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5th European Congress of Reproductive Immunology Program

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks

09:15 – 10:00 Opening Lecture

Chair: Gerard Chaouat, Shigeru Saito

09:15 – 10:00 IS 01 David Clark, Hamilton, Canada

Reproductive Immunology – Changing

Paradigms and Failing Dogmas

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

Session 1: MHC - Natural Killer Cell Cross Talk

Chairs: Philippe LeBoutellier, Udo Markert

10:30 – 11:00 IS 02 Angela Santoni, Rome, Italy

NK Receptors and Signalling

11:00 – 11:30 IS 03 Andreas Ziegler, Berlin, Germany

Female Choice and the MHC (tentative)

11:30 – 12:00 IS 04 Lucia Mincheva-Nilsson, Umea,

Sweden

The NKG2D/MIC system and exosomes

in human pregnancy

Selected Oral Presentations

12:00 – 13:00 SOP 1 C. Karsten*, J. Behrends,

A. Roebke, F. Fuchs, A. Wagner,

A. Kruse, Luebeck, Germany

Impaired Uterine NK Cell Function

in Implantation Sites of Mice Lacking

ALPHA4 BETA7/CD11C Positive

Leukocytes

SOP 2 N. Fernandez, Colchester, UK

The Absence of Beta-2 Microglobulin

Confers an Impaired Breeding

Phenotype and Poor

Reproductive Fitness in Mice

SOP 3 I. Mrakovcic-Sutic*, H. Jakovac,

D. Grebic, Rijeka, Croatia

Cross-Talk between Regulatory

T and NKT Cells during Synergeneic

Pregnancy after Treatment with

Petidoglycan Monomer Linked

with Zinc

SOP 4 A. Ranella*, I. Athanassakis

Heraklion, Greece

The Differential Ratio of H-2O/H-2M

Decide the Fate of HLA-DR Molecules

in Trophoblasts

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Session 2: Suppressor Cells and Regulatory

Mechanisms

Chairs: David Clark, Nadja Tariverdian

14:00 – 14:30 IS 05 Ulrich Schaible, London, UK

No Life without Death: Apoptosis as

Prerequisite for T Cell Activation

14:30 – 15:00 IS 06 Peter Terness, Heidelberg,

Germany

Immunoregulatory Role of IDO-produc-

ing Human Dendritic Cells Revisited

15:00 – 15:30 IS 07 Kenneth Beaman, Chicago, USA

Non-Antigen driven Immune Activation

of the Immune Response in

Implantation

15:30 – 16:00 Selected Oral Presentations

SOP 5 V. Chernyshov*, I. Sudoma,

A. Kostyuchyk, Kiev, Ukraine

CD4 CD25 High CD127 Low T Regula-

tory Cells Relation with Chemokine

Receptors Expression and Intracellular

Cytokines in IVF Pregnancy

SOP 6 B. Toth*, R. Nieuwland,

M. Kern, N. Rogenhofer,

R. Berkmans, P. Lohse, K. Friese,

C. Thaler, Munich, Germany

Changes in Haemostatic Balance in

Women with Recurrent Spontaneous

Abortion are Linked to Circulating

Microparticles


PROGRAM

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 58 (2007) 169–176 ª 2007 The Authors

Journal compilation ª 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard 169

Session 3: Lectins, Antigen-Presenting Cells and Fetal

Tolerance

Chairs: Udo Jeschke, Sandra Blois

16:30 – 17:00 IS 08 Angus Thomson, Pittsburgh, USA

Dendritic Cells as Promoters of

Tolerance

17:00 – 17:30 IS 09 Gabriel Rabinovich, Buenos Aires,

Argentina

Galectins and their Ligands: Amplifiers,

Silencers or Tuners of the Inflamma-

tory Response

17:30 – 18:45 Selected Oral Presentations:

Nominees for the New Investigator

Award (Clinical Research)

