Congress Program

Sunday, April 27, 10.00 – 10.30

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Opening Ceremony

Revaz Sepiashvili

Congress President, Program Committee Co-Chairman
President, World Immunopathology Organization

Lanny Rosenwasser

President, World Allergy Organization (WAO)

Walter Canonica

Program Committee Co-Chairman

Allen Kaplan

Program Committee Co-Chairman

 

Sunday, April 27, 10.30 – 11.15

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

William Frankland Honorary Lecture

Moderators:

Allen Kaplan
Revaz Sepiashvili

Walter Canonica   University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy

Biomarkers of therapeutic response in allergy and asthma

 

Sunday, April 27, 11.15 – 12.00

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Albert Oehling HONORARY Lecture

Moderators:

Walter Canonica
Revaz Sepiashvili

Lanny Rosenwasser   Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Immunology Research, Allergy-Immunology Division, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, USA

The molecular, genetic and epigenetic basis of biotherapeutics for allergic diseases

 

Sunday, April 27, 12.30 – 14.00

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Allen Kaplan
Walter Canonica
Gailen Marshall

Allen Kaplan Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Inflammation and remodeling in asthma: Reversibility vs. refractoriness of symptoms

Walter Canonica University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
Allergen ImmunoTherapy: Past, Present and Future

Gailen Marshall The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
Integrative approach to management of stress in allergy and asthma patients

 

Sunday, April 27, 15.00 – 17.30

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Ignacio Ansotegui
Kamal Maurice Hanna

Ignacio Ansotegui Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio (Bilbao),Spain
A WAO – ARIA – GA2LEN consensus document on molecular-based allergy diagnostics

Ruby Pawankar Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
Molecular-based allergy diagnosis

Shin Yoshino Department of Pharmacology, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan
Allergen-specific suppression of asthmatic responses and allergic rhinitis in mice by IgG1 monoclonal antibody Fab fragments to a pathogenic allergen

Gennaro D’Amato Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Department of Chest Diseases, High Speciality A. Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
Negative and positive role of social networks in asthma patients

Hans Grönlund Karolinska institutet, Therapeutic Immune Design Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Allergy and asthma to cat; from lab to clinical applications (structures/allergenicity/diagosis/vaccination)

Kamal Maurice Hanna Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Stem cell therapies for respiratory diseases: New applications

Sunday, April 27, 10.00 – 17.00

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom Foyer

Poster Session

Moderators:

Tinatin Chikovani
Gennaro D’Amato
Todor Popov

Akio Mori1, Satoshi Kouyama1, Miyako Yamaguchi1, Yo Iijima1, Akemi Abe1, Takayuki Ohtomo1, Masanori Fukuhara1, Jun Itoh1, Hayashi Hiroaki1, Minami Takafumi1, Watarai Kentaro1, Chihiro Mitsui1, Chiyako Oshikata1, Hidenori Tanimoto1, Yuma Fukutomi1, Kiyoshi Sekiya1, Tsuburai Takahiro1, Masami Taniguchi1, Yuji Maeda1, Mamoru Ohtomo1, Maki Hasegawa1, Kazuo Akiyama1, Osamu Kaminuma2   1 National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Clinical Research Center, Sagamihara, Japan; 2Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan

Study on T cell-induced bronchoconstriction in vivo and in vitro

Tian Qingxiu, Yu Lijun   Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Factors associated with asthma control among Chinese clinical asthma patients

Saule Kudaibergenova S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Cytokine profile in allergic rhinitis

Saif Eldeen Ahmed Ragab, Awny Fouad Rahmym, Najwa Hassan Mohamed, Shirin Hassan Mohamed   Department of Physical Therapy for Respiratory, Cardiovascular Disorders and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University; Complementary Medicine at Center of National Research, Cairo, Egypt

Impact of ear acupuncture on ventilatory function among tobacco smokers

Ana Célia Costa1, Fátima Duarte1, Elisa Pedro1, Conceição Pereira Santos2, Manuel Pereira-Barbosa1   1Immunoallergology Department, Santa Maria Hospital, CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal; 2Clinical Immunology Unit, Molecular Medicine Institute, Medicine Faculty of Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal

