S2-1 9:00? 9:30 Eric Huseby (University of Massachusetts) How do T cells generate specificity for MHC + peptide complexes?
S2-2 9:30? 9:50 Osami Kanagawa (RCAI, RIKEN) Age dependent change of peripheral T cell repertoire mediated by interaction between αβ TCR and self-antigens.
S2-3 9:50? 10:10 Koji Yasutomo (The University of Tokushima) Regulation of T cell homeostasis by a protein tyrosine phosphatase
S2-4 10:10? 10:40 Stephen P. Schoenberger (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) Programmed tolerance of CD8+ T cells by B cell APC
S2-5 10:40? 11:00 Masaaki Murakami (Osaka University) Non-hematopoietic cell populations play a role for IL-6-mediated enhancement of CD4 T cell activation.
S2-6 11:00? 11:30 Michael J. Bevan (HHMI and University of Washington) Generating functional CD8+ T cell memory
Symposium 3 (Room C) 9:00−11:30 December 11, (Mon)
S3. Immunotherapy
Chairpersons: Kazuyuki Yoshizaki (Osaka University) Nobuyuki Miyasaka (Toyko Medical and Dental University)
S3-1 9:00? 9:30 Charles Garrison Fathman (Stanford University) Assessing mechanism of response to adoptive cellular gene therapy in nod mice using MHC sufficient and deficient DCS and gene expression analysis
S3-2 9:30? 10:00 Silvia Gregori (HSR-TIGET) Cellular therapy with regulatory T cells to restore tolerance
S3-3 10:00? 10:30 Shimon Sakaguchi (Kyoto University) Control of physiological and pathological immune responses with regulatory T cells
S3-4 10:30? 11:00 Masaru Taniguchi (RCAI, RIKEN) A phase I/IIa clinical trial on a-GalCer pulsed DC therapy in lung cancer patients
S3-5 11:00? 11:30 Tadamitsu Kishimoto (Osaka University) IL-6, TH17 and Treg; Why is anti-IL6 receptor effective in autoimmunity
Symposium 4 (Room I) 9:00−11:30 December 11, (Mon)
S4. Cell movement and trafficking
Chairpersons: Toshiyuki Tanaka (Osaka University) Tatsuo Kinashi (Kansai Medical University)
S4-1 9:00? 9:30 Makoto Iwata (Tokushima Bunri University) Regulation of lymphocyte trafficking by retinoids
S4-2 9:30? 10:00 Mehrdad Matloubian (UCSF) Regulation of lymphocyte exit from lymphoid organs
S4-3 10:00? 10:30 Yoshinori Fukui (Kyushu University) DOCK2 is a Rac activator critical for neutrophil chemotaxis
S4-4 10:30? 11:00 Sho Ishikawa (The University of Tokyo) Treg trafficking and function in a murine model for SLE
S4-5 11:00? 11:30 Klaus Ley (University of Virginia) Trafficking of lymphocytes and macrophages to the aorta of normal and atherosclerotic mice
Symposium 5 (Room A) 9:00−11:30 December 12, (Tue)
S5. Immune recognition, signaling and imaging
Chairpersons: Takashi Saito (RCAI, RIKEN) Takeshi Tsubata (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
S5-1 9:00? 9:30 Lawrence E. Samelson (NIH) Signaling via the T cell antigen receptor
S5-2 9:30? 10:00 Tadashi Yokosuka (RCAI, RIKEN) TCR microclusters initiate and sustain T cell activation
S5-3 10:00? 10:30 Takeshi Tsubata (Tokyo Medical and Dental University) Regulated localization of BCR co-receptors CD22 and CD72 on the B cell surface
S5-4 10:30? 11:00 Susan K. Pierce (NIH) Viewing the initiation of B cell receptor signaling in living cells
S5-5 11:00? 10:30 Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University) Live cell imaging of the intracellular signal transduction cascades with FRET probes
Symposium 6 (Room B) 9:00−11:30 December 12, (Tue)
S6. Zinc and immunity
Chairpersons: Toshio Hirano (Osaka University and RCAI) Takehiko Sasazuki (International Medical Center of Japan)
S6-1 9:00? 9:30 Glen K. Andrews (University of Kansas) Regulation and function of mouse zinc transporter (ZIP) genes
S6-2 9:30? 10:00 Toshio Hirano (Osaka University and RCAI) Zinc and dendritic cell maturation: Does zinc act as a signaling molecule?
S6-3 10:00? 10:30 Dietmar Kappes (Fox Chase Cancer Center) Role of the zinc finger transcription factor Th-POK in T cell development and lymphomagenesis
S6-4 10:30? 11:00 Carola G. Vinuesa (Australian National University) Roquin, a Ring-1 and CCCH zinc finger protein, is a critical suppressor of autoimmunity
S6-5 11:00? 11:30 Takehiko Sasazuki (International Medical Center of Japan) A zinc finger transcription factor ZFAT controls autoimmune thyroid diseases through regulating the expression of immune related genes.
