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ENDOTOXIN 2004
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A list of Oral and Poster Presentations, Oral and Poster Abstracts and an Author Index can be found in a pdf format at the bottom of this page.

Program Program [PDF, 36KB]

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Monday, November 15
 9:15— REGISTRATION OPENS, POSTER MOUNTING
 10:00— 10th Annual Meeting of the Japan Endotoxin Society:
 
  15:30—16:15 Special Lecture
    Hiroyuki HIRASAWA
    Clinical Aspect of Hypercytokinemia in Critical Care
—Pathophysiology, Evaluation and Countermeasure—
  16:15—17:05 Invited Lecture I
    Ernst RIETSCHEL
    Chemical constitution and biological activities of bacteria lipopolysaccharides
  17:05—17:55 Invited Lecture II
    Jack LEVIN
    The clinical significance of endotoxemia
  18:00— WELCOME PARTY

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Tuesday, November 16
  8:00—08:30 Continental Breakfast, POSTER VIEWING
  8:20- OPENING CEREMONY Takashi Yokochi, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
SESSION A — CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF ENDOTOXIN I
  Moderators: Shoichi Kusumoto, Ulrich Zähringer
1 08:30—08:55 Christopher WHITFIELD —Overview
  Evolutionary biology of endotoxin: from genomics to physiology
2 08:55—09:20 Douglas GOLENBOCK — Overview
  Endotoxin signaling
3 09:20—09:40 M. Stephen TRENT
  Remodeling of Helicobacter pylori LPS
4 09:40—10:00 Russell BISHOP
  Structure and function of PagP
  10:00—10:20 Break
5 10:20—10:40 Kiyoshi KAWASAKI
  Lipid A deacylation by PagL: regulation of TLR4 signaling
6 10:40—11:00 Robert ERNST
  Biological relevance of lipid A variation in Yersinia species
7 11:00—11:15 Thomas GUTSMANN
  Lipid-mediated resistance of Gram-negative bacteria against pore-forming anti-microbial peptides
8 11:15—11:30 Rosevelt PARDY
  Molecules from eukaryotic algae possess LPS-like features but inhibit innate responses of mouse macrophages
47 11:30—11:40 Selected ABSTRACT — Yukari FUJIMOTO
  Synthesis of lipid A and its novel analogues for investigation of the structural and conformational bases for their bioactivity
63 11:40—11:50 Selected ABSTRACT — Anthony MORAN
  Helicobacter varies LPS antigenic structure to evade surfactant protein D
  12:00—13:00 LUNCH BREAK
  12:00—13:00 (and beyond) LUNCH WORKSHOPS
 
Room 104A
Molecular, structural and physical bases of cell activation by endotoxin
12:00—12:10 Physicochemical characterization and endotoxic activity of synthetic monophosphoryl analogues of lipid A
  Kent Myers, Klaus Brandenburg
12:10—12:20 Physicochemical characterization and biologic activity of lipooligosaccharides from Neisseria meningitidis
  Susu Zughaier
12:20—12:30 A region of MD-2 required for the antagonistic activity of lipid IVA
  M Muroi
12:30—12:40 Inhibition of cell activation: Shedding new light on antagonism
  Andra Schromm
 12:40 OPEN DISCUSSION
Room 104B
Regulation of endotoxin-dependent and –independent TLR signaling
12:00—12:10 Involvement of lipid rafts in lipopolysaccharide-induced downregulation of surface TLR4 expression in TLR4/MD-2/CD14-CHO cells
  Tsuyoshi Shuto
12:10—12:20 The tetraspanins CD37 and CD81 are involved in LPS signaling
  Holger Heine
12:20—12:30 P. gingivalis and E. coli LPS differentially activate human gingival fibroblasts and alter EGF and P2X7 nucleotide receptor expression
  Beatriz Quinchia-Rios
12:30—12:40 IL-10 released by concomitant TLR2 stimulation blocks the induction of a subset of Th1 cytokines that are specifically induced by TLR4 or TLR3 in human dendritic cells
  Fabio Re
 12:40 OPEN DISCUSSION
  13:00—14:30 POSTER VIEWING (47-147)
SESSION B — CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF ENDOTOXIN II
  Moderators: Kenichi Tanamoto, Ernst Rietschel
9 14:40—15:00 Mareike MÜLLER
  Endotoxin: physical requirements for cell activation
10 15:00—15:20 Kensuke MIYAKE
  Innate immune recognition of LPS by TLR4/MD-2
11 15:20—15:40 Theresa GIOANNINI
  Mechanisms of action of endotoxin agonists and antagonists
12 15:40—16:00 Roman JERALA
  Structural interactions of LPS with MD-2 and neutralizing antagonists
  16:00—16:20 BREAK
13 16:20—16:40 Nicholas GAY
  Structural determinants of Toll signaling: Spaetzle and MD-2
14 16:40—17:00 Kate FITZGERALD
  TRIF-related adaptor molecule (TRAM): a central player in LPS signaling
35A 17:00—17:20 Aisling DUNNE
  Mal: processing and post-translational modification
89 17:20—17:30 Selected ABSTRACT — Jérôme PUGIN
  Soluble MD-2 activity in plasma from patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
96,97 17:30—17:40 Selected ABSTRACT — Susumu MATSUO
  Molecular and functional dissection of IκB-ζ, an endotoxin-induced transcriptional regulator
100 17:40—17:50 Selected ABSTRACT — Mya Mya MU
  Inhibition of mitogen and stress-activated protein kinase 1/2 induces mitochondria-mediated apoptotic cell death in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cells

