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Innate, Adaptive and Regulatory Immune Responses to Intestinal Microbiota (A6)

Organizer(s): R. Balfour Sartor, Lloyd F. Mayer, Charles O. Elson and Scott Plevy
January 13 - 18, 2009
Sagebrush Inn and Conference Center  ·  Taos, New Mexico
Abstract Deadline: September 18, 2008
Late Abstract Deadline: October 15, 2008
Scholarship Deadline: September 18, 2008
Early Registration Deadline: November 13, 2008


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Summary of Meeting
Recent studies have demonstrated the key role of mucosal defenses and immunoregulation in maintaining homeostasis in the distal intestine in concert with the commensal microbiota. This meeting discusses the latest information regarding the protective and effector innate and adaptive immune responses to the commensal intestinal microbiota that lead to mucosal homeostasis vs. chronic immune-mediated intestinal inflammation. We highlight the protective role of innate mucosal immune responses induced by ligation of toll- like receptors (TLR) to activate NF-kappaB and other signaling pathways. Mechanisms of bacterial killing by epithelial and phagocytic cells are explored. The interface of antigen presenting cell/ T cell activation leading to effector or regulatory T cell function in the intestine is examined with a particular emphasis on bacterial antigen-specific responses. Finally, biomedical applications of these basic research observations are explored. These basic and translational studies have direct implications for understanding the pathophysiology of chronic intestinal inflammation such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and pouchitis and emphasize innate and adaptive immunoregulatory mechanisms that mediate mucosal homeostasis in a hostile environment. Major unresolved issues in mucosal immunology are as follows: (1) understanding how epithelial cells coexist with commensal intestinal bacteria, yet recognize the pathogenic organisms; (2) understanding how effector mechanisms in innate immune cells and T cells are appropriately downregulated; and (3) how understanding of basic immune regulation and inflammation can lead to the development of novel therapeutic agents for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. This meeting presents state of the art lectures on the most recent research on innate, adaptive and regulatory immune responses to commensal bacteria, promotes interdisciplinary research interactions and explores several novel therapeutic approaches derived from recent pathogenic insights.