Efficacy of oral desensitization to milk in a group of Portuguese patients with persistent severe cow's milk allergy – clinical and immunological evaluation

Ana Celia Costa1, Alcinda Melo2, Manuel Pereira Barbosa1, Maria Conceição Santos2   1Immunoallergology Department, Santa Maria Hospital, CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal; 2Clinical Immunology Unit, Molecular Medicine Institute, Medicine Faculty of Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal

Autoimmune Chronic Urticaria Diagnosis – Contribution of the Basophil Activation Test and evaluation by flow cytometry

Ana Célia Costa1, Alcinda Melo2, Fátima Duarte1, Elisa Pedro1, Manuel Pereira-Barbosa1, Conceição Pereira Santos2   1Immunoallergology Department, Santa Maria Hospital, CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal; 2Clinical Immunology Unit, Molecular Medicine Institute, Medicine Faculty of Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal

Sublingual Specific Immunotherapy with Pru p 3 in 10 Portuguese Patients - Clinical and Immunological Evaluation along 12 months

Anna Ferrer-Franco1, Juan Carlos Ceballos Romero2, Maria Jose López Martinez1   1Allergy Unit, 2Pneumology Unit, Hospital General de Almansa, Albacete, Spain

Clinical characteristics of asthmatic patients with fixed airflow obstruction in a rural area

A. Salas, A. Ferrer-Franco, R. Fernández, J. Alegre   Allergy Unit, Hospital General de Almansa, Spain; Business Management Department of the University of Valencia, Spain

To Be or Not To Be a Happy Allergologist

V.V. Derkach, Tatiana Slavyanskaya   Vladivostok, Moscow, Russia

Combined immunotherapy in children with atopic dermatits

E.J. Soto Hurtado1, J.M. Ignacio Garcia2, M.J. Gutierrez Fernández1, M.J. Chocrón Giráldez1, E. Marín Gámez3, A. Ruiz Cantero1   1Hospital La Serrania, Ronda, Malaga, Spain; 2Hospital Quirón Marbella, Málaga, Spain; 3Hospital de Antequera, Málaga, Spain

Impact and results of units of asthma education for four years in a population of children and adolescents

E.J. Soto Hurtado1, J.M. Ignacio Garcia2, E. Marín Gámez3, M.J. Chocrón Giráldez1, M.J. Gutierrez Fernández1, A. Ruiz Cantero1   1Hospital La Serrania, Ronda, Malaga, Spain; 2Hospital Quirón Marbella, Málaga, Spain; 3Hospital Antequera, Málaga, Spain

Reasons of non-adherence and description of the main problems detected in asthma education program for children and adolescents

Leonor Viegas1, Ana Célia Costa1, Ana Mendes1, Manuel Branco Ferreira1,2, Maria Elisa Pedro1, Manuel Pereira Barbosa1,2   1Imunoalergology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal; 2Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Omalizumab, Portuguese experience in a cohort of severe asthma patients

M.D. de las Marinas1, R. Felix1, C. Martorell2, J.C. Cerdá1, B. Bartolome3, A. Martorell1   1Allergy Unit, Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain; 2Allergy Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain; 3BIAL-ARISTEGUI Laboratories, R & D Department, Bilbao, Spain

Occupational asthma due to honey

M.W.L. Strufaldi, R. Morishita, M.C.P. Franco, R.F. Puccini   Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Adipokines in asthmatic children: inflammatory and metabolic roles

Miyuki Okuda, Makoto Kashio, Yoshinari Okuda   Osaka Hospital, Neyagawa City, Osaka, Japan

A case of acute COPD exacerbation complicated by overlap syndrome in which the use of a Respironics V60 Ventilator in average volume-assured pressure support mode was useful in correcting sleep-related hypoventilation

