GENERAL INFORMATION

Accommodations

The conference participants will be staying at the Minoa Palace Hotel (5 star) or Porto Platanias Hotel (5 star) , which are located in Platanias, 24 km from Chania International Airport and 12 km west of Chania town center. The Porto Platanias Hotel is walking distance from the Conference Center.

 

Breakfast

Breakfast will be served at the accommodation Hotel during the hours scheduled in this program.

 

Conference Venue

The Minoa Palace Conference Center is located at the Minoa Palace hotel. 

 

Oral Presentations

An LCD projector will be available for the oral presentations. Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive or CD to the conference reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session.  The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

 

Posters

Posters should be mounted Saturday, June 21, from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm on the designated boards and dismounted at the end of the meeting. The dimensions of the boards are 90 cm wide x 140 cm high. Adhesive tape for mounting the posters on the boards will be available at the poster area.

 

Internet

Internet will be available for participants during the meeting hours free of charge.

 

All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking.

 

 

 





Saturday, June 21

 

5:00 - 8:00 PM

Open Registration

8:00 PM

 

Welcome Reception/Dinner

 

 

 

Sunday, June 22

 

 

 

8:45 AM

 

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

 

 

 

 

Session I

Systems Approaches - Inflammation

Chairs:JD Lambris, S Subramaniam

 

 

 

9:00 AM

1

The macrophage lipidome

S Subramaniam

9:25 AM

2

The genetic architecture of diet-induced obesity

DA Buchner, LC Burrage, AE Hill, EJ Vazquez, M Rosca, P Solinas, S Yazbek, H Shao, ES Lander, CL Hoppel, and JH Nadeau

9:50 AM

3

Complement: From Behind the Scenes Into the Spotlight

JD.Lambris

10:15 AM

4

Regulation of inflammatory cell recruitment by endothelial adhesion receptors

T Chavakis

10:40 AM

5

Pentraxins at the interface between humoral and cellular innate immunity

A Mantovani

 

 

 

11:05 AM

 

Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

 

 

 

 

Session II

TLR

Chairs: T Espevik, LA O’Neill

 

 

 

12:00 Noon

6

Increasing complexity in innate immune signalling

LA O’Neill

12:25 PM

7

Negative regulation of  TLR signaling by Bcl-3

RJ Carmody, Q Ruan, S Palmer, B Hilliard, and YH Chen

12:50 PM

8

Interleukin 10 enhances production of soluble MD-2 and CD14 – possible roles in systemic inflammation

T Espevik, Ř Sandanger, L Ryan, H Husebye, and M Hjelmseth

1:15 PM

9

Role of macrophage lipid rafts in TLR signaling, uptake, and intracellular fate of bacterial pathogens

G Hajishengallis and M Wang

1:40 PM

10

Membrane sorting of Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2/6 and TLR2/1 heterodimers at the cell surface determines heterotypic associations with CD36 and intracellular targeting

F Gamper, MA Mouratis, RM Haston, S Morath, T Hartung, M Triantafilou, and K Triantafilou

1:55 PM

11

Molecular mechanisms of Toll-like receptor activation

N Pirher, J Vašl, N Resman, K Ivičak, J Pohar, M Benčina, and R Jerala                                                                                                                 

 

 

 

2:10 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at a local Greek Tavern

The bus for the tavern will depart from the hotel at 7:30 PM

 

 

 

Monday, June 23

 

 

Session III

NK Cells

Chairs: A. Moretta, E Vivier

 

 

 

9:00 AM

12

Definition, traffic and function of natural killer cells

E Vivier

9:25 AM

13

Differential contribution of CD56 bright and CD56 dull natural killer cell subsets to innate and adaptive immune responses

A Moretta

9:50 AM

14

The structural basis of recognition of HLA-E by the CD94-NKG2 receptors

AG Brooks, L C Sullivan, C Clements, E Petrie, J Lin, D Johnson, H Hoare, T Beddoe, H Reid, and J Rossjohn

