ross, and S. Tomlinson

 

 

 

32

Functional dissection of ETS transcription factor MEF and its synergistic upregulation of the lysozyme gene expression with KLF family members, UKLF and LKLF.

M. Suico, T. Koyanagi, S. Ise, Z. Lu, A. Hisatsune, Y. Seki, T. Shuto, Y. Isohama, T. Miyata, H. Kai

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

Calnexin and ƒ´F508 CFTR are colocalized in the inclusion body-like structures in the endoplasmic reticulum.

T. Okiyoneda, K. Harada, K. Yamahira, T. Shuto, H. Kai.

 

 

 

34

ETS2 is involved in protein kinase C-activated expression of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in human airway epithelial cell line, A549.

Z. Lu, K.A .Kim, M.A. Suico, A. Uto, Y. Seki, T. Shuto, Y. Isohama, T. Miyata and H. Kai

 

 

 

35

Neuropeptides affect the expression and release of TH1/TH2-specific chemokines in murine spleen cells.

D. Ganea, X. Jiang.

 

 

 

36

Suppression of Hepatitis B Virus gene expression and replication by IL-4.

C. Hu, S.-J. Lin, C. Chang

 

 

 

37

Carp granulocytes in bacterial infection.

T. Moritomo, H. Kodama, K. Tijiwa, and T. Nakanishi

 

 

 

38

CR2 units of CR2 complexes are possibly associated through covalent links reactive with necleophilic agents.

G. Barile, M. Grazia Di Certo and A. Faggioni

 

 

 

 

 

1:30 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 29

 

 

 

7:30 AM

 

Breakfast

 

 

 

8:30 AM–1:30 PM

Delos Tours

 

 

 

1:30 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

Session IV: Evolution

Co-chairs: John J. Marchalonis, Masaru Nonaka

 

5:00 PM

39

Innate immunity and the primordial combinatorial repertoire.

J.J. Marchalonis

 

 

5:25 PM

40

Evolution of the complement system from invertebrates to vertebrates.

M. Nonaka, S. Miyazawa, F. Yoshizaki, K. Endo

 

 

5:50 PM

41

Molecular basis of non-self recognition by the horseshoe crab tachylectins.

S-I. Kawabata

 

 

6:15 PM

42

Heat shock proteins: and evolutionary bridge between innate and adaptive immunity.

J. Robert, J. Gantress, A. Bell, G. Maniero, N. Cohen & L. Rau

6:35 PM

43

ATP Is involved in the secretion of mature fish IL-1beta

Pelegrin P, Garcia-Castillo J, Chaves-Pozo E, Tomas-Loba A, Mulero V and Meseguer J

 

 

6:50 PM

44

A novel cathelicidin antimicrobial gene from the harbour seal, phoca vitulina.

G. McLaughlin and V.J. Smith

 

 

 

7:05-7:20 PM

45

Scavenger receptor-like activity in rainbow trout kidney.

M.K. Frøystad, V. Volden, E.S Bækkevold , T. Berg, and T. Gjøen

 

 

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner

 

 

 

Thursday, May 30

 

 

 

7:30 AM

 

Breakfast

 

 

 

Session V: Host-Pathogen Interactions

Co-Chairs: Harvey H. Friedman, Matyas Sandor

 

 

 

9:00 AM

46

Complement immune evasion strategies of microorganisms.

H.M. Friedman, M. Jiang, K. Judson, Y. Chang, L. Hook, X. Lin, J. Lubinski

 

 

9:25 AM

47

C3 contributes to protection, pathology and T cell epitope selection in the course of LCMV infection

M. Sandor, D. Sewell, Z. Fabry, M. Salvato, J.D. Lambris, M. Suresh

 

 

9:50 AM

48

Phosphoethanolamine substitutions on neisserial lipooligosaccharide are the preferred acceptors for C4.

P.A. Rice, A. Cox, R. Boden, E.R. Moxon, S. Meriý, U. Vogel and S. Ram.

 

 

10:10 AM

49

Interaction between microbial virulence factors and host innate immune response determines Streptococcus pneumoniae disease outcome.

Yaffa Mizrachi Nebenzahl, Sarit Lifshitz, Sara Novick, Rachel Teitelbaum, Galina Feldman, Maxim Portnoi, Ron Dagan.

 

 

10:30 AM

50

Reactive oxygen species-dependent pathway mediates the activation of interferon regulatory Factor 3 by lipopolysaccharide.

L. Navarro, O. Dang and M. David

 

 

 

 

 

10:50 AM

 

Coffee Break

 

 

 

Session VI: Host-Pathogen Interactions

Co-chairs: Bruce Beutler, Bo Nilsson

 

 

 

11:30 AM

51

A forward genetic approach to innate immune defense.

B. Beutler

 

 

11:55 AM

52

Staphylococcal toxin superantigens:  Understanding the mechanism of their action and engineering receptor mimics to inhibit superantigen pathogenesis.

E. Hong-Geller, J. Smith, N. Lehnert, M. Möllhoff, P.R. Shiflett, P.E. Pardington, R.B. Cary, and G. Gupta

11:15 PM

53

Glucocorticoids synergistically enhance nontypeable haemophilus influenzae-induced Toll-like Receptor 2 expression via a negative cross-talk with p38 MAP kinase.

T. Shuto, A. Imasato, H. Jono, A. Sakai, H Xu, T. Watanabe, D.R. Rixter, H. Kai, A. Andalibi, F. Linthicum, Y.L. Guan, J. Han, A.C. Cato, D.J. Lim, S. Akira and J.D. Li

 

 

12:35 PM

54

Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 are expressed in human keratinocytes.

A. Pivarcsi, B. Réthi, A. Kenderessy-Szabó, M. Széll, Zs. Beer, Zs. Bata-Csörgõ, , M. Magócsi,  É. Rajnavölgyi, A. Dobozy, L. Kemény

 

 

12:55 PM

55

Lipid mediators and nitric oxide in control of innate response in pulmonary microcirculation.

S. Chlopicki, J.B. Bartus, M.Walski, R.J. Gryglewski

 

 

1:15 PM

56

Evidence for cathelicidin peptide-mediated induction of cell death and identification of potential cathelicidin interactors in effector cells of immune response.

M. Zanetti, A. Sgorbissa, R. Circo, L. Tomasinsig, B. Skerlavaj, A. Risso, P. Bernardi

 

 

 

1:35 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Gala Dinner