Symposium 7 (Room C) 9:00−11:30 December 12, (Tue)
S7. Allergy
Chairpersons: Hajime Karasuyama (Toyko Medical and Dental University) Toshinori Nakayama (Chiba University)
S7-1 9:00 ? 9:30 Steven F. Ziegler (Benaroya Research Institute) TSLP and allergic inflammation
S7-2 9:30 ? 10:00 Hajime Karasuyama (Toyko Medical and Dental University) Basophils in chronic allergic inflammation
S7-4 10:30 ? 11:00 Rick M. Maizels (University of Edinburgh) Regulatory T cells induced by helminth infection down-modulate airway allergic inflammation
S7-5 11:00 ? 11:30 Takachika Hiroi (The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science ) Oral tolerance: Peptide immunotherapy for allergic diseases using a rice-based edible vaccine
Symposium 8 (Room I) 9:00−11:30 December 12, (Tue)
S10-1 9:10 ? 9:30 Shizuo Akira (Osaka University) Toll-like receptors as adjuvant receptors which link innate and acquired immunity
S10-2 9:30 ? 9:50 Toshio Hirano (Osaka University and RCAI) Interaction of immune system with non-immune system induces autoimmune diseases
S10-3 9:50 ? 10:10 Tasuku Honjo (Kyoto University) Role of AID and UNG in genomic memory of antigen exposure
S10-4 10:10 ? 10:40 William E. Paul (NIH) Th2 differentiation : Transcription factors and repertoire-determined immunopathology
S10-5 10:40 ? 11:05 Tadatsugu Taniguchi (The University of Tokyo) Transcriptional regulation in the immune system by the IRF family transcription factors
S10-6 11:05 ? 11:30 Kiyoshi Takatsu (The University of Tokyo) IL-5: How does it regulate immune response and inflammation?
Symposium 11 (Room C) 9:00−11:30 December 13, (Wed)
S11. Autoimmune diseases
Chairpersons: Tsuneyo Mimori (Kyoto University) Takayuki Sumida (University of Tsukuba)
S11-1 9:00 ? 9:30 Mark Mamula (Yale University) The routes of autoantigen presentation in disease
S11-2 9:30 ? 10:00 Jun-ichiro Inoue (The University of Tokyo) TRAF6 in self-tolerance
S11-3 10:00 ? 10:30 Isao Matsumoto (University of Tsukuba) Immune responses against ubiquitous glycolytic enzyme leading arthritis- possible link between human and animal models
S11-4 10:30 ? 11:00 Takao Fujii (Kyoto University) Generation of regulatory antibodies against T cell receptor by vaccination with CD4+ Th1 clones in lupus-prone mice
S11-5 11:00 ? 11:30 Jennifer H. Anolik (University of Rochester) Immunobiology of biologic interventions in human autoimmune disease
Symposium 12 (Room G) 9:00−11:30 December 13, (Wed)
S12-1 9:00 ? 9:30 Hisashi Arase (Osaka University) Regulation of immunity to pathogens by paired receptors
S12-2 9:30 ? 10:00 Satoshi Koike (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience ) Role of type I interferon response in tissue tropism and pathogenicity of poliovirus
S12-3 10:00 ? 10:30 Gavin Wilkinson (Cardiff University) Evasion and stimulation of Natural Killer cells during virus infection
S12-4 10:30 ? 11:00 Shigeo Koyasu (Keio University) Pathogenic E. coli induces Th1 immunity as an infection strategy by controlling DC functions
S12-5 11:00 ? 11:30 Soman N. Abraham (Duke University) Mast cell modulation of immunity to bacterial infections
Symposium 13 (Room I) 9:00−11:30 December 13, (Wed)
S13. Mucosal immunity
Chairpersons: Kiyoshi Takeda (Kyusyu University) Hiroshi Kiyono (The University of Tokyo)
S13-1 9:00? 9:30 Hiroshi Kiyono (The University of Tokyo) Lymphoid chemokine family for the initiation and maturation phases of NALT development and its mediated mucosal immune responses
S13-2 9:30? 10:00 Dennis Kasper (Harvard medical School ) Bacterial polysaccharides provide the Yin and Yang of health and disease during intestinal colonization
S13-3 10:00? 10:30 Kiyoshi Takeda (Kyushu University) Nuclear IkB protein-mediated regulation of innate immune responses at the intestinal mucosa
S13-4 10:30? 11:00 Maria Rescigno (European Institute of Oncology) Intestinal epithelial cells control dendritic cell function