ISTMB : Program

July 7, 2010 (Wednesday)

  Hall A
15:00~15:15 Opening Remarks
15:15~16:00 Opening Lecture: Prof. Noboru Yamanaka, Japan
16:00~17:44 Symposium 1: Innate and adoposal immunology
Keynote Lecture:Per Brandtzaeg, Norway
Immune functions of nasopharyngeal lymphoid tissue
Invited Lecture: Gaetano Paludetti, Italy
Lipid links: Role of biofilms in chronic inflammatory diseases of the upper airways
Invited Lecture: Yasmin M. Thanavala, U.S.A.
Lipid links: Innate and adaptive immune responses shaped by TLR agonists
Lecture 1: Tokiyoshi Ayabe,Japan
Regulation of microbiota by antimicrobial peptides in the gut
Lecture 2: Seita Kubo ,Japan
CpG-DNA induces CD274 expression on human B cells
Lecture 3: Kazunari Okada,Japan
NK cells in Upper Respiratory Immune System
18:30~ Welcome Party

July 8, 2010 (Thursday)

  Hall A Hall B Hall C
8:15~9:00 Morning Lecture: Tetsuo Himi, Japan
Mucosal immune barrier and antigen presenting system in human nasal epithelial cells.
   
9:00~10:30 Symposium 2: MALT, NALT, LALT
Keynote Lecture: Pearay L. Ogra, U.S.A.
From tonsils to NALT: Historical perspective of the evolution of inductive lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx
Lecure 1: Tadashi Nakashima, Japan
Evidence of the local immune status and tumor marker expression in human larynx.
Lecure 2: Hideyuki Kawauchi, Japan
Sublingual immunotherapy induces regulatory function of IL-10 expressing CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cells of cervical lymph nodes in murine allergic rhinitis model
Lecure 3: Takeshi Shimizu, Japan
Differential properties of mucous glycoproteins produced by allergic inflammation and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in rat nasal epithelium.
Lecure 4: Satoru Kodama, Japan
NALT immunity and vaccine depelopment
Lecure 5: Motohiko Suzuki, Japan
Intranasal CpG DNA therapy in allergic rhinitis
Symposium 5: Treatment of pharyngo-tonsillitis
Keynote Lecture: Edward L. Kaplan, U.S.A.
The immunologic impact on the clinical significance of Streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis
Invited Lecture: Luisa Bellussi, Italy
Clinical guidelines on adenotonsillectomy in Italy
Lecure 1: Akihisa Togawa, Japan
Clinical scoring system of acute pharyngitis and acute tonsillitis
Lecure 2: Leandro A Camargo, Brazil
Acute pharyngotonsillitis: microbiology and clinical signs value
Lecure 3: Makoto Ito, Japan
Clonal spread of beta-lactamase-producing, amoxicillin-clavulanate-resistant Strains of Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (BLPACR) among Young Children Attending a Day Care Center in Japan
Poster
Viewing
(9:00~ 16:15)
10:30~10:45 Coffee Break
10:45~12:09 Symposium 3: Mucosal defense mechanism to bacteria in upper airways
Keynote Lecture: Jennelle M. Kyd, Australia
Airway bacterial interactions and impact on host immune responses
Invited Lecture: David E Briles, U.S.A.
Mucosal selection of pneumococcal capsular types by the conjugate vaccine and by cystic fibrosis
Lecure 1: Muneki Hotomi, Japan
Protection of pneumococcal infection by maternal intranasal immunization with pneumococal surface protein A (PspA)
Lecure 2: Dong-Kwon Rhee, Japan, Korea
Heat Shock Protein ClpL Increases Penicillin Resistance by Inducing PBP2x in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Lecure 3: Masahiro Komori, Japan
Pneumococcal Peptidoglycan-Polysaccharides (PGPS) Regulate Toll-Like Receptor 2 (TLR2) in the Human Tracheal Epithelial Cells
Symposium 6: Clinical manifests and pathogenesis of upper airway diseases
Keynote Lecture: Desiderio Passali, Italy
The influence of Waldeyer's ring hypertrophy on snoring and on sleep apnea
Invited Lecture: Luiza Hayashi Endo ,Brazil
Tonsils diseases, past, present and future and the impact in clinical practical life in Brazil
Lecture 1: Katsuhisa Ikeda, Japan
Roles of eotaxin and interleukin-17A in the eosinophil accumulation and mucosal remodeling in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps associated with asthma
Lecture 2: Masato Miwa, Japan
Measurement of electrical potential differences on human pharyngeal mucosa
Lecure 3: Nobuyuki Miyahara, Japan
The expression of trefoil factor family in the human nasal mucosa
12:15~12:50 Luncheon Lecture: Masafumi Yamamoto, Japan Luncheon Lecture: Kensei Naito, Japan
13:00~13:45 Special Lecure: Hiroshi Kiyono, Japan
Craniofacial mucosal immune system: Uniqueness of lymphoid organogenesis and immunological function for NALT and TALT
 