Paola De Baro, Elsie Navarrete, Pamela Alvarez, Margarita Díaz, Feng Huang, Blanca Del Río   Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gómez, Mexico D.F, Mexico

Correlation between glucose, adipokines and oxidative stress in obese adolescents with and without asthma

Onur Kum, Ender Coşkunpınar, Engin Aynacı, Yasemin Müşteri Oltulu, Küçükaslan Fahriye, Pınar Yıldız   Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training Hospital, Istanbul,Turkey; Istanbul University, DETAE, Department of Molecular Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

Heme Oxygenase-1 single nucleotide polymorphism does not influence susceptibility to chronic obstructive lung disease and its functional/clinical severity

K. Rama Satyanarayana Raju, Saurabh Gupta, Kannan Elango, M.N. Sathish Kumar, Nilesh Ambhore, M. Shashank, V.J. Vishnu Varthan    JSS College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund, India

5 Aminosalicylic acid suppresses crucial cytokines and oxidative stress responsible for aggravating immunological condition in allergic asthma

I.S. Razikova, Sh.Z. Mavlyanova, M.R. Rahimova, V.F. Baybekova   Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Clinical, allergic and immunological features of asthma in adolescents

Reham Shindi, Ian Todd, Patrick Tighe, Lucy Fairclough   Nottingham University, UK

Profiling of autoantibodies in COPD patents using protein microarray

Ruichao Niu, Ruoxi He, Bai-ling Luo, Li Zhang, Cheng-ping Hu   Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Tracheobronchial fungal infections and their bronchoscopic features

Ryszhan E. Bakirova, L.E. Muravleva, L.K. Ibraeva, S.D. Nursultanova, K.T. Tusupbekova, S.B. Mamashalieva, B.D. Ashirbekova, E.I. Mirzo   Karaganda State Medical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

Remodeling of the heart in dependence on stage of weight of the chronical obstructive disease of the lungs

Eleonora Belan, A. Kasyanova, L. Gavrikov, A. Panina, T. Sadchikova, M. Gutov   Volgograd State Medical University, CDP #2, Volgograd, Russia

Prenatal risk factors for atopic dermatitis in children depending on allergic diseases in mothers

Ruichao Niu, Ruoxi He, Bai-ling Luo, Li Zhang, Cheng-ping Hu   Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Differences in transition, distribution and drug sensitivity of lower respiratory tract infection pathogens between general wards and RICU

Serap Argun Baris1, Asli Zembat2, Ilknur Basyigit1, Hasim Boyaci, Tugba Asli Onyilmaz, Fusun Yildiz   1Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Disease, Kocaeli, Turkey; 2Evliya Çelebi Training and Research Hospital, Kutahya, Turkey

Awareness of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Kocaeli

Sergey Tereshchenko, Snejana Bychkovskaya, Ivan Novitskiy   Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Daily versus cyclical use of low doses inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of well controlled mild-to-moderate asthmatic children: multicentre, prospective, randomized, open-label trial

Sheikh Rayees, Gurdarshan Singh   Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

R8, a synthetic analogue of Vasicine attenuates asthma phenotypes in a mouse model of asthma by STAT6 inhibition

Stefan Mihaicuta, Diana Dimitriu, Carmen Ardelean, Stefan Frent   University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, Romania

Correlations between treatment, level of control and exacerbations in asthmatic patients in a Pulmonology Department

Yasuhiro Yoshida, Yuan Song, Takamichi Ichinose   Department of Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu, Japan

Asian sand dust causes acute lung inflammation and subacute peripheral events

 

Sunday, April 27, 20.00

New York Hilton Hotel, Mercury Ballroom

Presidential Dinner

Admission by invitations only

 

 

 

Monday, April 28, 10.00 – 10.45

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Alain de Weck Memorial Lecture

Moderators:

Sami Bahna
Revaz Sepiashvili

Rudolf Valenta   Department of Pathophysiology, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

From allergen genes to new forms of allergy diagnosis and treatment

 

Monday, April 28, 10.45 – 12.30

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Ignacio Ansotegui
Ronald Dahl
Stanley Fineman