10:15 AM

15

Natural killer cell immunogenetics

P Parham

10:40 AM

16

Lysis of endogenously infected CD4+ T cell blasts by rIL-2 activated autologous natural killer cells from HIV-infected viremic individuals

D Mavilio, M Fogli, E Brunetta, S Varchetta, K Ata, G Roby, C Kovacs, D Follmann, D Pende, J Ward, E Barker, E Marcenaro, A Moretta, and AS Fauci

 

 

 

11:05 AM

 

Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

 

 

Session IV

Complement

Chairs: J Köhl, W. Song

 

 

 

12:00 Noon

17

C5a receptor is part of a novel pathogen recognition system

J Aliberti and J Köhl

12:25 PM

18

Roles of C5aR and C5L2 in experimental sepsis

PA Ward, D Rittirsch, MA Flierl, C Gerard, and K Cianflone

12:50 PM

19

Coincidental complement activation by TLR ligands in vivo amplifies TLR-dependent inflammation

X Zhang, Y Kimura, L Zhou, T Miwa, and WC Song

1:15 PM

20

Complement cascade (CC) cleavage fragments - C3a and C5a anaphylatoxins – as new unexpected hypoxia-related stimulators of erythropoiesis

J Ratajczak, M Wysoczynski, and MZ Ratajczak

1:40 PM

21

A dual role of the C5a receptor (C5aR) in acute and chronic dextran sulphate induced models of inflammatory bowel disease

K Johswich, M Martin, A Bleich, M Kracht, O Dittrich-Breiholz, JE Gessner, S Suerbaum, C Rheinheimer, and A Klos

1:55 PM

22

C5a receptor is required for ethanol-induced TNF-α expression and hepatocyte injury

S Roychowdhury, MR McMullen, MT Pritchard, ME Medof, AF Stavitsky, and LE Nagy

 

 

 

2:10 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at Local Greek Tavern

 

The bus for the tavern will depart from the hotel at 7:30 PM

 

Tuesday, June 24

 

 

 

Session V

Complement

Chairs: B Ghebrehiwet, M Huber-Lang

 

 

 

8:30 AM

23

Structural insights into central steps of complement activation

BJC Janssen, FJ Milder, MA Hadders, J Wu, A Stortelder, L Gomes, A Schouten, and P Gros

8:55 AM

24

The complement and kallikrein-kinin systems: Two proinflammatory pathways triggered by gC1qR

B Ghebrehiwet and EI Peerschke

9:20 AM

25

Early changes of the serine protease system and complement regulatory proteins (CReg) after severe tissue injury humans

M Huber-Lang, M Martin, A Blom, M Nehe1r, U Bruckner, U Amara, F Gebhard, P Zipfel, and J Lambris

9:45 AM

26

Factor H and complement Factor H related proteins:From Innate Immunity to Medicine

P Zipfel

10:10 AM

27

The double-edged sword of innate immunity - attention paid to complement and CD14

TE Mollnes

10:30 AM

28

Regulation of Innate immune reactions in clinical cell transplantation

B Nilsson

 

 

 

11:00 AM

 

Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

 

 

 

Session VI

 

Host-Pathogen Interactions

Chairs: TE Mollnes, P. Ward

 

 

 

12:00 Noon

29

Altered innate immunity in HCV infection

G Szabo

12:25 PM

30

Evasion of innate immunity and the evolution of a highly virulent pathogen

SM Paquette, JD Goguen, J Mecsas, and E Lien

12:45 PM

31

Epithelial cell- dendritic cell crosstalk and immune evasion in human papillomavirus infection

MI Fernandez, AM Lennon-Dumenil, MA Marloie-Provost, P De Vos Van Steenwijk, M Heuze, M Favre, B Homey, and V Soumelis

1:05 PM

32

NLRX1 is a regulator of mitochondrial antiviral immunity

CB Moore, DT Bergstralh, JA Duncan, Z Chen, and JPY Ting

1:20 PM

33

Inhibition of influenza a viruses by proteins of the innate immune system

PC Reading, ER Job, AG Brooks, EC Crouch, B Bottazzi, and A Mantovani

1:35 PM

34

Does the nuclear accumulation of IRF-3 is dependent of a functional nuclear localization sequence?