13:45~14:30 President Lecture: Yasuaki Harabuchi, Japan
Clinical manifests and pathogenesis of tonsil-related diseases: IgA nephropathy and palmoplantar pustulosis
14:30~14:40 Coffee Break
14:40~16:04 Symposium4 : Mucosal vaccine
Keynote Lecture: Timothy F. Murphy, U.S.A.
Mucosal immunity and bacterial infections of the upper airways. are mucosal vaccines the answer?
Invited Lecture: Roberto P. Garofalo, U.S.A.
Mucosal vaccines for Paramyxovirus infections: targeting the host or the pathogen?
Lecure 1: Yuichi Kurono, Japan
The diversity of mucosal immune responses in upper respiratory organs and its application for mucosal vaccine
Lecure 2: Yoshitaka Okamoto, Japan
Nasal submucosal administration of antigen-presenting cells induces effective immunological responses in immunotherapy
Lecure 3: Tetsuya Terada, Japan
A chimeric human-cat Fcgamma-Fel d1 fusion protein inhibits systemic and pulmonary allergicreactivity to intratracheal challenge in mice sensitized to Fel d1, the major cat allergen
Symposium 7: Medical and surgical treatments of tonsil diseases
Keynote Lecture: Anne G. Schilder, Netherlands
Bacteriology and virology of the upper airways in relation to surgery
Lecure 1: Kenji Suzuki, Japan
New surgical method for OSAS patients with the circumferential stricture type of soft palate.
Lecure 2: Hirotaka Hara, Japan
3D-CT evaluation of upper airway morphology of OSAS patients
Lecure 3: Akihiro Katada, Japan
Surgical treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in children
Lecure 4: Arata Horii, Japan
Bipolar scissors tonsillectomy: Cooling of the pharyngeal mucosa reduces post-operative pain
16:15~18:00   Poster
Discussion
(16:15~ 18:00)
18:00~ Banquet  

July 9, 2010 (Friday)