NIAC 1 J. Mjosberg*, L. Hellstrom,

R. Casas, M. Jenmalm, R. Boij,

G. Berg, L. Matthiesen, J. Ernerudh,

Linkoping, Sweden

The Expansion of Peripheral CD4

CD25Bright Cells during Human

Pregnancy is not Associated with

Increased Regulatory Phenotype

NIAC 2 J. Aizpurua*, J. Ten, S. Marti,

P. Marcos, J. Guerrero, F. Galan,

R. Bernabeu, G. Rubio

Alicante, Spain

Quantifying sHLA-G in IVF Culture

Media as a Marker of Embryonic

Viability and Implantation Potential

NIAC 3 M. Fraczek*, D. Sanocka,

M. Kurpisz, Poznan, Poland

Leukocytes as a Modulators of the

Harmful Effect of Proinflammatory

Cytokines and Bacteria on Sperm

Lipid Membrane Peroxidation in In

Vitro Model of Semen Inflammation

NIAC 4 N. Gneist*, G. Keck, I. Trinkaus,

W. Distler

Dresden, Germany

Glycodelin of Human Cumulus Cells as

Marker Protein for Oocyte Maturity

NIAC 5 C. Zivile*, E. Audrone, U. Aud-

rone Vilnius, Lithuania

Follicular Fluid Levels of Interleukin–

10 and Interferon Gamma and their

Impact on the Outcome of Assisted

Reproductive Technologies

18:45 – 20:00 Poster Session with Wine and

Cheese

Chairs: Ulrike Kammerer, David Clark

Presentation of poster POS 1-POS 26

POS 1 G. Keck*

Dresden, Germany

Elucidation of the Mechanism

of Glycodelin S Removal during IVF

POS 2 V. Shaikly*, I. Morrison,

M. Taranissi, C. Noble, R. J. Cherry,

N. Fernandez

London, UK

Variability of HLA-G5 and HLA-G1

Detected in Maternal Blood Plasma,

Follicular Fluid and Embryo Samples

from Patients Undergoing IVF

Treatment

POS 3 V. Shaikly*, I. Morrison,

M. Taranissi, C. Noble, R. J. Cherry,

N. Fernandez, London, UK

HLA-G Is Observed on the Trophecto-

derm and Hatching Trophectoderm

of Human Blastocysts on Day 6 of

Development

POS 4 G. Makarena, T. Poehlmann*,

U. Markert, T. Zorn, S. San Martin

Jena, Germany

Detection of Laminin and Fibronectin

during the Giant Trophoblast Cells

Invasion in Mice Uterus

POS 5 V. Khole*, R. Gajbhiye

Mumbai, India

Proteomic Analysis of Autoantigenic

Repertoire in Women with Endometri-

osis

POS 6 Involvement of Placental G-CSF

in the In Vitro Secretion of sFlt-1 by

Peritoneal Macrophages

Buenos Aires, Argentina

S. Litwin, M. B. Prados, M. E. Cortina,

M. E. Roux, S. Miranda*

POS 9 K. Haller*, A. Salumets,

M.C. Bene, R. Uibo Tartu, Estonia

Antibodies to Follicle Stimulating

Hormone (FSH)

PROGRAM


170 Journal compilation ª 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard

POS 10 A.S. Orsal*, S.M. Blois,

D. Labuz, P.M.J. Peters, P.C. Arck

Berlin, Germany

Dydrogesterone decreases neurokinin

1 receptor expression on uterine lym-

phocytes, induces a Th2 type cytokine

response and exerts hypoalgesic

effects

POS 11 N. Tariverdian*, F. Siedentopf,

S.M. Blois, H. Kentenich, P.C. Arck

Berlin, Germany

Human Endometriosis as a Result of a

Cross-talk between the Immune

System and Stress?

POS 12 G. Barrientos*, K. Schrocksna-

del, B.F. Klapp, S.M. Blois, D. Fuchs,

P.C. Arck Berlin, Germany

Serum Asymmetric Antibodies but not

Indoleamine 2,3-dyoxigenase Activity

Are Able to Estimate Pregnancy Out-

come

POS 13 M. Bubonja*, M. Abram,

W. Stenzel, R. Rubesa-Mihaljevic,

M. Deckert Rijeka, Croatia

Patohistological Changes in the Liver

and Brain of Neonatal TNFR1 Knock

Out Mice during Listeria Monocytoge-

nes Infection

POS 14 M. Danilidis*, A. Vassilaki,

M. Tsilipakou, G. Kokaraki, N. Karantani,

A. Gerofotis, G. Pantos, V. Tarlatzis

Thessaloniki, Greece

Cytokine Genes and Recurrent

Pregnancy Loss: Are There Protecting

Polymorphisms?

