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1: Hematopoiesis and Immune Environment

WS03-07-O/P

Transcription factor trinity, E2A, Ebf1 and Erg, guides B cell fate:
Insights from Single-Cell RNA-seq
Rinako Hayashi (Kyoto University)

WS10-10-O/P

Reconstruction of a lymph node-like structure by transplantation of a centrifuge-based bioengineered lymphatic tissue
Shu Obana (Tokyo University of Science)

2: B cells

WS06-03-O/P

EMC1 enforces an ER-integrated checkpoint for B cell activation and humoral immunity
Kazuhiko Kawata (Kyushu University)

WS13-14-O/P

Differential BCR signaling and antigen presentation activity in IgG B cells contribute to positive selection into bone marrow IgG over IgM plasma cells
Yuki Tai (The University of Osaka)

3: T cells

WS01-04-O/P

Similar autoreactive regulatory T cell clones are selected during early ontogeny and expand under homeostatic perturbations
Reiko Tsukazaki (The University of Tokyo)

WS08-05-O/P

Dysfunctional Mitochondria Promotes DNA Damage and T Cell Exhaustion in CD8+ T Cells
Kung-Chi Kao (University of Lausanne)

WS15-01-O/P

Pathological analysis of tissue resident memory T Cells in inflammatory bowel disease
Naohiko Kinoshita (The University of Osaka)

WS22-02-O/P

DEAD-box RNA helicase 6 regulates T cell activation and drives autoimmune pathogenesis
Chihiro Goya (Kyoto University)

4: Dendritic cells, macrophages, granulocytes

WS27-37-O/P

Eosinophil-derived IL-27 promotes colon Th17 differentiation
Jun Kasamatsu (Kagoshima University)

5: Cytokines and chemokines

WS11-03-O/P

The immunological crosstalk between IL-33+ ductal cells of von Ebner’s glands and ILC2s orchestrates oral barrier function
Satoshi Koga (The University of Osaka)

6: Innate immunity

WS12-11-O/P

Virus-induced CD5L/AIM reprograms innate immunity to enable concurrent viral clearance and tissue repair during acute influenza infection
Satoko Arai (The Insitute for AIM Medicine)

WS19-12-O/P

Extracellular lipid metabolism driven by sPLA2-III controls the fate of macrophages in pulmonary fibrosis
Sho Egawa (The University of Tokyo)

WS26-16-O/P

Gasdermin-independent release of IL-1 family cytokines drives skin inflammation induced by Caspase-8 dependent keratinocyte death
Masahiro Nagata (Institute of Science Tokyo)

7: Mucosal-Skin Immunity

WS05-12-O/P

Dry skin-associated neonatal immune dysregulation in Langerhans cells triggers atopic dermatitis development
Tomoka Ito (The University of Osaka)

WS21-20-O/P

ILC3s-neuro axis in the gut regulates energy metabolism during fasting
Takuma Misawa (RIKEN)

8: Tolerance and Immune suppression

WS07-07-O/P

Function of ectopic MHC class II expression on non-immune cells in immune response
Wataru Nakai (The University of Osaka)

WS14-07-O/P

The role of antigen specificity in tissue Treg phenotypes and functions
Moeri Tsubaru (The University of Tokyo)

9: Virus infection Bacterial / mycofungal / parasite infection

WS20-29-O/P

Characterization of Virus-Host Immune Response and Screening of Viral Infection Using Animal RNA-Seq Data
Luca Nishimura (The University of Tokyo)

WS28-02-P

Attenuation of food allergy symptoms following Sparganum proliferum infection in a mouse model
Akito Fujihira (The University of Tokyo)

10: Immune diseases

WS04-04-O/P

Neoself IgG is a Primary Antigen Driving the Clonal
Expansion of Autoreactive T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jing Yang (The University of Osaka)

WS18-14-O/P

CD300b is a pathogenic receptor triggering autoinflammatory dermatitis and bone destruction by recognizing self-phospholipids
Asako Kubota (The University of Osaka)

WS25-03-O/P

Breaking Immune Tolerance: Self and Neoself Discrimination by T cells in Autoimmune Diseases
Shunsuke Mori (The University of Osaka)

11: Allergy

WS17-01-O/P

Enhanced STAT6 signaling promotes age-dependent spontaneous mixed granulocytic lung inflammation
Naoko Nagano (National Research Institute for Child Health and Development)

WS24-07 O/P

The role of immune cells in the choroid of the eye: Mast cells as regulators of myopia
Shin-ichi Ikeda (Keio University)

12: Tumor immunity

WS02-17-O/P

Adenosine-Induced Regnase-1 Expression in Tumor-Associated Macrophages Suppresses T Cell Anti-Tumor Activity
Xingyu Rong (Kyoto University)

WS09-09-P

Targeting SPRED2 to Unleash ERK-Driven CD8+ T Cell Responses and Memory Development in Breast Tumor Immunity
Miao Tian (Okayama University)

WS16-02-O/P

Pushing the limits of neoantigen discovery in low tumour mutational burden cancers by synergising with targeted protein degradation and noncanonical translation
Wei Wu (Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN))

WS23-16-O/P

Prevention of NK cell-mediated rejection by using mAbs for inhibitory receptors of NK cells
Masao Itahara (Kyoto University)


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