Tuesday, January 13
3:00 - 7:30 PM Registration Chamisa Lobby
6:30 - 7:30 PM Refreshments Chamisa Ballroom 2
7:30 - 8:00 PM Welcoming Remarks Chamisa Ballroom 2
R. Balfour Sartor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Welcoming Remarks: An Overview of the Intestinal Microbiota and Mechanisms of Host/ Microbial Interactions
Wednesday, January 14
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Los Vaqueros
8:00 - 11:15 AM Protective Role of Innate Mucosal Immune Responses to Commensal Microbiota Chamisa Ballroom 1
* Lloyd F. Mayer, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Scott Plevy, University of North Carolina
Protective Role of Heme Oxygenase and PI3 Kinase Isoforms
Maria T. Abreu, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Mucosal TLR Regulation of Epithelial Integrity and Malignancy
Eyal Raz, University of California, San Diego
Gut, Germs and Genes: The Tumorigenic Triad
Andrea Cerutti, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Regulation of IgA Switching by Epithelial Cells in Response to Bacterial Stimuli
Sergio A. Lira, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Short Talk: TLRs, Chemokines and Intestinal Homeostasis
Nouara Lhocine, Institut Pasteur
Short Talk: PIMS Modulates Immune Tolerance to Commensal Bacteria by Regulating Drosophila Imd Pathway
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Chamisa Lobby
11:15 AM - On Own for Lunch
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Chamisa Ballroom 2
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Chamisa Ballroom 2
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Chamisa Lobby
5:00 - 7:00 PM Activation and Regulation of Mucosal NF-kappaB Chamisa Ballroom 1
* Maria T. Abreu, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Christian Jobin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host/Microbes Interaction: Lessons from Gnotobiotic Murine and Zebrafish NF-kB Reporter Gene System
Averil I. Ma, University of California, San Francisco
Ubiquitin and Innate Immunity: ABIN-1 and TNF Responses
Maria del Carmen Alonso Cotoner, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Short Talk: GEF-H1 Mediates NOD1 Dependent NF-kB Activation Initiated by Shigella Flexneri Effectors
Wen Zhou, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Short Talk: Deletion of FoxO4 Elevates Susceptibility of Mice to Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid-Induced Colitis
Jun Sun, University of Rochester
Short Talk: Vitamin D Receptor Negatively Regulates in vivo NF-kappaB Activity in the Normal Colon and during Bacterial-Induced Intestinal Inflammation
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Chamisa Ballroom 2
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Chamisa Ballroom 2
Thursday, January 15
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Los Vaqueros
8:00 - 11:15 AM Mechanisms of Bacterial Killing by Epithelial and Phagocytic Cells Chamisa Ballroom 1
* R. Balfour Sartor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ramnik Xavier, Massachusetts General Hospital
Autophagy – Defender of the Cytoplasm
Jan Wehkamp, Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology
Antimicrobial Host Defense: from Epithelial Stem Cells to Chronic Inflammation
Lora V. Hooper, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Innate Defense of Gut Epithelial Surfaces
Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud, Université d'Auvergne
Crohn’s Disease-Associated Adherent-Invasive E. coli: Mechanisms of Intestinal Colonization, Evasion of Intracellular Killing and Development of Gut Inflammation
Ye Yang, University of Oregon
Short Talk: IAP (Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase) Up-Regulated by LPS Detoxifies LPS to Prevent Inflammation in Response to the Gut Microbiota
Ajay S. Gulati, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Short Talk: Effects of Murine Strain Variation on Intestinal Antimicrobial Peptide Expression
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Chamisa Lobby
11:15 AM - On Own for Lunch
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Chamisa Ballroom 2
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Chamisa Ballroom 2
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Chamisa Lobby
5:00 - 7:00 PM Dendritic Cell Function at Mucosal Surfaces Chamisa Ballroom 1
* Scott Plevy, University of North Carolina
Hans-Christian Reinecker, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dendritic Cell Function at the Mucosal Surfaces
Peter Velázquez, Skirball Institute
Short Talk: Delineating Mucosal Dendritic Cell Networks via Intravital Microscopy
Jacqueline Perrigoue, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk: Delineating Requirements for Antigen Presentation in the Intestine: Dendritic Cells and Beyond
Ting Feng, University of Alabama Birmingham
Short Talk: Regulation of Toll-like Receptor 5 Gene Expression in Mucosal Dendritic Cells
R. William DePaolo, University of Chicago
Short Talk: Regulation of Intestinal Immunity to Yersinia Enterocolitica by TLR1&TLR6
InYoung Kim, University of Chicago
Short Talk: The Role of Hsp70 in Intestinal Immune Homeostasis
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Chamisa Ballroom 2
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Chamisa Ballroom 2
Friday, January 16
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Los Vaqueros
8:00 - 11:15 AM Effector T Cell Responses in Intestinal Inflammation Chamisa Ballroom 1
* Charles O. Elson, University of Alabama
Casey T. Weaver, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Late Plasticity in Th17 Development: a Basis for Revised Models of Intestinal Inflammtion
Fiona M. Powrie, University of Oxford
IL-23 and Intestinal Homeostasis
Bana Jabri, University of Chicago
Innate-Mediated Tolerance by TLR6: a Journey from Yersinia Pestis in the Gut
Jesús Rivera-Nieves, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Recruitment of T Cells to Chronically Inflamed Small Intestine
Anisa Ismail, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Short Talk: Reciprocal Interactions between Commensal Bacteria and gamma delta Intraepithelial Lymphocytes during Mucosal Injury
Kim Phung Le Nguyen, University of California, San Diego
Short Talk: Induction of Th17: Is It too Early for a Paradigm?
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Chamisa Lobby
11:15 AM - On Own for Lunch
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup Chamisa Ballroom 2
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Chamisa Ballroom 2
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Chamisa Lobby
5:00 - 7:00 PM Microbial Activation of Immune-Mediated Intestinal Inflammation Chamisa Ballroom 1
* Casey T. Weaver, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Charles O. Elson, University of Alabama
Flagellin-Specific T Cell Responses in Experimental Colitis
Sandra Kim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Functional Characteristics of Escherichia Coli in Immune-Mediated Experimental Colitis
Jochen Mattner, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
The Role of Alphaproteobacteria in the Induction of Autoimmunity
Wendy S. Garrett, Harvard School of Public Health
Short Talk: Communicable Ulcerative Colitis Induced by T-bet Deficiency in the Innate Immune System
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Chamisa Ballroom 2
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 3 Chamisa Ballroom 2
Saturday, January 17
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Los Vaqueros
8:00 - 11:15 AM Regulation of Mucosal Immune Response to Microbial Components Chamisa Ballroom 1
* Bana Jabri, University of Chicago
Craig L. Maynard, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Development of Gut-Protective Regulatory T Cells
Vijay K. Kuchroo, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Tregs and Th17 Cells: Role of Induction and Regulation of Tissue Inflammation
Yasmine Belkaid, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Modulation of Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells by Microbes
William A. Faubion, Mayo Clinic
PRR Inhibition of Treg Apoptosis and the Pathigenesis of Crohn’s Disease
Betsy C. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk: TSLP Regulates Intestinal Immunity and Inflammation
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Chamisa Lobby
11:15 AM - On Own for Lunch
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Chamisa Lobby
5:00 - 7:00 PM Translation of Basic Research to Biomedical Applications Chamisa Ballroom 1
* Scott Plevy, University of North Carolina
Rene de Waal Malefyt, Schering-Plough
The Role of IL-23 and Th17 Cells in Chronic Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
Kevan C. Herold, Yale University
Induction of CD8+ Regulatory T Cells with Anti-CD3 Monoclonal Antibody
Huabao Xiong, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Blocking the TLR Signaling Pathway using TLR Peptides in the Treatment of Colitis
Edwin F. de Zoeten, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Short Talk: Regulation of Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells (Treg) by Small Molecule Targeting of HDAC6, Enhances Treg Function and Ameliorates Development of IBD in Murine Models
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Chamisa Ballroom 2
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Chamisa Ballroom 2
Sunday, January 18
Departure
*Session Chair   †Speaker invited, not yet responded.



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