Ronald Dahl   Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Mixed asthma and COPD disease

Allen Kaplan   Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA

Omalizumab, a biologic agent for asthma, as therapy for chronic idiopathic/spontaneous urticaria

Stanley Fineman   Department of Pediatrics, Allergy Division, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Practical issues in asthma management: Dealing with confidence, compliance and satisfaction

Ignacio Ansotegui   Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio (Bilbao), Spain

Asthma from childhood. An interactive asthma case

 

Monday, April 28, 13.00 – 13.45

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Robert A. Good Memorial Lecture

Moderators:

Lanny Rosenwasser
Revaz Sepiashvili

Sami Bahna   Allergy& Immunology Section, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA

Glimpses of the life of Robert A. Good: father of modern immunology

 

Monday, April 28, 15.00 – 16.45

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Manana Chikhladze
Gennaro D’Amato
Bogdan Petrunov

Bogdan Petrunov  National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria

New approaches in immunotherapy of the allergic diseases

Stanley Fineman   Department of Pediatrics, Allergy Division, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Is that breath of fresh air really fresh?

Todor Popov Clinical Centre of Allergology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Temperature of central versus peripheral fractions of exhaled air in subjects without and with airway diseases

Gennaro D’Amato Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Department of Chest Diseases,High Speciality A. Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy

Update on effects of climate changes on respiratory allergy

 

Monday, April 28, 16.45 – 18.30

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Chairmen:

Ronald Dahl
Todor Popov
Mzia Tsereteli

Ronald Dahl   Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Prevention of COPD exacerbations

Todor Popov   Clinical Centre of Allergology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Exhaled breath temperature in patients with COPD: Effect of tiotropium

Kamal Maurice Hanna   Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Smoking cessation for asthma and COPD patients: New strategies and vaccines

 

Monday, April 28, 10.00 – 17.00

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom Foyer

POSTER Session

Moderators:

Kamal Maurice Hanna
Ia Pantsulaia
Bogdan Petrunov

J. Radenkova-Saeva, Bogdan Petrunov   Toxicology Clinic, Emergency Hospital “Pirogov”, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria

One year retrospective study of life-treatening toxoallergic reactions in Emergency Hospital "Pirogov", Sofia, Bulgaria

D.Z. Albegova, S.I. Pavlova, Maya D. Tsitsuashvili, O.V. Loginova, Y.S. Vorobeva, I.G. Kozlov   Moscow, Cheboksary, Russia

Effect of licorice root flavonoids on effector lymphocytes of mice in reaction of contact sensitivity

M.Cortez e Castro1, A.Matos2, J. Ferreira2, R. Prabhudas2, M. Bicho2 1ImmunoAllergy Department, CHLN-HSM, Lisbon, Portugal; 2Medical School, Genetic Department, Lisbon, Portugal

Inducible nitric oxide synthase polymorphism in asthmatic patients

M.Cortez e Castro1, A.Matos2, J. Ferreira2, R. Prabhudas2, M. Bicho2 1ImmunoAllergy Department, CHLN-HSM, Lisbon, Portugal; 2 Medical School, Genetic Department, Lisbon, Portugal

Asthma and myeloperoxidase gene promoter region polymorphism

Alexey M. Mihaylovsky, S.A. Churkin   Orenburg Regional Clinical TB Dispensary, Orenburg, Russia

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-TB co-infection

Irina Nesterova, E. Kletschenko, G. Chudilova, L. Lomtatidze, S. Kovaleva, O. Sapun People’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow; Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, Russia

Different manner of subpopulations of neutrophils and monocytes – partners’s of the myeloid phagocyte system, expressing the same membrane markers, in deep preterm newborns with congenital pneumonia

E. Riviere, P. Rose, M.André, F.Grassin, N. Paleiron HIA Clermont Tonnerre, Brest, France

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in the French Army. A prospective cross-sectional study