POS 15 F. Scarpellini*, M. Sbracia,

G. Rossi Rome, Italy

Differential Expression of G-CSF and

its Receptor in First Trimester Tropho-

blast of Recurrent Spontaneous Abor-

tions and Normal Pregnancies

POS 16 V. Dubinsky*, T.G. Poehlmann,

G. Guitierrez, T. Gentile, U.R. Markert

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Effect of Regulatory and Angiogenic

Cytokines RNA Interference on

Trophoblast Invasion

POS 17 T.-H. Huang*, D.-G. Wang,

G. An Shantou, China

Investigation of Mouse Sperm Protein

Izumo as a Potential Immunocontra-

ceptive Antigen

POS 18 Inhibin B, Intracrosomal

Proteins and Sperm antibodies in Men

from Infertile Couples

Z. Ulcova-Gallova Zdenka*,

J. Peknicova, K. Babcova, J. Cibulka,

Z. Cervenkova, K. Bibkova, Z. Micanova

POS 19 M. Bahmanzadeh*, M. Abbasi,

F. Abolhassani, S. Ejtemaiimehr,

N. Takzare, M. Salehi Tehran, Iran

The Effects of Nitric Oxide Synthase

Inhibitor (L-NAME) On Epididymal

Sperm Count and Morphology in

Varicocelized Rat

POS 20 B. Toth*, K. Roth, C. Kunert-

Keil, S. Kunze, S. Schulze, C. Scholz,

I. Mylonas, K. Friese, U. Jeschke

Munich, Germany

Expression of Glycodelin A in Normal

Pregnancy, Abortion and Hydatidiform

Mole

POS 21 B. Toth*, M. Bastug, C. Kuhn,

I. Mylonas, C.J. Thaler, K. Friese,

U. Jeschke

Munich, Germany

Differences in the Expression of AIB3

and PPARc in Normal Pregnancy and

Spontaneous Abortion

POS 22 N. Dolgushina Moscow, Russia

Immunologic Aspects of Pregnancy

Miscarriage in Women with Herpetic

Infections

POS 23 C. Anderle, A. Hammer,

M.Hartmann, R. Wintersteiger, A. Blas-

chitz, G. Dohr, G. Desoye, J. Szekeres-

Bartho, P. Sedlmayr*

Graz, Austria

Progesterone-induced Blocking Factor

Is Expressed by Trophoblast Cells of

the Human Placenta

POS 24 A. Torchinsky, V. Toder*

Tel Aviv, Isreal

p53 Determines Embryo Susceptibility

to Stress via Controlling Caspase Acti-

vation and NF-kB DNA Binding

PROGRAM



POS 25 R. Cordo Russo*, M. Garcia,

G. Barrientos, M. Tometten,

A.S. Orsal, S. Hajos, S.M. Blois

Berlin, Germany

High Expression of Survivin and Down-

Regulation of Stat-3 Characterize the

Feto-Maternal Interface in Failing

Murine Pregnancies During the

Implantation Period

POS 26 A. Barakonyi*, E. Miko,

P. Varga, J. Szekeres-Bartho

Pecs, Hungary

V-chain Preference of Gamma/Delta

T-Cell Receptors in Peripheral Blood

during Labor in Term

Session 4: Chemokines and Leukocyte Trafficking

Chairs: Andrea Kruse, Shigeru Saito

09:00 – 09:30 IS10 Cecilia Garlanda, Milan, Italy

Pentraxins at the Crossroads between

Innate Immunity, Inflammation, Matrix

Deposition, and Female Fertility

09:30 – 10:00 IS11 Alex Betz, Cambridge, UK

Effector Regulatory T Cells in

Pregnancy & Autoimmunity

10:00-10:30 Selected Oral Presentations

SOP 7 V. Toder*, A. Torchinsky,

N. Molotski, Tel Aviv, Israel

Embryo Susceptibility to Stress: the

Role of the NF-kB Signaling

SOP 8 O.B.Christiansen*, H.S. Nielsen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Epidemiologic and Immunogenetic