A Bibeau-Poirier, JF Clément and MJ Servant

1:50 PM

35

Structures of cognate and non-cognate ligands of CXCR4

E Lolis

 

 

 

2:10 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

3:00 PM

 

City Tour

The bus for the city tour will depart from the hotel at 3:00 PM

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Dinner at a local Greek Tavern

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 25

 

 

 

Session VII

NK Cells – Inflammation

Chairs: L. Moretta, Y Paterson

 

 

 

9:00 AM

36

Human NK cells: from receptors to the cure of high risk leukemias

L Moretta, F Locatelli, D Pende, MC Mingari, and A Moretta

9:25 AM

37

Structural studies of class Ib MHC

CS Clements, L Zeng, N G Walpole, L C Sullivan, D Johnson, J Lin, L Kjer-Nielsen, J McCluskey, J Rossjohn, and AG Brooks

9:40 AM

38

A minimal binding footprint on Cd1d-glycolipid is a basis for selection of the unique human NKT TCR

KS Wun, NA Borg, L Kjer-Nielsen, T Beddoe, R Koh, SK Richardson, M Thakur, AR Howell, JP Scott-Browne, L Gapin, DI Godfrey, J McCluskey and J Rossjohn

9:55 AM

39

Variability of UL40 sequences in human cytomegalovirus isolated from HSCT patients: The impact on recognition by natural killer cells

LC Sullivan, SL Heatley, and AG Brooks

10:10 AM

40

Critical role of phospholipase C γ2 (PLC γ 2) in autoimmune inflammation

Z Jakus, E Simon, D Győri, and A Mócsai

10:25 AM

41

Vessel-associated stem cells attraction by inflammatory and alternatively activated human macrophages

K Lolmede, S Brunelli, and P Rovere-Querini

10:40 AM

42

Advanced age is associated with increased pulmonary inflammation after burn injury and can be abrogated by treatment with anti-CXCR2 inhibition

EJ Kovacs, DE Faunce, CR Gomez, and V Nomellini

11:05 AM

 

Coffee Break & Poster Viewing

 

 

Session VIII

Host Pathogen Interactions

Chairs: P Parham, L Romani

 

 

 

12:00 Noon

43

Deciphering the lexicon between fungi and mammalian innate immunity

L Romani

12:25 PM

44

Using listerial virulence factors to stimulate innate immunity

Y Paterson

12:50 PM

45

Characterization of a Baboon model of Sepsis-induced organ dysfunction and its use for testing novel therapeutic agents

F Lupu, G Kinasewitz, TE Mollnes, JLambris, and FB Taylor

1:10 PM

46

Modulation of the host immune response by schistosome glycoconjugates

CMW Van Stijn, S Meyer, B Tefsen, E Van Liempt, Y Van Kooyk, A Imberty, R Geyer, and I Van Die

1:25 PM

47

Anthrax lethal toxin triggers the formation of a membrane-associated inflammasome complex in murine macrophages

AM Nour, YG Yeung, L Santambrogio, ER Stanley, and J Brojatsch

1:40 PM

48

Interderon-alpha receptor-deficient mice display prolonged survival during infection with Salmonella Typhimurium

S Sad

1:55 PM

49

Strategies to develop innate immunity inert biomaterial surfaces – lessons learned from nature

KN Ekdahl, PH Nilsson, AE Engberg, JD Lambris, and B Nilsson

 

 

 

2:10 PM

 

Concluding Remarks

 

 

 

2:15 PM

 

Lunch

 

 

 

8:00 PM

 

Gala Dinner

 

 

Thursday, June 26

 

 

 

7:30 AM

 

Breakfast

 

 

 

 

 

Departure

 

POSTERS

 

50

Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A binds complement regulator factor I and increases factor I cleavage of C3b

KM Cunnion, PS Hair, MD Ward, OJ Semmes, and TJ Foster

 

51

Rapid clearance of bacterial pathogens: boosting innate immunity

A Chaudhary, M Norvell1, G Gupta, S Uratsu, S McFarland, M Dandekar, and K McDonald

