Fifth Annual BMRP Investigator Meeting

February 8-9, 2007
Los Angeles, California
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    Invited Speaker:
    Mayer, Lloyd, M.D.
    Professor and Director, Center for Immunobiology; Professor, Divisions of Clinical Immunology and Gastroenterology; Professor, Department of Microbiology; Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York, U.S.A.)

    "Revisiting paradigms in IBD pathogenesis"
    Presentation

    "Scientific Summary of Meeting"
    Presentation
    Presentations By BMRP Investigators:
    (partial list of talks and posters)
    Arsenescu, Razvan, M.D.
    University of Kentucky (Lexington, U.S.A.)

    "Adiponectin in Crohn's disease. Phenotype-genotype correlations and implications in management"
    Bienenstock, John, M.D.
    McMaster University
    (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)

    "While the alpha7 nicotinic receptor pathway is involved in constitutive downregulation of acute and chronic intestinal inflammation, it is not used by probiotics"
    Büning, Carsten, M.D.
    Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte
    (Germany)

    "Genes involved in epithelial integrity as risk factors for IBD"

    Abstract
    Chiorean, Michael V., M.D.
    Indiana University (Indianapolis, U.S.A.)

    "Correlation of CT enteroclysis and surgical pathology in patients with Crohn's disease"

    Poster
    Craig, Robert M., M.D.
    Northwestern University (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)

    "Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for severe Crohn's disease (CD), 4 year follow-up"

    Abstract
    Danese, Silvio, M.D.
    Istituto Clinico Humanitas (Milan, Italy)

    "Angiogenesis blockade as a new therapeutic approach to experimental colitis"

    Presentation
    Föll, Dirk, M.D.
    University of Münster (Germany)

    "Fecal S100A12: A non-invasive stool marker released from inflamed mucosa during active inflammatory bowel disease"

    Abstract
    Fortun, Paul J., B.Med.Sc.
    University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

    "Hookworms as therapy in Crohn's disease"

    Abstract
    Garrity-Park, Megan
    Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.)

    "Clinical, pathological and genotypic variations in UC-CRC: preliminary findings"

    Abstract
    Hale, Laura P., M.D., Ph.D.
    Duke University (Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.)

    "Therapy of inflammatory bowel disease using LMP-420"

    Abstract
    Hawkey, Chris J., M.D.
    University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

    "Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Crohn's disease: the ASTIC trial"

    Presentation
    Hugot, Jean-Pierre, M.D., Ph.D.
    INSERM, Hopital Robert Debré (Paris, France)

    "CARD15/NOD2 modulates Peyer's patch phenotype in mice"

    Abstract
    Kapp, Kerstin, Ph.D.
    Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin (Germany)

    "CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells in IBD"

    Abstract
    Kirkwood, Carl D., Ph.D.
    Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (Parkville, Australia)

    "Does a viral agent induce Crohn's disease? A search for infectious agents in children with early onset Crohn's disease"
    Kokkotou, Efi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)

    "Targeting melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) as a novel treatment for inflammatory bowel disease"
    Mizoguchi, Atsushi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, U.S.A.)

    "Therapeutic approach using interleukin-22 in experimental colitis"

    Abstract
    Ortner, Maria-Anna, M.D.
    Centre Hospitalier Universitare Vaudois (Lausanne, Switzerland)

    "Photodynamic therapy as a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of Crohn's disease"

    Abstract
    Pender, Sylvia L. F., Ph.D.
    University of Southampton (United Kingdom)

    "Role of macrophage metalloelastase (MMP-12) in inflammatory bowel disease"
    Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan, M.D., Ph.D.
    Christian Medical College (Vellore, Indian)

    "Exploring the relationship between Crohn's disease and hookworm infestation in a hitherto low prevalence area for Crohn's disease"

    Abstract
    Spiller, Robin C., M.D.
    University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

    "Altered enteric nerve phenotype and visceral sensation in ulcerative colitis"

    Abstract
    Suskind, David L, M.D.
    University of Washington (Seattle, U.S.A.)

    "Maternal microchimerism in inflammatory bowel disease"
    van Eden, Willem, Ph.D.
    Utrecht University (The Netherlands)

    "Heat shock proteins can have disease suppressive therapeutic effects in inflammatory bowel disease models"

    Abstract
    Visser, Lydia, Ph.D.
    University of Groningen (The Netherlands)

    "Ex vivo treatment of biopsies in inflammatory bowel disease with galectin-1"
    Xiong, Huabao, M.D.
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York, U.S.A.)

    "Blocking TLR signaling pathway by TLR peptides in the treatment of colitis"
    Zasloff, Michael, M.D., Ph.D.
    Georgetown University (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.)

    "Insights in to the function of the NOD2 gene in intestinal immunity from studies of human small bowel transplantation"

    Abstract

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