45th Annual Meeting of - Society for Leukocyte Biology

InflammatIon In Innate and
adaptIve Immune mechanIsms
CS 7: microRNA and Post-transcriptional
Regulation in Inflammatory Response
Selected Talk Posters
Board: B44 Session: A Abstract: 54
Inhibition of iNOS by miR-146A Allows Tumor Cells to
Escape Macrophage-Induced Death
Michal A. Rahat, Miriam Walter, Nitza Lahat. Carmel Medical Center
and The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion,
Haifa, 34362, Israel
Board: B45 Session: B Abstract: 55
Temporal and Spatial Expression of Mouse microRNAs
125-5p, 135a, 16, 214, 182, and 30c Following Genital
Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
Bernard Arulanandam, Rishein Gupta, Shradha Wali, Bharat Chaganty,
Neal Guentzel, James Chambers. University of Texas at San Antonio
Board: B46 Session: C Abstract: 56
Selective Regulation of Macrophage TLR Responses by
Notch Signaling Components
Xiaoyu Hu, Sinead Smith, Yingli Shang, Haixia Xu, Jimmy Zhu,
Jan Kitajewski, Paul Saftig, Chao Shi, Lionel B. Ivashkiv. Columbia
University Medical Center; Hospital for Special Surgery; Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Rockefeller University; University of
Wurzburg; Weill Cornell Medical College
Board: B47 Session: D Abstract: 57
The Functional Mechanisms of IL-17 Family Cytokines in
Host Defense and Autoimmune Inflammation
Youcan Qian. Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Institute
of Health Sciences
CS 8: Neuroimmunology Selected
Talk Posters
Board: B48 Session: A Abstract: 59
Evidence for Ethanol Induced Conformational Change of
Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)-3 and an Ethanol Binding Site
Stephen B. Pruett, Le Vu, Edwin Lewis. Mississippi State University
Board: B49 Session: B Abstract: 60
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ agonists
Protect Neurons and Microglia from Ethanol in the
Developing Cerebellum
Paul D. Drew, Kevin D. Phelan, James C. Douglas, Cynthia J.M.
Kane. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Board: B50 Session: C Abstract: 61
Epidermal Nicotinic Receptor Activation Prior to
Skin Wound Infection Impairs Antimicrobial Peptide
Responses and Leukocyte Recruitment to Increase
Bacterial Survival
Jennifer K. Plichta, Tina Griffin, Katherine A. Radek. Loyola
University Chicago, Health Sciences Campus
Board: B51 Session: D Abstract: 62
Chronic Alcohol-Induced IL-1β is mediated by the
NALP3/ASC Inflammasome Activation in a TLR4-
Independent Manner in the Brain and Prevented by
IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Treatment
Dora Lippai, Shashi Bala, Jan Petrasek, Timea Csak, Ivan Levin,
Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones, Gyongyi Szabo. University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Host-Pathogen Interactions Poster
Presentations
Board: B52 Session: A Abstract: 64
Mechanisms of Macrophage Innate Immunity Inhibition by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Jim Sun, Alice Lau, Vijender Singh, Zakaria Hmama. University of
British Columbia
Board: B53 Session: B Abstract: 65
Regulatory States of N-Formyl Peptide Receptor in
Human Neutrophils: Modulation and Partial Purification
of Phosphoforms of FPR1
A J. Jesaitis, C I. Lord, J M. Gripentrog, M Riesselman, W Maaty,
B Bothner, G Keren-Aviram, E A. Dratz. Montana State University
Board: B54 Session: C Abstract: 66
Cathelicidins Enhance Host Defence against Bacterial
and Viral Lung Infections via Antimicrobial Activity and
Induction of Protective Inflammation
Donald J . Davidson, Silke M. Logermann, Emily Gwyer Findlay, Brian
McHugh, Paula E. Beaumont, Peter G. Barlow, Annie Mackellar,
Richard L. Gallo, John R W. Govan, Paul M. Fitch, Jurgen Schwarze.
Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; University
of California at San Diego and VA San Diego Health Care System;
University of Edinburgh
Board: B55 Session: D Abstract: 67
Impact of Leishmania Infection on Macrophage NLRP3
Inflammasome Network
Marina T. Shio, Martin Olivier. Faculty of Medicine, McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 28 – 30, 2012 | Hilton Grand Wailea Resort | Maui, Hawai’i
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