Best Presentation Award Winner 2018
2018
Category-1: Hematopoiesis and Immune Environment
1-C-WS3-13-O/P
CD150high Bone Marrow Tregs Maintain Hematopoietic Stem Cell Quiescence and Immune Privilege via Adenosine
Yuichi Hirata (Columbia Univ.)
1-C-WS4-3-O/P
Characterization of thymic fibroblast subsets
Masanori Tsutsumi (The Univ. of Tokyo)
Category-2: B cells
1-D-WS5-10-O/P
Metabolic control of germinal center B cell and plasma cell differentiation
Kei Haniuda (Tokyo Univ. of Science)
1-D-WS6-4-O/P
Characteristics of naïve B cells in murine IgA Nephropathy
Yoshihito Nihei (Juntendo Univ.)
Category-3: T cells
2-A-WS14-4-O/P
Roles of Rap1, Talin-1 and Kindlin-3 in lymphocyte homing to peripheral and mucosal lymph nodes
Yuji Kamioka (Kansai Medical Univ.)
3-A-WS23-14-O/P
Low-affinity TCR engagement induces Itm2a to mediate T cell maintenance in the periphery
Moe Shiokawa (Osaka Univ.)
Category-4: Helper T cells
1-H-WS13-4-O/P
Host defense against oral bacteria by bone-damaging T cells
Masayuki Tsukasaki (The Univ. of Tokyo)
1-H-WS13-15-O/P
Cholesterol 25-hydroxylase expressing CD4+ T cell regulates tissue inflammation
Hayato Takahashi (Keio Univ.)
Category-5: Innate lymphocytes
1-B-WS1-5-O/P
β2 adrenergic receptor-mediated negative regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cell responses
Saya Moriyama (Cornell Univ.)
1-B-WS2-8-O/P
MAIT cells as a new therapeutic target for systemic lupus erythematosus.
Asako Chiba (Juntendo Univ.)
Category-6: Dendritic cells and macrophages
1-E-WS8-3-O/P
A chemokine signal amplifier FROUNT promotes tumor progression by facilitating migration and activation of tumor-associated macrophage
Etsuko Toda (Tokyo Univ. of Science)
1-E-WS7-5-O/P
LPS from lymphoid-tissue resident Alcaligenes induces IgA without excessive inflammation via its weak TLR4 agonist activity.
Naoko Shibata (Waseda Univ.)
Category-7: Mast cells & granulocytes
2-H-WS21-1-O/P
Phosphatidylserine exposure self-regulates mast cells’ degranulation
Yaqiu Wang (Univ. of Tsukuba)
2-H-WS21-6-O/P
Histamine released from skin-infiltrating basophils but not mast cells is crucial for acquired tick resistance in mice
Soichiro Yoshikawa (Tokyo medical and dental Univ. (TMDU))
Category-8: Allergy
2-G-WS20-7-O/P
Identification and functional analyses of three dendritic cell subsets accumulating in skin-draining lymph nodes upon the expression of thymic stromal lymphopoiein in the skin
Miyuki Omori-Miyake (Tokyo Women’s Medical Univ.)
2-G-WS20-8-O/P
Local skin memory response is mediated by tissue resident memory T cells
Akihiko Murata (Tottori Univ.)
Category-9: Cytokines and chemokines
1-G-WS11-16-O/P
Chronic interferon-gamma signals impair memory CD8 T cell maintenance
Ruka Setoguchi (RIKEN)
1-G-WS12-3-O/P
A division of labour for the type ?interferon and apoptosis induction after viral infection
Tomohiko Okazaki (The Univ. of Tokyo)
Category-10: Tolerance and Immune suppression
2-C-WS16-13-O/P
Transcription factor JunB is essential for effector regulatory T cell homeostasis and function
Shin-ichi Koizumi (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Univ.)
3-C-WS27-2-O/P
A novel mechanism for induction of tissue-specific immune evasion
Tetsuya Sakurai (Kyushu Univ.)
Category-11: Virus infection
2-B-WS15-7-O/P
In vivo imaging of the pathophysiological changes and dynamics of immune cells in influenza virus-infected mouse lung
Hiroshi Ueki (Univ. of Tokyo)
2-B-WS15-19-O/P
Combating herpesvirus encephalitis by potentiating a TLR3-mTORC2 axis
Ryota Sato (The Univ. of Tokyo)
Category-12: Bacterial / mycofungal / parasite infection
3-H-WS36-1-O/P
Porphyromonas gingivalis negatively regulates host immune responses through inhibitory receptor, Siglec
Yasunobu Miyake (Saga Univ.)
3-H-WS36-17-O/P
Analysis of novel Shigella effector mechanism that regulate host cell death
Hiroshi Ashida (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ.)
Category-13: Endogeneous innate immunity and inflammation
3-D-WS28-12-O/P
Ribonuclease T2 negatively regulates response of the dsRNA sensor TLR3
Kaiwen Liu (The Univ. of Tokyo)
3-D-WS29-8-O/P
Recognition of phospholipids on dead cells via inhibitory C-type lectin receptor
Chihiro Motozono (Osaka Univ.)
Category-14: Mucosal-Skin Immunity
3-F-WS33-5-O/P
Induction of IFNγ-producing CD8 T cells by human derived-commensal bacteria
Takeshi Tanoue (Keio Univ. School of Medicine)
3-F-WS33-4-O/P
Gut microbial metabolite acetate tunes IgA reactivity toward commensal microbes to maintain mucosal homeostasis
Tadashi Takeuchi (RIKEN)
Category-15: Tissue-specific immune diseases
3-B-WS24-7-O/P
Significant associations of human SIGLEC10 polymorphisms with susceptibility to Guillain-Barré syndrome
Xuexin Li (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ.)
3-B-WS24-10-O/P
TSHR-stimulating autoantibody production by TSHR / MHC class II complexes
Hui Jin (Osaka Univ.)
Category-16: Systemic autoimmune diseases
1-F-WS9-1-O/P
Immune cell-type specific multi-omics analysis revealed contribution of mitochondria in Bcells to systemic lupus erythematosus.
Yusuke Takeshima (The Univ. of Tokyo)
1-F-WS10-5-O/P
The Immunogenetics of Inflammatory Mechanisms by Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes form Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Haruka Tsuchiya (The Univ. of Tokyo)
Category-17: Tumor immunity
3-G-WS34-4-O/P
Tumor suppressors of the DAPK family regulate anti-tumor innate immunity through the STING-type I Interferon pathway
Mariko Takahashi (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology)
3-G-WS35-14-O/P
Distinct transcriptional regulation in tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells
Yujiro Kidani (Osaka Univ.)
Category-18: Cancer immunotherapy
3-E-WS30-1-O/P
Combined blockade of IL-6 and PD-1/PD-L1 signaling abrogates mutual regulation of their immunosuppressive effects in the tumor microenvironment
Hirotake Tsukamoto (Kumamoto Univ.)
3-E-WS31-6-O/P
Use of FLIPr as an antigen delivery vector for cancer immunotherapy
Hsin-Wei Chen (National Health Research Institutes)
Category-19: Human Immunology (Immunointervention)
3-H-WS37-5-O/P
Identification of POGLUT1 as the effector gene in human primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) susceptibility locus chromosome 3q13.33
Yuki Hitomi (The Univ. of Tokyo)
3-H-WS37-22-O/P
Human NK cell development in hIL-7 and hIL-15 knock-in NOD/SCID/IL2rgKO mice
Masashi Matsuda (RIKEN)