 

52

Monocyte expression of CD163 receptor for haemoglobin is modulated by cardiac surgery

J Krejsek, P Kunes, M Kolackova, M Trojackova, K Jankovicova, and C Andrys

 

53

Involvement of cellular factors during the respiratory vaccinia virus entry in the lung

J Perino, A-L Favier, J-M Crance, and D Garin

 

54

Screening of Cytokines in human colostrum and milk

J Burianova, M Kverka, I Kocourkova, L Tuckova, JCinova, R Lodinova-Zadnikova, and H Tlaskalova-Hogenova

 

55

Identification and functional analysis of KIR2DS5+ NK cells by the use of a novel mAB reactive with KIR2D molecules

M Della Chiesa, M Falco, E Romeo, R Augugliaro, C Bottino, A Moretta, L Moretta, and M Vitale

 

56

Innate immunity plays an important role in desmin deficient cardiomyopathy

M Mavroidis, S Psarras, I Kostavassili, and Y Capetanaki

 

57

Role of C5a receptors in protection against klebsiella pneumonia

FS Zetoune, A Mattar, G Atefi, JV Sarma, MR Hemmila, and PA Ward

 

58

Cytolytic molecules involved in non-self recognition in Eisenia fetida earthworms

P Procházková, M Šilerová, J Felsberg, R Josková, G Josens, A Beschin, P De Baetselier, and M Bilej1

 

59

Preferential development of CD4 and CD8 T regulatory cells in RasGRP1-deficient mice

X Chen, SJ Teh, and HS Teh

 

60

The role properdin in dendritic cell maturation

NA Salehen and C Stover

 

61

Response of porcine primary macrophages to in vitro infection with Mycobacterium avium: intracellular detection of cytokine production

P Zelnickova, H Stepanova, P Bavlova, V Beran, I Pavlik, and M Faldyna

 

62

Role of the mannose–binding lectin complement pathway in the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis opsonization  

R Gomes Toledo, W Dias da Silva, and TL Kipnis

 

63

Caspase-1 controls disease in rats challenged with anthrax lethal toxin

SM Muehlbauer, D Goldman, A Casadevall, and J Brojatsch

 

64

Flagellin induced cell reprogramming and in vivo protection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

FSX Yu

 

65

Polarized macrophages and osteoclasts: friends or foes?

L Campana, E Benasciutti, AA Manfredi, S Cenci, and P Rovere-Querini

 

66

Induction of type 1 interferon by viral haemorragic septicaemia rhabdovirus (VHSV): role of surface clycoprotein G

V Chico, M Ortega-Villaizan, A Falco, L Perez, R Mallavia, JM Coll, and A Estepa

 

67

Inhibition of C1 activation by human astrovirus coat protein

KM Cunnion, PS Hair, JQ Gronemus, KB Crawford, and NK Krishna

 

68

Stimulation of lung innate immunity protects mice broadly against bacterial, fungal and viral pneumonia

SE Evans, CG Clement, JW Peterson, BE Gilbert, G Bowden, BL Scott, MJ Tuvim, and BF Dickey

 

69

Serum concentration of H-Ficolin and the risk of Fever in neutropenia in pediatric cancer patients

LJ Schlapbach, C Aebi, A Gudmann Hansen, A Hirt, JC Jensenius, and RA Ammann

 

70

The macrophage inducible c-type lectin, mincle, is an essential componenet of the innate immune response to Candida Albicans

RB Ashman and CAWells

 

71

Mycrobacteria express within the macrophage a RAB7 deactivating factor leading to abortion of phagolysosome fusion

J Sun, T Hong, AE Deghmane, Cecilia Bucci, and Z Hmama

 

72

Natural killer cell-mediated recognition of glioblastoma cancer stem cells

R Castriconi, A Dondero, A Daga, G Corte, G Zona, L Moretta, A Moretta, and C Bottino

 

73

Evasion of toll-like receptor 5 recognition by alkaline protease of P.Aeruginosa

BW Bardoel, KP van Kessel, and JAG van Strijp

 