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Wednesday, November 17
  08:00—08:30 CONTINENTAL BEAKFAST, POSTER VIEWING
SESSION C — NEGATIVE REGULATION OF ENDOTOXIN ACTIVITY
  Moderators: Takashi Yokochi, Ulrich Seydel
16 08:30—08:55 Robert MUNFORD — Overview
  Detoxifying endotoxin: time, place and person
17 08:55—09:15 Patrick RENSEN
  Apolipoproteins modulate inflammatory responses to LPS in rodents and humans: implications for sepsis
18 09:15—09:35 Richard KITCHENS
  Endogenous apolipoprotein E (apoE) and ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) promote LPS efflux from macrophages
19 09:35—09:55 Richard CHABY
  Interactions between LPS and surfactant proteins
  09:55—10:15 BREAK
20 10:15—10:35 Mathias HORNEF
  Toll-like receptor-mediated recognition by intestinal epithelial cells
21 10:35—10:55 Christopher KARP
  Negative regulation of TLR4 signaling by RP105
22 10:55—11:15 Mingfang LU
  Taming the humoral immune response to Gram-negative bacteria
122 11:15—11:25 Selected ABSTRACT — Katharina BRANDL
  A complex of soluble TLR4 and MD-2 blocks LPS activity in vitro
159 11:25—11:35 Selected ABSTRACT — Hyun-Ku LEE
  Double-stranded RNA-mediated TLR3 activation is enhanced by CD14
23 11:35—11:55 Ralf SCHUMANN
  Non-LPS actions and targets of LBP (LPS binding protein)
  12:00—14:00 LUNCH BREAK
  12:10—13:10 LUNCHEON SEMINAR
    Co-organized by Seikagaku Corporation
  “New Developments in (1,3)- beta-D-Glucan Research.”
Program [PDF, 20KB]
Abstracts [PDF, 40KB]
SESSION D — CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF OTHER MICROBIAL TARGETS OF INNATE IMMUNITY
  Moderators: Yoshio Kumazawa, Artur Ulmer
24 14:00—14:25 Kiyoshi TAKEDA — Overview
  Evolution and integration of innate immune recognition systems: the Toll-like receptors
25 14:25—14:40 Roman DZIARSKI — Overview
  Peptidoglycan recognition and innate immunity
26 14:40—15:00 Dominique MENGIN-LECREULX
  Bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan: structure, function and metabolism
27 15:00—15:20 Roy MARIUZZA
  Crystal structure of PGRP domains (± ligand)
  15:20—15:40 BREAK
28 15:40—16:00 Stephen GIRARDIN
  Nod1 and Nod2 are pattern-recognition molecules involved in peptidoglycan recognition
29 16:00—16:20 Thomas HARTUNG
  Structural and molecular determinants of pro-inflammatory properties of lipoteichoic acids
30 16:20—16:40 Kasper HOEBE
  CD36 as a sensor of diacylglycerides acting in conjunction with TLR2 and TLR6
31 16:40—17:00 Ken-Ichiro SHIBATA
  Structure—activity relationships of bacterial lipopeptides with TLR2/heterodimers
  17:00—18:30 BUSINESS MEETING
BANQUET