Albert M. Adyrbaev  Omsk State Medical Academy, Omsk, Russia

Rehabilitation program for patients with hypermobility syndrome

Ilya V. Gavrilov, V.N. Meshchaninov, I.E. Valamina, D.L. Scherbakov   Institute of Medical Cellular Technologies, Ural State Medical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Influence of Interleykin-2 on morphology of liver and myocardium in growing old rats after bleeding

J.N. Hajiyev, E.G. Taghiyev, N.J. Hajiyev, E.Y. Sharifov   Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Comparative evaluation of levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in bile duct and serum of patients with benign obstructive jaundice

Galiya Kuttykuzhanova, K. Pushkarev, K. Nurzhanov  S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Criteria for the diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection

D.R. Khachapuridze, D.G. Zviadze National Institute of Allergology, Asthma & Clinical Immunology,Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tskhaltubo, Georgia

A non-invasive method for detection of liver fibrosis

Galiya Kuttykuzhanova, K. Pushkarev   S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Application of breast milk fortifier Nutrilon Nutricia company in nursing very preterm infants

V.V. Minin, A.I. Milaschenko, P.A. Kozlov, I.V. Gavrilov, M.S. Ibragimov, V.N. Meshchaninov, A.N. Andreev   Ural State Medical University, Central Clinical Hospital No 24, Institute of Medical Cell Technologies, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Laboratory performance of different treatment options in unstable angina and metabolic syndrome

E.J. Soto Hurtado1, M.J. Gutierrez Fernández1, D. Gutierrez Fernández2, F.J. Cabello Rueda1, J. González Miret1, M. Zaragoza Rascón1, A. Levy Naon3, F.J. Mérida de la Torre1, A. Ruiz Cantero1     1Hospital La Serrania, Ronda, Malaga, Spain; 2Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain; 3Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain

Evolution of bacterial sensitivity of respiratory isolation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients attending in our health area and diagnosed of adcquired community pneumonia

S.A. Michaelides, K. Tsakanika, G.D. Bablekos, G. Ionas, E. Kourtelesi, A. Alexopoulos   Dept. of Occupational Diseases and Tuberculosis and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Unit, Sismanogleio General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Diagnostic evaluation of cases with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia by bronchoalveolar lavage

E.J. Soto Hurtado1, M.J. Gutierrez Fernández1, D. Gutierrez Fernández2, F.J. Cabello Rueda1, J. González Miret1, M. Zaragoza Rascón1, J.M. Ignacio García3, E. Marín Gámez4, F.J.  Mérida de la Torre1, A. Ruiz Cantero1   1Hospital La Serrania, Ronda, Malaga, Spain; 2Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain; 3Hospital Quirón Marbella, Malaga, Spain; 4Hospital Antequera, Malaga, Spain

Correlation between hospital antibiotic consumption and antibacterial sensitivity pattern, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients diagnosed of community acquired pneumonia

Ekaterina A. Repina, E.A. Troshina, M.V. Shestakova, G.A. Melnichenko, I.I. Dedov   Endocrinological Research Centre, Moscow, Russia

Comparative analysis of the distribution of frequencies among alleles and genotypes in HLA class II DRB1 gene of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and celiac disease

P.M. Silva, R. Aguiar, A.C. Costa, M.P. Barbosa   Immunoallergology Department, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

Successful management of a severe case of insulin allergy in a type-2 insulin-treated diabetic patient using a desensitization protocol enabled with omalizumab

Ekaterina A. Repina, E.N. Stepanova, M.V. Shestakova, I.I. Dedov    Endocrinological Research Centre, Moscow, Russia

Cytokine profile in patients with diabetes

Tamaz Chkhikvadze, D. Jikia, V. Archvadze, I. Mgaloblishvili   Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Treatment of Late Radiation Lesions within Long-term Period after the Radiological Accident

A.A. Shulginova, E.Yu. Voronina, V.B. Laskov, A.I. Konoplya   Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russia

Pharmacological correction of oxidant disorders in discirculatory encephalopathy

N.M. Huseinova, A.D. Mustafaeva, F.M. Huseinova   Azerbaijan State Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