74

Activated Vγ9+ lymphocytes from healthy individuals and patients with progressive systemic sclerosis induce tumor necrosis factor a dependent apoptosis of fibroblasts

A Bendersky and I Bank

 

75

Staphylococcal superantigen-like 5 is a broad spectrum chemokine and anaphylatoxin inhibitor

J Bestebroer, H Azouagh, KP van Kessel, CJ de Haas, and JAG van Strijp

 

76

The detailed study of the mouse SPRET/Ei, should reveal new anti-inflammatory molecules

L Dejager, I Pinheiro, F Van Hauwermeiren, I Vanlaere, T Hochepied, and C Libert

 

77

Uropathogenic e. coli influence the immune response by the formation of biofilm

P Lüthje, M Chromek, X Wang, L Kádas, B Agerberth, U Römling, and A Brauner1

 

78

Regulation of thymosoin beta 4 in chicken macrophages

L Kannan, R Liyanage, JO Lay Jr, and NC Rath

 

79

Phenotypes of natural killer cells in Korean patients with adult-onset Still’s diseases

HS Kim, JS Lee, and DH Yoo

 

80

Human complement factor H-related protein 4 binds native pentameric CRP and recruits CRP to the surface of necrotic cells

M Mihlan, M Hebecker, M Huber-Lang, R Dahse, PF Zipfel, and M Józsi

 

81

Factor H autoantibodies block C-terminal recognition domain and inhibit host cell protective activity of factor H in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

S Strobel, H Richter, PF Hoyer, CJ Mache, C Skerka, PF Zipfel, and M Józsi

 

82

Examination of changes in porcine bronchoalveolar lavage fluid Composition during Lung infection

I Hennig-Pauka, F Blecha, KH Waldmann, and GF Gerlach

 

83

ADC-1004 is a potent c5a receptor inhibitor with low serum reactivity

E Gustafsson, K Barchan, K Bryder, C Forsberg, K Haraldsson, KPM van Kessel, L Ljung, A Rosén, JAG van Strijp, and C Furebring

 

84

Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel invertebrate-type lysozyme from Eisenia Fetida earthworm

R Joskova, M Silerova, P Prochazkova P, and M Bilej

 

85

Effect of mucosal microbiota on tumorigenesis in the mouse model of colorectal cancer

K Klimesova, P Rossmann, M Kverka, L Frolova, T Hudcovic, and H TlaskalovaHogenova

 

86

Clearance of apoptotic neutrophils is critically regulated by the opposing actions of TNF-a AND il-10

S Michlewska, I Dransfield, IL Megson, and AG Rossi

 

87

Identification of a serum factor required for enhanced phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by glucocorticoid-treated macrophages

A McColl, C Haslett, and I Dransfield

 

88

Interaction on platelet surfaces between Chondroitin sulfate and complement

PH Nilsson, OA Hamad, B Nilsson, and KN Ekdahl

 

89

Structural and functional studies of innate immune receptors for intracellular viral RNA

E Kowalinski and S Cusack

 

90

Comparaison of immunoregulatory cytokine expression patterns in the systemic and genital tract compartments of female commercial sex workers in Benin

J Lajoie, M Massinga Loembe, AC Labbé, J Poudrier, M Alary, and M Roger

 

91

Oestrogen as an innate immune defense modulator in uroepthelial cells

Ĺ Holm, A Övregaard, C Hultling, and A Brauner

 

92

Regulation of TLR4 signaling by the EGF-TM7 receptor CD97

T Miwa, L Zhang, X Zhang, DG Johns, PJ Gough, DR Manning, and W Song

 

93

THE Complement inhibitor Low molecular weight dextran sulfate preventS tLR4 mediated activation of dendritic cells

R Spirig, C van Kooten, C Obregon, L Nicod, M Daha, and R Rieben

 

94

The antifungal activity of a plant defensin requires membrane permeabilization and internalization

NL van der Weerden, FT Lay, MA Anderson, and RW Hancock

 