Evidence that Anti-HY Immunity Plays

a Role in Recurrent Placental Abrup-

tion

Session 5: Fetal Programming of Diseases

Chairs: Maike Pincus, Berthold Hocher

11:00 – 11:30 IS12 Peter Nathanielsz, San Antonio,

USA

Animal models that elucidate basic

principles of the developmental

origins of adult diseases

11:30 – 12:00 IS13 Berthold Hocher, Hannover,

Germany

The Advanced Fetal Programming

Hypothesis


SOP 9 G. Herberth*, U. Diez, M. Borte,

M. Rehwagen, S. Roder, O. Herbarth,

I. Lehmann, Leipzig, Germany

Priming of the Fetal Immune System

by Chemical Exposure Increases the

Risk for Allergy Development Later in

Children’s Life

SOP 10 M. Sandberg*, A. Frykman,

Y. Jonsson, J. Ernerudh, G. Berg,

L. Matthiesen, C. Ekerfelt, L. Nilsson,

M. Jenmalm, Linkoping, Sweden

Total IgE Antibody Levels During and

After Pregnancy in Relation to Cord

Blood (CB) Machrophage Derivied

Chemokine (MDC, CCL22) Levels and

Allergic Disease

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Time Seminar for Young

Scientist: Meet the Expert on ‘How

to Write a Paper’

chaired by Peter Johnson (Liverpool

UK; Editor of the Journal of Reproduc-

tive Immunology) and Kenneth

Beaman (Chicago USA; Editor of the

American Journal of Reproductive

Immunology)

Session 6: Cytokines and Hormones

Chairs: Falk Schneider, Olivier Sandra

14:00 – 14:30 IS14 Peter Hansen, Gainsville, USA

Regulation of Uterine Immune

Function by Local and Systemic

Signals

14:30 – 15:00 IS15 Marie-Pierre Piccinni, Florence,

Italy

Factors responsible for Th1- and Th2-

type Cytokine Responses in Successful

Pregnancy

15:00 – 15:30 IS16 Julia Szekeres-Bartho, Pecs,

Hungary, Progesterone-dependent

Immunomodulation


SOP 11 B. Polgar*, A. Marki, N. Halidi,

M. Halasz, N. Kozma, T. Palkovics,

J. Szekeres-Bartho, Pecs, Hungary

A Molecule of Challenge: Hunting For

PIBF Receptor

PROGRAM



SOP 12 K. Khan*, M. Kitajima,

T. Imamura, K. Hiraki, A. Fujishita,

I. Sekine, T. Ishimaru, H. Masuzaki

Nagasaki, Japan

Role of Bacterial Endotoxin and

Endogenous Heat Shock Protein

70 (Hsp70) in Pelvic Inflammation

and TLR4-mediated Growth of

Endometriosis


Session 7: Psychological Aspects of Impaired Repro-

ductive Success

Chairs: Maria Varla-Leftherioti, Katrina Nakamura

16:30 – 17:00 IS17 George Chrousos, Athens,

Greece

Neuroendocrinology of Stress and

Female Reproductive Function

17:00 – 17:30 IS18 Pablo Nepomnashy, National

Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences, USA

Cortisol Levels, Female Reproductive

Function and Very Early Pregnancy in

Humans


Nominees for the New Investigator

Award (Basic Science)

