FROM IMMUNE DISORDERS TO IMMUNOTHERAPIES
FINAL PROGRAMME & POSTERS LIST [PDF]
25th NOVEMBER |
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18.00h – 19.00h | OPENING KEYNOTE LECTURE |
Maria Rescigno - Italy The mucosal immune barrier in bacterial handling in the gut. |
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19.00h – 19.30h | Get Together – drinks and snacks |
26th NOVEMBER |
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09:00 – 11:00 | SESSION 1: IMMUNE DEVELOPMENT | SPONSORED BY IBMC |
Chair: Nuno Alves |
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Design principles of adaptive immune systems Thymic microenvironmental factors involved in thymocyte malignant transformation |
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | |
Cell-autonomous retinoic acid signaling controls Lymphoid Tissue inducer cell differentiation and lymphoid organ size Implications of IL-10 in the development of hematological disorders Human γδ thymocytes are functionally immature and require IL-2 signals to differentiate into type 1 cytotoxic lymphocytes |
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11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee-break |
11.30 – 13.00 | SESSION 2: CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY | SPONSORED BY ENZIFARMA |
Chairs: Margarida Lima, Manuel Vilanova and Paula Ferreira | |
Idiotype vaccines for lymphoma Gamma-delta T cells within tumors: recruitment, recognition and functions |
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | |
Progenitor deprivation provokes acute T cell lymphoblastic Targeting Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells Viability Using CX-4945, a Clinical-Stage CK2-Specific Inhibitor Understanding the pro-tumour role of γδ T cells in ovarian cancer |
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13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
14.00 – 15.00 | SPI GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
15.30 – 17.30 | SESSION 3: INFECTION AND VACCINES | SPONSORED BY ICBAS |
Chairs: Manuel Vilanova and Paula Ferreira | |
Mucosal memory T cells: a three-sided coin How Leismania infection modify innate immune cells to regulate |
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | |
BCG vaccination induced IL-17+TNF+IL-2+ polyfunctional memory T cells correlated with increased protection against M. tuberculosis Impaired Treg function in mice infected with Candida albicans ?sap456 mutants is associated with attenuated fungal virulence Deficient production of reactive oxygen species in p47phox/Ncf1 mice impairs memory B cell differentiation and B cell response against Candida albicans |
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17.30 – 18.00 | Coffee-break |
18.00 – 20.00 | SESSION 4: ALLERGY | SPONSORED BY ROCHE |
Chairs: Esmeralda Neves and Emília Faria | |
Protective and pathogenic immunological memory Mechanisms and targets of allergen-specific immunotherapy |
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | |
Can NOS3 and ACE polymorphisms modulate the immune response in a Portuguese Asthmatic population? Different impact of regulatory T cells on nematode-induced immune evasion in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice Foxp3 expression is required for the induction of therapeutic tissue tolerance |
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27th NOVEMBER |
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09.00 – 11.00 | SESSION 5: IMMUNODEFICIENCY | SPONSORED BY OCTAPHARMA |
Chairs: Laura Marques and Margarida Guedes | |
When T cells fail to function CVIDs: beyond B cell deficiency |
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | |
Clinical and laboratory features of Common Variable X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: 12 years of experience How Much does the Human Immunodeficiency Vírus (HIV) infection Increase the Risk of Tuberculosis in Porto? |
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11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee-break |
11.30 – 13.30 | SESSION 6: AUTOIMMUNITY | SPONSORED BY IZASA |
Chair: Carlos Vasconcelos and Júlia Vasconcelos | |
The Evolution of Stem Cell Therapy for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases New therapeutic strategies in autoimmune diseases |
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS | |
High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in a patient with severe Systemic sclerosis – case report Adjuvant can facilitate induction of therapeutic tolerance to recombinant factor VIII in a mouse model of hemophilia Regulatory T-cells, CD25 and IL2RA genetic variation in unaffected relatives of SLE patients |
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13.30 | Closing Session |
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