95

An Invertebrate functional analogue of TNF

M Silerova, R Joskova, R Van den Bergh, P Prochazkova, P Ameloot, De P Baetselier, A Beschin2, and M Bilej

 

96

Analysis of NK cell-mediated cytolytic activity against human malignant melanova cells expressing CD133, a putative stem cell-associated antigen

G Pietra, C Manzini, M Vitale, M Balsamo, L Moretta, and MC Mingari

 

97

Innate immunity mechanism in cervicovaginal epithelium in responses to PAMPs and microbicide gel niscar

KVR Reddy, SM Gupta, CC Aranha, and GM Bhonde

 

98

Matrix Metalloproteases (MMPs) play an essential role in endotoxemia

I Vanlaere, E Dejonckhere, P Van Lint, L Puimede and C Libert

 

99

Leptin modulates innate and adaptive immune cell recruitment after sub-acute cigarette smoke inhalation in mice

JH Vernooy, KR Bracke, NE Drummen, N Pauwels, RJ van Suylen, GF Joos, EF Wouters, and GG Brusselle

 

100

Stochiometry of Toll-like receptor 4 within the “LPS-sensing apparatus”

M Triantafilou, MA Mouratis, F Gamper and K Triantafilou

 

101

Chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) is part of the lipopolysaccharide “sensing apparatus”

M Triantafilou, PM Lepper, CD Briault, MAE Ahmed, JM Dmochowski, C Schumann and K Triantafilou

 

102

Synergic recognition of human Rhinoviruses by Toll-like receptors and MDA-5

M Triantafilou, E Vakakis and K Triantafilou

 

103

Human NK cells directly recognize mycrobacterium bovis and acquire the ability to interact with monocyte-derived DC

E Marcenaro, B Ferranti, S Pesce, S Parolini, L Moretta, and A Moretta

 

104

Heterogeneity of TLR3 mRNA transcripts and responsiveness to poly (I:C) in human NK cells derived from different donors

S Sivori, M Falco, S Carlomagno, E Romeo, L Moretta, and A Moretta

 

105

Anti-inflammatory effects of mycobacterial heat shock proteins tested in macrophage cell lines

Z Zakostelska, M Kverka, R van der Zee, W van Eden, and H Tlaskalova-Hogenova

 

106

Host defense peptides and pulmonary innate immune responses against B. pseudomallei

SH Sim, SP Suppiah, Y Liu, V Novem, D Wang, EE Ooi, GGY Tan

 

107

Expression of genes for complement and pentraxin proteins in dying cells: program for paying the Charon’s toll

M Korbelik and S Merchant

 

108

LPS and GM-CSF mediate a clathrin-dependent internalization and sorting of NADPH oxidase (NOX2) to a novel class of stimulus-regulated secretory cesicles in mono-nuclear phogocytes

P Ejlerskov, D Ploug, J Burritt, B van Deurs, and F Vilhardt

 

109

Lipopolysaccharides from atherosclerosis-associated bacteria antagonize TLR4, induce formation of TLR2/1/CD36 complexes in lipid rafts and trigger TLR2-induced inflammatory responses in human vascular endothelial cells

F Gamper, PM Lepper, C Schumann, E Harokopakis, RE Schifferle, G Hajishengallis, M Triantafilou and K Triantafilou

 

110

Mutations in NALP12 cause hereditary periodic fever syndromes

I Jéru, P Duquesnoy, T Fernandes-Alnemri, E Cochet, JW Yu, M Lackmy-Port-Lis, E Grimprel, G Gilles, ES Alnemri, and S Amselem

 

111

Substrate induced activity of zymogen MASP-2

A Kocsis, J Balczer, V Harmat, P Závodszky, and P Gál

 

112

Control of Listeria monocytogenes via intracellular recognition and autophagy in Drosophila

S Kurata

 

113

Ligation of CD137 on neutrophils by monoclonal antibody markedly increases the survival of listeria-infected mice

SC Lee, SA Ju, SMin Park and BS Kim

 

114

Development of immune responses against Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in murine models of melioidosis