NIAB 1 Scholz Christoph*, R. Brunnhu-

ber, L. Santoso, K. Friese, U. Jeschke

Munich, Germany

Glycodelin A (GdA) Modulates Immun-

responses by Dendritic Cells

NIAB 2 E. Dionyssopoulou*,

I. Athanassakis, Heraklion, Greece

The Role of L-carnitine in the Immuno-

logical Changes of the Peritoneal

Cavity in Female Mice

NIAB 3 C. Gustafsson*, J. Mjosberg,

A. Matussek, R. Geffers, L. Matthiesen,

G. Berg, S. Sharma, J. Buer, J. Ernerudh

Linkoping, Sweden

Gene Expression Profiling of Human

Decidual Macrophages: Evidence for

Immunosuppressive Phenotype

NIAB 4 C. Neblung*, T.G. Poehlmann,

A. Braunschweig, T. Wengenmayer,

H. Winzer, U. R. Markert

Jena, Germany

Function of hla-g Isoforms in Escape

of Immune Response

NIAB 5 K. Foerster*, W. He, J. Manuel,

A. Bartczak, M. Liu, U. R. Markert,

G. A. Levy, D. A. Clark, Toronto,

Canada

LPS-induced Occult Loss in Mice

Requires FGL2

18:45 – 20:00 Poster Session with Wine and

Cheese

Chairs: Paz Martinez, Udo Markert

Presentation of Poster POS 27 – POS 52

POS 27 M. Aldaghy, Semnan, Iran

Effect of Vitamin E on Development of

Mouse Embryo in Invitro

POS 28 E.E. Winger*, J.L. Reed,

R.B. Stricker

Alan E. Beer Center for Reproductive

Immunology & Genetics, Los Gatos,

CA, USA.

Treatment with Tumor Necrosis Factor

(TNF) Inhibitors and Intravenous

Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Improves Live

Birth Rates in Women with Recurrent

Spontaneous Abortion (RSA)

POS 29 C. Kling, Kiel, Germany

Analysis of Regulatory T-Cells before

and after Lymphocyte Immunotherapy

POS 30 M. Danilidis*, M. Tsilipakou,

G. Kokaraki, N. Karantani, A. Vassilaki,

N. Karyotis, E. Parapanissiou, I. Ster-

gioudas, G. Pantos, M. Mastrominas

Thessaloniki, Greece

Miscarriage after in Vitro Fertilization:

Immunologic and Immunogenetic

Evaluation

POS 31 H. Hutter*, M. Siwetz, G. Dohr

Graz, Austria

Detection of HLA-E and HLA-G Expres-

sion in Human Placental Tissue

PROGRAM



POS 32 A Shakhawat, Colchester, UK

The Progesterone-derivative Dydro-

gesterone up-regulates HLA-G and

HLA-E in the JEG-3 Choriocarcinoma

Cell Line

POS 33 V. Maina*, S. Labied,

F. Pasqualini, M. Nebuloni,

F. Frankenne, A. Montavi, C. Garlanda

Milan, Italy

PTX3 Deficiency is Associated to

Abnormal Placental Architecture in

Mice

POS 34 V. Chernyshov*, I. Gordienko,

B. Donskoi, E. Tarapurova

Kiev, Ukraine

Deficiency of Plasmatic HLA-G and

TNF in Human Fetuses with Compli-

cated Congenital Heart Diseases

POS 35 D. Clark*, K. Hatta, C. Peralta,

V. Han, M. van den Heuvel

Hamilton, Canada

NKT but not other CD56 Cells Demon-

strate Response to IVIG Administered

to Recurrent Pregnancy Failure

Patients

POS 36 B. Fonseca*, G. Correia-da-

Silva, N. Teixeira, Porto, Portugal

Expression of Vanniloid Receptor at

the Rat Maternal Tissues in Normal

Pregnancy and Spontaneous Fetal-

resorption Units

POS 37 A. Friebe*, C. Steinert,

S. Blois, D. Clark, P.C. Arck

Berlin, Germany

TLR4 Signalling is Involved in Stress

Triggered Abortions in Mice

POS 38 S. Hahn, S. Besnosn, J.O. Jans-

sen, S. Tan, T. Dietz, R. Kimmig, J.