  Hall A Hall B Hall C
8:15~9:00 Morning Lecture: Osamu Hotta, Japan
Tonsillectomy combined with steroid pulse therapy: a curative therapy for IgA nephropathy
Morning Lecture: Michael Timms, Saudi Arabia
The use of coblation in removal of lymphoid tissue in upper aerodigestive tract
Poster
Viewing
9:00~10:30 Symposium 8: Clinical effects of tonsillectomy for IgA nephropathy
Keynote Lecture: Kar Neng Lai, China
Recent advances in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy
Lecure 1: Sydney C.W. Tang, China
Immunomodulatory treatment for IgA nephropathy
Lecure 2: Hirofumi Akagi, Japan
Indication criteria for tonsillectomy in patients with IgA nephropathy
Lecure 3: Hiroyuki Komatsu, Japan
Tonsillectomy plus steroid pulse therapy is a effective treatment on clinical remission of IgA nephropathy
Lecure 4: Chiyoko Nagano-Inoue, Japan
Periodontal and ENT therapy in the treatment of pediatric Henoch-Schoenlein purpura and IgAnephropathy
Lecure 5: Toshiya Hiroyoshi, Japan
Planned Tonsillectomy before Renal Transplantation in Patients with IgA Nephropathy
Symposium11: Viral infection of tonsil and upper airways
Keynote Lecture: David Nadal, Switzerland
Are palatine tonsils a market place for herpes viruses?
Lecure 1: Tomokazu Yoshizaki, Japan
Immuneevasion of EBV-gene products in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Lecure 2: Shigeto Ohta, Japan
Influence of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein-1 on the potentiation of Cε mRNA expression in human tonsil-derived cells
Lecure 3: Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Japan
RS virus infection and tight junctions of nasal epithelial cells
Lecure 4: So Watanabe, Japan
Cooperative activation of eotaxin-3 expression by dsRNA and IL-4 in human nasal epithelial cells
Lecure 5: Keiko Yoda, Japan
Characteristics of the tonsil and upper airway mucosa during viral infection
10:30~10:45 Coffee Break
10:45~12:15 Symposium 9: Pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy
Keynote lecture: Jan Novak, U.S.A.
Aberrant glycosylation of IgA1 and anti-glycan antibodies in IgA nephropathy: role of mucosal immune system
Lecure 1: Yuske Suzuki, Japan
Mucosa-Bone Marrow-Axis in IgA Nephropathy -Insights from animal models-
Lecure 2: Yoshiyuki Hiki, Japan
IgA nephropathy and aberrant glycosylation of tonsillar, serum and glomerular IgA1
Lecure 3: Tatsuyuki Inoue, Japan
Abnormalities of glycogenes in tonsillar lymphocytes in IgA nephropathy
Lecure 4: Hirotsugu Iwatani, Japan
Microarray analysis of tonsils in immunoglobulin A nephropathy patients
Symposium 12. Allergic reaction in upper airways
Lecure 1: Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Update on Mast cells in allergic airway inflammation
Lecure 2: Takechiyo Yamada, Japan
Ig E production and Ig class switch recombination in allergic diseases of upper airways
Lecure 3: Hideki Shirasaki, Japan
Role of lipid mediators on allergic rhinitis
Lecure 4: Mitsuhiro Okano, Japan
Roles of prostaglandin D2 in the pathophysiology of allergic rhinitis
Lecure 5: Hideaki Kouzaki, Japan
Proteases induce production of thymic stromal lymphopoietin by airway epithelial cells through protease- activated receptor-2
Lecure 6: Yukiko Iino, Japan
Clinical characteristics and pathogenesis of eosinophilic otitis media
12:15~12:50 Luncheon Lecture: Nobuyuki Yoshizawa, Japan Luncheon Lecture: Ken Ohta
13:00~13:45 Special Lecure 2 : David E. Briles, U.S.A.
Elicitation of mucosal immunity by proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae
   
13:45~15:30 Symposium 10: Tonsi-associated skin diseases
Keynote Lecture: Helgi Valdimarsson, Iceland
The impact of tonsillectomy on patients with chronic plaque psoriasis
Lecure 1: Miki Takahara, Japan
Clinical outcome of tonsillectomy for palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) and etiological relationship between PPP and tonsils
Lecure 2: Satomi Kobayashi , Japan
Tonsil-related skin disease and possible involvment of T cell co-stimulation in chronic focal infection
Lecure 3: Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Japan
Triggering role of focal infection in the induction of extra-palmoplantar lesions and pustulotic arthro-osteitis associated with PPP
Lecure 4: Yukari Okubo, Japan
Assessment on the quality of life of patients with palmoplantar pustulosis using skindex-16 and GHQ-28
Lecure 5: Shigeto Kobayashi, Japan
Reactive arthitis induced by tonsillitis: a type of “focal infection”
Symposium 13: Otitis media and upper airways
Keynote Lecture: Howard Faden, U.S.A.
The role of nasopharyngeal colonization in otitis media
Invited Lecture: Keehyun Park, Korea
Otitis media and Immunological Alterations of Waldayer Ring
Invited Lecture: Pasquale Cassano, Italy
Otitis media and tonsils
Lecure 1: Tatsuya Hayashi, Japan
Recent changes in nasopharyngeal flora of children in Japan

Oral session program(pdf)

Instructions for Oral Presentation(pdf)

 

July 8, 2010 (Thursday)---Poster Session

Poster session program(pdf)

Instructions for Poster Presentation(pdf)

 

Social Program