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Joint meeting: Fibrosis (J2) (Registration for one meeting allows attendance at either meeting, pending space availability.)


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Meeting Program

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Tuesday, January 20
3:00 - 7:30 PM Registration Longs Peak Foyer
6:30 - 7:30 PM Refreshments Longs Peak Foyer
7:30 - 8:30 PM Keynote Address
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
Stephen T. Holgate, Southampton General Hospital, UK
Overview of Asthma and Identification of Unmet Clinical Needs
Wednesday, January 21
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Quandary 1-3
8:00 - 11:00 AM Risk Factors, Early Life Events and Innate Mechanisms
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
Patrick G. Holt, University of Western Australia, Australia
Early Life Events that Influence Allergic Status
Scott T. Weiss, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Vitamin D and Allergy/Asthma Prevalence
David B. Lewis, Stanford University, USA
Influence of Virus Infection in Early Life on the Development of Asthma
Marsha Wills-Karp, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Complement and Allergic Asthma
Following Session is for Fibrosis (J2)
8:00 - 11:00 AM Cellular Basis of Fibrosis: Focus on the Lung
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
David A. Schwartz, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
The Interplay of Environment and Genetics in Airway Fibrosis and Asthma
Richard P. Phipps, University of Rochester, USA
Fibroblast Heterogeneity and Fibrosis
Harold A. Chapman, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Epithelial Mesenchymal Transitions in Fibrosis
Boris Hinz, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Myofibroblasts and Mechanical Signal Transduction
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Paek Foyer
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Poster Setup Quandary 1-3
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Quandary 1-3
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 1: Genes and Gene: Environment Interactions in Allergy and Asthma
Grays 1-3
* Donata Vercelli, University of Arizona, USA
Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts, , USA
Following Workshop is for Fibrosis (J2)
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 1: EMT, Plasticity and the Origin of Fibroblasts
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts, , USA
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Structural and Resident Cells of the Lung
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
Michael J. Holtzman, Washington University, USA
New Immune Pathways for Allergy and Asthma
Steven F. Ziegler, Benaroya Research Institute, USA
TSLP and Epithelial Cells and Promotion of Th2 Responses
Maria do Carmo Leite-de-Moraes, CNRS, UMR 8147, France
NKT Cells in the Lung
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
Following Session is for Fibrosis (J2)
5:00 - 7:00 PM Liver Fibrosis
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Anna Mae Diehl, Duke University Medical Center, USA
The Cellular Biology and Clinical Spectrum of Liver Fibrosis
John P. Iredale, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Liver Fibrosis: A Dynamic Model of Inflammation and Repair
Scott L. Friedman, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
Genetic Determinants of Fibrosis Progression
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Quandary 1-3
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 1
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Quandary 1-3
Thursday, January 22
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Quandary 1-3
8:00 - 11:00 AM Effector Mechanisms and Cells
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
Sally E. Wenzel, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Asthma Phenotypes: Are we Closing the Link to Pathobiology?
Juan Rivera, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, USA
Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in Allergy and Asthma
Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Yale University, USA
The Roles of Inflammasomes in Allergic Disease
Frances E. Lund, Trudeau Institute, USA
CD38, NAD Breakdown and Migration of Inflammatory Cells
Following Session is for Fibrosis (J2)
8:00 - 11:00 AM The Immunology and Cell Biology of Fibrosis
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Thomas A. Wynn, National Institutes of Health, USA
Role of IL-13 and its Receptors in Inflammation and Fibrosis
Rebecca G. Wells, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Mechanics and Hepatic Stellate Cell Function in Liver Fibrosis
Paul W. Noble, Duke University, USA
Regulation and Lung Injury and Repair: Toll Like Receptors and Innate Immunity
Victor J. Thannickal, University of Michigan, USA
Apoptosis and Fibroblast Survival in Fibrogenesis
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Paek Foyer
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Poster Setup Quandary 1-3
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Quandary 1-3
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 2: Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms
Grays 1-3
* Paul B. Rothman, University of Iowa, USA
* Bart N. Lambrecht, Ghent University, Belgium
Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts, , USA
Following Workshop is for Fibrosis (J2)
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 2: Model Systems for Studying Fibrosis
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts, , USA
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Immune Regulation
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
Valerie Julia, INSERM, France
Breast Milk-Mediated Transfer of an Antigen Induces Tolerance and Protection from Allergic Asthma
Catherine M. Hawrylowicz, King's College London, UK
IL-10 and T Regulatory Cells
Yong-Jun Liu, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Immune Regulation by Dedritic Cells, TSLP and Cytokines
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
Following Session is for Fibrosis (J2)
5:00 - 7:00 PM Renal Fibrosis
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Jeffrey B. Kopp, National Institutes of Health, USA
Overview of Renal Fibrosis