Hesse-Hussain, K. Mann, M. Schedlow-

ski, P.C. Arck, S. Elsenbruch*

Essen, Germany

Psychological Implications of Infertility

in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syn-

drome

POS 39 L. Khachaturian, D.M. Morales

Prieto*, M. Bozic, T.G. Poehlmann,

E. Schleussner, U.R. Markert

Jena, Germany

Protein Inhibitors of Activated STATs

(PIAS) in Trophoblast Cells

POS 40 J. Haak, A. Geishenhart,

A.L.L. Forti*, S. Neubeck,

A. Braunschweig, P. Sedlmayr,

T.G. Poehlmann, U.R. Markert

Jena, Germany

IL-6 Induces Strong IL-12 Production

in Trophoblastic Cells

POS 41 I. Rudloff*, T.G. Poehlmann,

T. de la Motte, S. Bachmann;

E. Schleussner, N. Rodde, O. Sandra,

U.R. Markert, Jena, Germany

SOCS3 Controls STAT3 Signaling and

Invasion of Trophoblast and Chorio-

carcinoma Cells

POS 42 A. Braunschweig*, Y. Maier,

T.G. Poehlmann, K. Juenemann,

S. Busch, E. Schleussner, U.R. Markert

Jena, Germany

STAT3 Silencing and sHLA-G Reduce

NK Cell Cytotoxicity

POS 43 V. Melichar, E. Soelder,

E. Hacket, K. Schroecksnadel, L. Wildt,

D. Fuchs*, Innsbruck, Austria

Neopterin Concentrations in the Early

Course of Pregnancy after In Vitro

Fertilization

POS 44 V. Melichar, B. Frick,

K. Schroecksnadel, C. Winkler,

H. Schennach, D. Fuchs*

Innsbruck, Austria

Serum Tryptophan Concentration

during Menstrual Cycle

POS 45 B. Mulac-Jericevic

Rijeka, Croatia

Regulation of Osteopontin Expression

in Endometrial and Decidual Cells

PROGRAM



POS 46 G. Laskarin*, A. Redzovic,

Z. Rubesa, D. Veljkovic, I. Vlastelic,

P. Allavena, A. Mantovani, D. Rukavina

Rijeka, Croatia;