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Thursday, November 18
  08:00—08:30 CONTINENTAL BEAKFAST, POSTER VIEWING
SESSION E — BASIC AND CLINICAL CONCEPTS IN INNATE IMMUNITY I
  Moderators: Haruhiko Takada, Alan Cross
32 08:30—08:55 Jean-Marc REICHHART — Overview
  Evolution and integration of innate immune systems from fruit flies to man: lessons and questions
33 08:55—09:15 Neal SILVERMAN
  Monomeric and polymeric Gram-negative peptidoglycan, but not purified LPS, activate Drosophila IMD pathway
34 09:15—09:35 Teizo FUJITA
  Pattern recognition and lectin-complement pathway
  09:35—09:45 Selected ABSTRACT — Sandra S.H. TAN
  Recombinant C-reactive protein from the horseshoe crab is a potent pathogen recognition receptor (PRR)
  09:45—10:05 BREAK
36 10:05—10:25 Akihiko YOSHIMURA
  SOCS1 and SOCS3 are central regulators for macrophage and dendritic cell activation
37 10:25—10:45 Jean-Marc CAVAILLON
  Reprogramming of circulatory cells in sepsis and SIRS
38 10:45—11:05 Tsukasa SEYA
  TLRs and their adaptors in adjuvant immunotherapy for cancer
15 11:05—11:25 Kenya HONDA
  Identification of a cytosolic complex involving MyD88 and the transcription factor IRF-7 that triggers Toll-like receptor-induced IFN-α/β gene expression
188 11:25—11:35 Selected ABSTRACT — Minou ADIB-CONQUY
  Cross-talk between Nod1, Nod2 and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) for cytokine production by macrophages in response to Gram-positive bacteria
208 11:35—11:45 Selected ABSTRACT — Ofer LEVY
  Human newborn blood monocytes demonstrate low TNF-α but high IL-6 responses to an array of Toll-like receptor ligands: role of a low-molecular weight plasma inhibitor of TNF-α release
196 11:45—11:55 Selected ABSTRACT — Basel AL-RAMADI
  CD154 is essential for protection against Gram-negative Salmonella infections
184 11:55—12:05 Selected ABSTRACT — Dawn BOWISH
  The host defence peptide LL-37 is a multi-functional immunomodulator which interacts directly with the effector cells of the innate immune response
  12:0513:00 LUNCH BREAK
  12:15—13:15
(and beyond)
LUNCH WORKSHOPS
 
Room 104A
Host responses to infection: Innate immune mechanisms
12:15—12:25 The acute phase protein haptoglobin prevents hemoglobin-induced dispersion of LPS aggregates and suppresses the hemoglobin-mediated enhancement of cellular activation by LPS
  Christian Alexander
12:25—12:35 CD14 and TLR2 Pattern Recognition Receptors differentially modulate host response to S. pneumoniae in vivo and in vitro
  Regina Landmann
12:35—12:45 Pattern recognition receptor deficiency compromises host resistance to pneumonic Tularemia
  Tim Sellati
12:45—12:55 A non-tolerizing dose of Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide primes anti-bacterial host defenses: a model for the role of endotoxin in innate immunity
  Alan Cross
12:55 OPEN DISCUSSION
Room 104B
Structural bases of interactions between acylated bacterial compounds (endotoxin and beyond) and host peptides/proteins
12:15—12:25 Structure/function studies on endotoxin-neutralizing and antibacterial peptides derived from NK-lysin
  Jörg Andrä
12:25—12:35 Biophysical characterization of the interaction of Limulus polyphemus endotoxin-neutralizing protein (ENP) with LPS
  Klaus Brandenburg
12:35—12:45 MARCKS-LPS interaction in epithelial cells and its effect on actin filament depolymerization
  Roman Jerala
12:45—12:55 Structure-activity relationship of signaling by synthetic lipopeptides through TLR2/TLR6 and TLR2/TLR1 heterodimers
  Artur Ulmer
12:55 OPEN DISCUSSION
  13:00—14:30 POSTER VIEWING (148-232)
SESSION F — BASIC AND CLINICAL CONCEPTS IN INNATE IMMUNITY II
  Moderators: Hiroshi Fukui, , Jérôme Pugin
39 14:35—15:00 Stefanie VOGEL — Overview
  Genetic bases of host responses to endotoxin and resistance to infection
40 15:00—15:20 Moshe ARDITI
  TLRs and Atherosclerosis
41 15:20—15:40 Mathias CHAMAILLARD
  Nod2: from human genetics to pathophysiology of Crohn's disease
42 15:40—16:00 Hans FISCHER
  Toll-like receptor 4 discriminates pathogens from commensals through pathogen specific recognition receptors
  16:00—16:20 BREAK
43 16:20—16:40 Anne PUEL
  Inherited human IRAK-4 deficiency and infectious diseases
44 16:40—17:00 David PERSING
  Short- and long-term suppression of atopic responses in the airways by TLR-4 agonists
45 17:00—17:20 Alfred AYALA
  The role and regulation of apoptosis in sepsis
46 17:20—17:40 Kelly SMITH
  A systems approach to study of sepsis and innate immunity
  17:40 CLOSING REMARKS; ADJOURNMENT

Presentations
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (1 to 46) [PDF, 19KB]
POSTER PRESENTATIONS (47 to 232) [PDF, 78KB]
List of late abstracts [PDF, 9KB]

Abstracts
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (1 to 46) [PDF, 88KB]
POSTER PRESENTATIONS (47 to 232) [PDF, 443KB]
Late abstracts [PDF, 89KB]

Author index
Author index [PDF, 33KB]
  Late abstracts are not included in the Author Index.

Contents & Acknowledgements
Contents & Acknowledgements [PDF, 36KB]


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