Y Liu, J Thong, SH Sim, D Wang, EE Ooi, and G Tan

 

115

NK cells stimulated by CD16 promote maturation of autologous dendritic cells

ME Márquez and HD Stekman

 

116

Effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the inflammatory cytokines mRNA expression and protein concentration in LPS activated macrophages

JR Palacio, N Semis, and P Martínez

 

117

Response of porcine macrophages to in vitro infection with Mycobacterium avium: detection of cytokine and inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression

B Pavlova, H Stepanova, P Zelnickova, V Beran, I Pavlik, and M Faldyna

 

118

Interaction of porcine macrophages with Mycobacterium avium in vitro: detection of surface markers and Xiehl-Neelsen staining of infected Macrophages

H Stepanova, P Zelnickova, B Pavlova, V Beran, I Pavlik, and M Faldyna

 

119

Molecular and functional analysis of NK cell activity in cancer

A Stojanovic, IE Galani, L Li, N Gretz and A Cerwenka

 

120

Interaction of Allergens with cells of the innate immune system

M A Street and BA Helm

 

121

Uncoupling protein 2 inhibits mast cell histamine production and activation

M Tagen, A Elorza, O Shirihai, and TC Theoharides

 

122

The exocytosis regulator synaptotagmin V controls phagocytosis in macrophages

AF Vinet, M Fukuda, and A Descoteaux

 

123

The studies in various murine strains with defects in activation of complement cascade (CC) reveal both pivotal and pleiotropic role of CC in mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells

M Wysoczynski, R Reca, M Kucia, W Wan, M Botto, J Ratajczak & M Z Ratajczak

 

124

Molecular mechanism of Caspase-1 activation by pyrin in autoinflammatory disease

JW Yu, T Fernandes-Alnemri, P Datta, and ES Alnemri

 

125

Factor H autoantibodies in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome develop on a background of CFHR1 and CFHR3 deficiency

C Skerka, B Uzonyi, H Richter, C Licht, S Strobel, S Heinen , M Józsi and PF Zipfel

 

126

Changes of the complement system activity in posttraumatic stress disorder

LP Hovhannisyan, GM Mkrtchyan, AS Boyajyan, and SH Sukiasian

 

127

Sex- Differentiation in correlation of fibrinogen with cellular factors of innate immunity

B Pantelis,. S Helen, and V Panagiota

 

128

 

Intra-articularly localized Herpes symplex virus dna induces arthritis

A Shestakov, K Eriksson, and M Magnusson

 

129

Dendritic cells within the pregnant mouse uterus influence growth and functional properties of uterine NK cells via the production of IL-12 and IL-15

C M Karsten, A Wagner, and A Kruse

 

130

Macrophage receoptors for influenza a virus – role of the macrophage galactose-type lectin and mannose receptor in viral entry

P C Reading , J P Upham, D Pickett, T Irimura, and E M Anders

 

131

Undertaker/Retinophilin, a Drosophila Junctophilin links draper and drCed-6 to calcium Homeostasis during Phagocytosis

L Cuttell, A Vaughan, E Silva, CJ Escaron, M Lavine, E Van Goethem, JP Eid, M Quirin, and NC Franc

 

132

Measurement of nf-kb translocation and CpG internalization and trafficking within circulating human plasmacytoid dendritic cells using high-speed quantitative imaging flow cytometry

TC George, PJ Morrissey, C Cui, S Singh, and PFitzgerald-Bocarsly

 

133

Requirement for a Drosophila E3-Ubiquitin Ligase in Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells

Elizabeth Silva, Hiu Wan Au-Yeung, Emeline Van Goethem, Jemima Burden, and Nathalie C. Franc

 

134

Undertaker/Retinophilin, a Drosophila Junctophilin Links Draper and drCed-6 to Calcium Homeostasis during Phagocytosis

Leigh Cuttell, Andrew Vaughan, Elizabeth Silva, Claire J. Escaron, Mark Lavine, Emeline Van Goethem, Jean-Pierre Eid, Magali Quirin and Nathalie C. Franc