Decidual CD1a Cells Are Able to Shape

the Percentage and Functions of CD56

Bright and CD3 Cells at the Maternal-

fetal Interface

POS 47 J.-P. Allam*, F. Frohnhoff,

I. Oltermann, G. Haidl, Bonn, Germany

Increased Apoptotic Spermatozooas

in Infertile Men with Detectable TNF-a

in Seminal Plasma

POS 48 S. Jantra, E. Bigliardi, R. Brizzi,

F. Ietta, N. Bechi, R. Romagnoli,

A. Pellegrini, L. Paulesu*, Siena, Italy

Interleukin 1 in Materno-fetal Immuno-

tolerance

POS 49 I. Nowak*, R. Ploski, E. Barcz,

P. Dziunycz, P. Kaminski, G. Kos-

trzewa, E. Majorczyk, J. Malejczyk,

L. Milewski, T. Mutrynowski,

P.I. Roszkowski, D. Senitzer, J.Y. Sun,

A. Wisniewski, P. Kusnierczyk

Wroclaw, Poland

KIR2DS5 Is Protective in Endometri-

osis

POS 50 L. Szereday*, A. Barakonyi,

E. Miko, L. Lynch, C.O. Farrelly,

P. Varga, J. Szekeres-Bartho

Pecs, Hungary

Haematopoietic Stem Cells in Human

Decidua

POS 51 Z. Trobonjaca*, V. Tosevski,

I.L. Sargent, H. Haller, L. Randic,

D. Rukavina, Rijeka, Croatia

Comparison of Type 1 and type 2

Immune Response Balance of

Decidual and Blood Lymphatic Cells

during First Trimester of Pregnancy

POS 52 P Toth*, C.V. Rao

Budapest, Hungary

The Role of Extragonadal HCG/LH

Receptors in the Treatment of Threa-

tened and Habitual Abortion top

Session 8: Male Infertility

Chairs: Zdenka Ulcova-Gallova, Maciej Kurpisz

09:00 – 09:30 IS19 Sarah Robertson, Adelaide,

Australia

Seminal Plasma and Male Factor

Signalling in the Female Reproductive

Tract

09:30 – 10:00 IS20 Bruno Lunenfeld, Ramat Gan,

Israel

The Ageing Male: Demographics and

Challenges

10:00 - 10:30 Selected Oral Presentations

SOP 13 S. Bhushan, S. Tchatalbachev,

J. Klug, T. Chakraborty, C. Pineau,

A. Meinhardt*

Giessen, Germany

Uropathogenic E.coli but not Com-

mensale E.coli Infection Activates

TLR-4 MyD Independent Signaling

Pathways in Rat Testicular Cells

SOP 14 A. Chelmonska-Soyta*, T. Maj,

K. Switala, L. Kiczak, A. Miazek, A. Hal-

bersztadt, Wroclaw, Poland

Involvement of Estrogen Receptor

Alfa in the Development of Immune

Response to Syngenic Testicular Germ

Cells (TGC) in C3H/He Male Mice


Session 9: Keystone Session

Chairs: Daniel Rukavina, Alex Betz

11:00 – 11:30 IS21 Shigeru Saito, Toyama, Japan

Regulatory T cells and Regulatory NK

Cells in Normal Pregnancy and Spon-

taneous Abortion


SOP 15 Y. Martinez de la Torre*,

C. Garlinda, A. Vecchi, M. Locati,

A. Mantovani

Rozzano, Italy

Role of the Maternal or Fetal Chemo-

kine Decoy Receptor D6 in Protection

against Inflammation-induced Fetal

Loss

PROGRAM



SOP 16 M. Escribese*, L. Kwan,

Y. Hamel, A. Fernandez-Sesma, B. Lin,

J. Seto, S. Sealfon, T. Moran

New York, USA

Effects of Estrogen on Dendritic Cells

during the Immune Responses

Induced by Viral Infection

SOP 17 A. Wockel*, A. Beggel,

M. Rucke, P. Arck, M. Abou-Dakn

Berlin, Germany

Postpartal Immunologic Parameters in

Breastmilk for Prediction of Puerperal

Mastitis

SOP 18 I. Gashaw*, S. Stiller, E. Win-

terhager Essen, Germany

Endometrial Cells Respond to Hypoxia,

TNFa and Prostaglandin with Enhanced

Secretion of the Proangiogenic Factor

CYR61

SOP 19 J. Dineva, I. Vangelov,

R. Konakchieva, T. Stefanova,

M. Ivanova*, Sofia, Bulgaria

Studies on the Imunoendocrine Regu-

lation of Cell Survival and Apoptosis

in Preovulatory Human Follicle

SOP 20 C. Vilser*, M. Nowicki, K. Ebe-

rle, V. Blumenauer, F.A. Hmeidan,

Jogschies P., K. Spanel-Borowski

Leipzig, Germany

Autophagy in Freshly Harvested

Human Granulosa Cells Supports a

Novel Way of Programmed Cell Death

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Afternoon of Rejuvenation and Mingling

14:00 – 18:00 Trip to Sanssouci Castle in Potsdam,

Germany

20:00 – open Dinner and Dance in the Lecture Hall

Ruins of the Charite, University Medi-

cine Berlin

Session 10: Emerging Therapeutic Interventions in

Poor Reproductive Outcomes

Chairs: Nathalie Ledee, Heribert Kentenich

09:00 – 09:30 IS22 Rene Frydman, Clamart, France

Determinants of Endometrial

Receptivity

09:30 – 10:00 IS23 Hideto Yamada, Sapporo, Japan

Infertility, Fetal Rejection and

Immunity


SOP 21 E. Winger*, J. Reed, R. Stricker

Los Gatos, USA

Lymphocyte Immunization Therapy

(LIT) Combined with Intravenous

Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Improves Live

Birth Rates in Women with Primary

Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

(RSA)

SOP 22 K. Bouloukos, C. Tsekoura,

A. Chioti, K. Avdeliodi, H. Vasilopoulou-

Kada, V. Kontopoulou-Antonopoulou,

T. Keramitsoglou, M. Varla-Leftherioti*

Athens, Greece

Association of Increased Peripheral

Vgamma9/Vdelta2 TCR Lymphocytes

with Genital Track Infections in Women

with Recurrent Abortions


Session 11: Proteomics and Genomics

Chairs: Nelson Fernandez, Peter Johnson

11:30 – 12:00 IS24 John Herr, Charlottesville, USA

Pre-patterning of the Mammalian

Oocyte Revealed by Novel KH Domain

RNA Binding Proteins MOEP19 and

Ecat-1


SOP 23 E. Pires*, F. Parikh, V. Khole

Mumbai, India

HSP90b: A Novel Immunodominant

Autoantigen Involved in Human Ovar-

ian Autoimmunity

SOP 24 N. Mansouri*, O. Sandra,

J. Aubert, R. Everts, L. Galio,

Y. Heyman, C. Audouard, S. Degrelle,

I. Hue, X. Yang, H. Lewin, J.-P. Renard

Jouy-en-Josas, France

Identification of Differentially

Regulated Genes in the Endometrium

of Cyclic and Pregnant Cows Using a

High-throughput Transcriptome

Analysis

13.00 – 14:00 Lunch and End of Meeting

PROGRAM



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