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Final Program

Immune Mechanisms

Thursday, June 26, 2025
4:25pm - 6:25pm East Coast USA Time
Location: Salons H-K

    Chair(s)

  • RM

    Rubén Motrich, PhD

    Clinical Biochemistry
    National University of Cordoba, CIBICI-CONICET

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • MV

    Margaux Verdon

    PhD student
    INSERM U1302 - Immunology and New Concepts in Immunotherapy (INCIT)
    Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Presentations:

  • 4:25pm - 4:40pm East Coast USA Time
    AID Governs Plasma Cell Fate Decision by Demethylation of the Irf4 Locus in Germinal Center B Cells

    Presenting Author: Lisa Westerberg, PhD – Karolinska Institute

  • 4:40pm - 4:55pm East Coast USA Time
    TGF-β3 Induces Oral Tolerance by Imprinting Gut-Homing Capacity in Regulatory T Cells

    Presenting Author: Diego Delgado-Zaldívar – INCMNSZ – National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán

  • 4:55pm - 5:10pm East Coast USA Time
    Stimulated CD4+ T Cells Initiate Blood Coagulation Through Polyphosphate Release

    Presenting Author: Reiner K. Mailer – University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

  • 5:10pm - 5:25pm East Coast USA Time
    Lymph Node HIV-specific CD8 T Cells of HIV Controllers Harbour a Specific Transcriptomic Signature

    Presenting Author: Andrea Mastrangelo, MD – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudoise

  • 5:25pm - 5:40pm East Coast USA Time
    RhoG Is Upregulated in Neutrophils and Monocytes Isolated from Peripheral Blood of Septic Patients and Animals and Regulates Migration and Inflammatory Functions in Innate Immune Cells in Vitro

    Presenting Author: Pranita P. Sarangi, PhD – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

  • 5:40pm - 5:55pm East Coast USA Time
    Kynurenine-Driven Metabolic Adaptations Rewire CD4 T Cells in a Subset-Specific Manner in Human Critical Illness and Severe Sepsis

    Presenting Author: Matthew T. Stier, MD, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 5:55pm - 6:10pm East Coast USA Time
    Granzyme K Drives a New Pathway of Complement Activation That Contributes to Disease Pathology

    Presenting Author: Erin Theisen, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 6:10pm - 6:25pm East Coast USA Time
    Role of Carbon Monoxide-producing Escherichia Coli Nissle 1917 in Reducing the Severity of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases in Mice

    Presenting Author: Omar P. Vallejos, PhD – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile