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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)
 Razvan,
Arsenescu, 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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