ClinicAL immunological characteristics of pediatric bacterial meningitis

Sergey Zharkov, V. Minin, E. Tkachenko, G. Moroz, V. Meshchaninov   Institute for Medical Cell Technologies, Ural State Medical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Interrelation of biological age and concentration of nuclear heterochromatine in buccal epithelium cells in groups of patients with various degree of diseases

Md. Ariful Haque Mollik   Peoples Integrated Alliance, Bogra Sadar, Bogra, Bangladesh

Changes in willingness to self-manage hepatitis among the ethnic groups of Chittagong Hill Tracts Bangladesh: Findings from a population-based cohort

Md. Ariful Haque Mollik   Peoples Integrated Alliance, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Pain and stress burden of women in New York: Cross-sectional studies focusing on diseases in the United States of America

J.N. Hajiyev, E.G. Taghiyev, N.J. Hajiyev, E.Y. Sharifov   Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Comparative evaluation of levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in bile duct and serum of patients with benign obstructive jaundice

 

 

Tuesday, April 29, 9.30 – 11.30

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Special Session

BREATHE: A Transprofessional Initiative
to Engage Collaborative Partnerships
between Hospital and Community-based providers

Chair:

Mary Cataletto
Anne Little

Mary Cataletto   Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, USA

Establishing a Community of Practice: BREATHE

Anne Little   Asthma Coalition of Long Island, USA

BREATHE: Progress, challenges and successes

Claudia Guglielmo   Queens Asthma Coalition, USA

Plans for Expansion

PANEL DISCUSSION
Mary Cataletto, Anne Little, Claudia Guglielmo

 

Tuesday, April 29, 12.00 – 14.00

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Symposium

Chairmen:

Hans Grönlund
Ketevan Nemsadze

Hans Grönlund   Karolinska institutet, Therapeutic Immune Design Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Dog allergen extracts; implications for diagnostics and treatment (allergen composition from different sources/cross-reactive allergen components/diagnostics/vaccine concepts)

Ketevan Nemsadze   Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Child nutritional status and asthma among internally displaced population

Bogdan Petrunov   Laboratory of Allergy, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria

The role of tree pollens in the respiratory allergy in Bulgaria

Stelios Loukides  University of Athens Medical School, Attiko University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Biomarkers for the overlap syndrome of Asthma& COPD

M.Cortez e Castro ImmunoAllergy Department, CHLN-HSM, Lisbon, Portugal

Pathophysiology of asthma: from endotype to phenotype

Nunu Mitskevich, Ketevan Machavariani, Nino Chikadze, Nino Inasaridze, Irma Iromashvili, Alexander Telia  Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi State Medical University, National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases,Tbilisi, Georgia

The cytokine network in patients with respiratory allergy disorders and pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Tuesday, April 29, 15.00 – 16.30

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Symposium

Chairmen:

Tinatin Chikovani
Todor Popov

Tinatin Chikovani   Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Immunosenescence: a study in healthy elderly population

Irina Lehmann Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Massive DNA methylome sequencing of a mother-child cohort reveals epigenetic reprogramming in newborn children from smoking mothers with consequence for airway disease risk

M.Cortez e Castro ImmunoAllergy Department, CHLN-HSM, Lisbon, Portugal

Novel gene polymorphims in the pathophysiology of asthma: mechanistic approach

Ia Pantsulaia   Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Profiles of serum cytokines and Tregs in acute liver injury 

Novruz J. Hajiyev Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan; Institute of General and Emergency Surgery, Kharkov, Ukraine

A comparative evaluation of interleukin-6 in different biological media in patients with generalized peritonitis

 

Tuesday, April 29, 16.30 – 17.00

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Closing Ceremony

Handling of Awards to the authors of best poster presentations

Revaz Sepiashvili

Congress President, Program Committee Co-Chairman
President, World Immunopathology Organization

Walter Canonica

Program Committee Co-Chairman

Allen Kaplan

Program Committee Co-Chairman

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