Eighth Annual BMRP Investigator Meeting
February 18-19, 2010
Los Angeles, California
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- Invited Speakers:
- Bernstein, Charles N., M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Bingham Chair in Gastroenterology Research, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada)
"Environment and IBD: global lessons"
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- Mazmanian, Sarkis K., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, U.S.A.)
“Say hello to your little friends: symbiotic bacteria as novel therapies for IBD”
- Presentations By BMRP Investigators:
(partial list of talks)
- Arancibia, Carolina, Ph.D.
The University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
"Characterization of dendritic cells in inflammatory bowel disease"
- Bentley, Robert, Ph.D.
University of Otago (Christchurch, New Zealand)
"Polymorphisms in innate immunity genes NOD2 and ATG16L1 affect the response of human monocytes to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis"
Abstract
Presentation
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- Bernstein, Charles N., M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Bingham Chair in Gastroenterology Research, University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada)
"A population-based characterization of potential microbial etiologies of IBD using geographically defined high and low rate prevalence/incidence areas in Manitoba"
- Cadwell, Ken, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.)
"Interaction between a virus and the Crohn's disease gene ATG16L1"
Abstract
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- Caruso, Roberta, M.D.
University Tor Vergata of Rome (Italy)
"Antagonistic Effects of interleukin-25 on CD14+ cell cytokine responses in the gut"
Abstract
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- Cherayil, Bobby J., M.D.
Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
"Manipulating iron metabolism to control intestinal inflammation"
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- Creagh, Emma M., Ph.D.
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
"Understanding the role and regulation of inflammasome-associated caspases in inflammatory bowel disease"
- Croese, John, M.D.
James Cooke University (Townsville, Australia)
"Necator americanus (hookworm) modifies responses to gluten in celiac disease"
- Desseyn, Jean-Luc, Ph.D.
University of Lille (France)
"Protective action of a cysteine-rich mucin domain on the intestinal mucosa in experimental colitis"
- Dieleman, Levinus A., M.D., Ph.D.
University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
"Capsule endoscopy for the assessment of abnormal intestinal permeability in Crohn's disease relatives"
Abstract
Presentation
- Fayad, Raja A., M.D.
University of South Carolina (Columbia, U.S.A.)
"Adipose tissue macrophages: role in the development of strictures in Crohn's disease"
- Föll, Dirk, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Münster (Germany)
"GM-CSF induces monocyte subsets which ameliorate intestinal inflammation by specific immune activation"
- Ganley-Leal, Lisa, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
"Systemic toll-like receptor ligands modify B cell responses in chronic inflammatory disease patients"
- Hold, Georgina L., Ph.D.
University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom)
"Assessment of non-pylori Helicobacter species in ulcerative colitis"
- Huang, Emina H., M.D.
University of Florida (Gainesville, U.S.A.)
"Colitis derived tumorigenic stem cells and the inflammatory bowel"
Abstract
Presentation
- Iebba, Valerio, Ph.D.
Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
"Molecular characterization of mucosa-associated intestinal microbiota and intestinal innate immune response: searching for additional mechanisms in pediatric Crohn's disease"
- Knight, Stella C., Ph.D.
Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
"Leptin as an immunomodulatory target in Crohn's disease"
- Kuo, Calvin, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University (California, U.S.A.)
"In vitro culture approaches to intestinal stem cell biology and IBD"
- Laukens, Debby, Ph.D.
Ghent University (Belgium)
"Genetical genomics: A study of gene expression patterns in familial inflammatory bowel disease"
- Lindsay, James O., Ph.D.
Barts and the London School of Medicine (United Kingdom)
"Fructo-oligosaccharides in Crohn's disease: a prospective randomized, double blind controlled trial with clinical immunological and microbiological endpoints"
- McLaughlin, Simon D., MBBS
Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
"The bacteriology of pouchitis: a molecular phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing"
Abstract
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- Mullin, James M., Ph.D.
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
"Improvement of gastrointestinal barrier function and morbidity by restriction of sulfur-containing amino acids in Crohn's disease patients"
Abstract
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- Olsen, Ingrid, Ph.D.
National Veterinary Institute (Oslo, Norway)
"Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis antigen reactive T-lymphocytes from intestinal biopsies from Crohn's patients"
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- Ott, Stephan J., M.D.
University-Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
"The gut flora under environmental aspects: metagenomic alterations of the intestinal microbiome associated with lifestyle and their role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases"
Abstract
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- Petronis, Art, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
"Epigenomic studies of inflammatory bowel disease"
- Rayment, Neil, M.D.
Kings College Hospital (London, United Kingdom)
"The persistence of bacterial in lamina propria macrophages in Crohn's disease: role in pathogenesis"
- Rogler, Gerhard, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Zurich (Switzerland)
"Pathomechanisms of fistula formation in Crohn's disease patients"
Abstract
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- Sitaraman, Shanthi, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.)
"Treatment of experimental colitis using adenovirus-directed expression of prohibitin"
- Smith, Jill P., M.D.
Pennsylvania State University (Hershey, U.S.A.)
"Naltrexone therapy improves activity and promotes mucosal healing in active Crohn's disease: a placebo-controlled trial"
- Turner, Jerrold R., M.D., Ph.D.
The University of Chicago (Illinois, U.S.A.)
"Novel MLCK trafficking inhibitors correct TNF-induced tight junction barrier dysfunction"
- van Die, Irma, M.D., Ph.D.
VU University Medical Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Worms to the rescue: can worm glycans protect from inflammatory bowel disease?"
- Vogelaar, Lauran, Ph.D.
Erasmus University (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
"Factors determining the severity of fatigue and the feasibility of fatigue management in Crohn's disease patients"
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- Wang, Weiwei, Ph.D.
University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
"Viral triggers in inflammatory bowel disease"
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