Agnes Fogo, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Animal Models and the Reversibility of Renal Fibrosis
H. William Schnaper, Northwestern University, USA
TGF-beta Signaling in Renal Fibrosis
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Quandary 1-3
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 2
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Quandary 1-3
Friday, January 23
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Quandary 1-3
8:00 - 11:00 AM Asthma, Allergy and Tissue Remodeling (Joint)
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays Peak / Longs Peak
Stephen J. Galli, Stanford University, USA
Mast Cells and Tissue Remodeling
Speaker to be Announced,
James J. Lee, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, USA
Eosinophils Orchestrate Allergic Pulmonary Responses: Who's your Daddy Now T Cells!
Jack A. Elias, Yale School of Medicine, USA
Insights from Transgenic Models of Lung Fibrosis
Short Talk(s) to be Chosen from Abstracts,
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Paek Foyer
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Poster Setup Quandary 1-3
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Quandary 1-3
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Lipid Mediators, Proteases and Cytokines in Tissue Remodeling
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
K. Frank Austen, Harvard Medical School, USA
Leukotrienes as Therapeutic Targets in Asthma
Beverly Koller†, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Prostaglandins and Remodeling
Clare M. Lloyd, Imperial College London, UK
Cytokines and Remodeling in Asthma Models
Gunnar Pejler, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Mast Cell Chymases in Inflammatory Disease
Following Session is for Fibrosis (J2)
5:00 - 7:00 PM Environmental Cues and Cellular Responses
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Rik Derynck, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Mesenchymal Cell Plasticity, EMT Transition and TGF-beta
Andrew D. Luster, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Inflammation and Fibrosis - Chemokines, LPA
Luisa A. DiPietro, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Angiogenesis, VEGF and Wound Healing and Scarring
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Quandary 1-3
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 3
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Quandary 1-3
Saturday, January 24
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Quandary 1-3
8:00 - 11:00 AM Conventional and Novel Targets for Intervention
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
John A. Cidlowski, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, USA
Glucocorticoid Receptor Isoforms and Steroid Insensitivity
Jean-Pierre Kinet, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, USA
IgE and the High Affinity IgE Receptor: Structure, Function and Targets of Therapy
Marco Conti, University of California, San Francisco, USA
CAMP-Specific Phosphodiesterases
Short Talk(s) to be Chosen from Abstracts,
Following Session is for Fibrosis (J2)
8:00 - 11:00 AM Novel Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Howard Y. Chang, Stanford University, USA
Genomic Encoding of Fibroblast Positional Identities: Implications for Fibrosis
Ronald M. duBois, National Jewish Health, USA
Genetics of Fibrosis: Lessons Learned
Shelia M. Violette, Stromedix, USA
Therapeutic Potential of a Function Blocking alphavbeta6 Antibody in Fibrosis and Oncology
Scott M. Lonning, Genzyme Corporation, USA
Prospects and Challenges of TGFb Neutralization for the Treatment of Pathologic Fibrosis
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Longs Peak Foyer
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 3: Effector Cells and Mechnisms in Asthma
Grays 1-3
* Stephen J. Galli, Stanford University, USA
* Gianni Marone, University of Naples Federico II School of Medicine, Italy
Short Talks to be Chosen from Abstracts, , USA
Following Workshop is for Fibrosis (J2)
2:30 - 4:30 PM Workshop 3: Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Longs Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Immune Intervention
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Grays 1-3
Robert L. Coffman, Dynavax Technologies, USA
The Th2 Concept: Emergence through Clinical Applications
Bart N. Lambrecht, Ghent University, Belgium
Targeting Dendritic Cells
Anthony J. Coyle, MedImmune, Inc., USA
Cytokine Antagonists
Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
Following Session is for Fibrosis (J2)
5:00 - 7:00 PM Novel Therapies
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 12/20/2008
Longs Peak
Bruce N. Cronstein, New York University School of Medicine, USA
Adenosine as a Target for Fibrosis Therapy
Mark Lupher, Jr., Promedior, Inc., USA
Regulating Fibrosis with the Natural Innate Response Modifier, SAP
Claire L. Emson, KineMed, Inc., USA
Measurement of Collagen Synthesis by Heavy Water Labeling and its Application for Indentifying Anti-fibrotic Therapies.
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Quandary 1-3
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Quandary 1-3
Sunday, January 25
Departure
      *=Session Chair     †=Speaker invited, not yet responded.





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Allergic diseases, including asthma, affect up to one third of individuals in the developed world at some time in their lifetime, causing severe loss in the quality of life and a significant healthcare burden. Current treatments are predominantly palliative and there remains an unmet need for improved and novel treatments that provide long-term relief from disease symptoms. At this meeting, clinicians and scientists from both academic and pharmaceutical research environments will discuss: (1) risk factors for disease; (2) innate mechanisms and structural cells involved in the initiation, development and manifestations of disease; (3) effector and regulatory immune mechanisms involved in the allergic process; (4) the relationship between inflammation and structural remodeling in asthma; (5) the improvement of conventional treatments; and (6) novel emerging therapeutic strategies for the control of allergic and asthmatic disease. Opportunities for interdisciplinary interactions will be further enhanced by the concurrent meeting “Fibrosis”, which will share a session with this meeting.