Sabrina Dhooge Argentina Peripheral and tumor immune signatures predict response to immunotherapy in advanced HER2-negative breast cancer Sabrina Dhooge¹, Ekaterina Friebel², Boffelli Lucia¹, Dutto Jeremias¹, Flores Ana Paula¹, Bustos Jeremias¹, Biasi Pilar ¹, Silvana Mouron³, Miguel Quintela-Fandino³, Burkhard Becher² Mariana Maccioni¹ and Nicolas Nuñez ¹ ¹Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología, CIBICI-CONICET, Departamento [...]

Emily Siniscalco U.S.A. Mucosal immunization induces linked local and systemic humoral responses Emily R. Siniscalco1,2; Hailong Meng3; Gisela Gabernet3; Gaspar. A. Pacheco4,5,6,7; Shahab Saghaei4,5,6,7; Sydney I. Ramirez8,9; L. Benjamin Hills9,10; Farhoud Faraji9,11; Shuting Chen1; Xiangyun Yin1,12; Christine Dien1,3,13,19; Laura R. Hoyt1; Elise G. Liu13; Abel Barrett14; Neima Briggs15; Adam Williams2,16; Vipul Shukla2,17; Shane Crotty8,9, Duane [...]

Javier Orozco-Cordoba Mexico Trim33 regulates TH9 differentiation and in vivo function. Javier Orozco-Cordoba1, Eugenio Contreras-Castillo1, Ofelia Muñoz-Paleta1, Daniel Zambrano-Romero1, Jose Luis Ramos-Balderas1, Paula Licona-Limon1 1. Instituto de Fisiologia Celular, UNAM. Abstract Background The TGF-β signaling pathway has been extensively studied in CD4+ T cells, particularly in TH17, Treg, and, more recently in TH9 cells, characterized [...]

Dr. Aranzazu Arias-Rojas U.S.A. Infection-induced elevation of gut glycosaminoglycans fosters microbiota expansion in Drosophila melanogaster Aranzazu Arias-Rojas1,4, Marko Rubinić 1,2 , Jasmin Albiez1,5,6, Dagmar Frahm1, Robert Hurwitz3, Igor Iatsenko1,* 1 Research group Genetics of host-microbe interactions, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany 2 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Life Sciences, [...]

Atia Rasheed U.A.E. Using a rabbit model to unravel the link between EBV infection and vitamin D in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis Atia Rasheed1, Meera Al Ameri1, Pretty Philip1, Latifa Al-Khyeli2, Javed Yasin3, Gulfaraz Khan1 1. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology 2. Department of Pathology 3. Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine [...]

Mona ElSisi Egypt The potential of HOTTIP SNPs as noninvasive diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers for HCC metastasis and siRNAs as promising avenue for targeted-therapy Mona G. El-Sisi1, Sara M. Radwan1, Sameh S. Ali2, Mohamed Y. Mostafa3, Nadia M. Hamdy1,4 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, 11566, Cairo, Egypt. 2 Research [...]

Mohadeseh Ahmadvand Canada MATH-only proteins (MOPs): Emerging immunoregulators in inflammation-related diseases Mohadeseh Ahmadvand1,2, Azin Tariniya Gilani1, Haroon Nigil2, Ali Abdul-Sater1* 1.School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2.Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Spondylitis Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada Abstract Background Inflammation is a vital [...]

Claudia Sahd Brazil Climate-driven dengue forecasting: SARIMA/SARIMAX models and web application Claudia Stoeglehner Sahd1, Alison Henrique Marcelino1, Elisângela Aparecida da Silva Lizzi1 Mathematics Department, Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, University Tecnology Federal of Paraná - (UTFPR), Paraná, Brazil Abstract Background Climate change has intensified arboviral transmission by altering temperature, humidity, and precipitation patterns that favor [...]

Débora Silva Pinto Brazil Characterization of Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) neuroinfection in central nervous system (CNS) human cell models and IFNAR -/- mice. D√©bora Silva Pinto1; D√©borah Pereira Pina da Silva1,2; Luan Rocha Lima1; Sharton Vin√≠cius Antunes Coelho1; Luciana Barros de Arruda1. 1. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro- UFRJ; 2. Universidade Federal do [...]