Topics in Immunology

Topic Categories

ANTIGEN PROCESSING AND PRESENTATION

 

• • MHC Structure, Function, and Ligands

• • MHC Assembly and Trafficking

• • Mechanisms of Cross-Presentation

• • Intracellular Events in Antigen Processing

• • Antigen Presenting Cells

• • Structure/Function Studies of Antigen Processing and Presentation

• • Other Related Topics

BASIC AUTOIMMUNITY

 

• • Immunopathogenic Mechanisms/Immunogenetics of Autoimmunity

• • Tolerance and Autoimmunity

• • Other Related Topics

CELLULAR ADHESION, MIGRATION, AND INFLAMMATION

 

• • Inflammation

• • Chemokines and Chemoattractants

• • Adhesion Molecules in Cellular Migration, Inflammation and Disease

• • Leukocyte Recruitment

• • Other Related Topics

CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES AND THEIR RECEPTORS

 

• • Receptors and Signal Transduction

• • Gene Regulation

• • Regulators of Immune Cell Development and Function

• • Receptors in vivo

• • Role in Health and Disease

• • Structure/Function Studies of Cytokines, Chemokines, and Their Receptors

• • Other Related Topics

HEMATOPOIESIS AND IMMUNE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

 

• • Stem Cells and Early Lineage Restrictions

• • Myeloid and Erythroid Cell Development

• • Lymphoid Organogenesis

• • B Cell Development

• • T Cell Development

• • Developmental Defects in Aging

• • Other Related Topics

IMMEDIATE HYPERSENSITIVITY, ASTHMA, AND ALLERGIC RESPONSES

 

• • Mast Cells, Eosinophils, Basophils

• • Asthma and Allergic Inflammation

• • Regulation of Hypersensitivity Responses

• • Other Related Topics

IMMUNE MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASE

 

• • Studies of the Healthy Human Immune System

• • Translational Research on Human Immune Responses in Disease, including Autoimmunity, Inflammation, Infection, Allergy, and Cancer

• • Mechanistic Studies of the Impact of Immunotherapy and Immunomodulation on the Human Immune Response (including Studies Based on Clinical Trials)

• • Complement and Other Innate Immune Modulators and Therapeutics in Pathogenesis of Human Disease

• • Other Related Topics

IMMUNE RESPONSE REGULATION: CELLULAR MECHANISMS

 

• • Mechanisms of Costimulation and Tolerance

• • Mechanisms of Regulatory T Cell, B Cell, and Myeloid Suppressor Cell Activity

• • Cell-Cell Interactions

• • Effector Cell Processes

• • Other Related Topics

• • Should NOT include abstracts representing pure signaling, transcriptional regulation, or structural studies (see: Immune Response Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms for these abstracts)

IMMUNE RESPONSE REGULATION: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS

 

• • Signal Pathways in Immune Cell Development, Regulation and Activation

• • MHC: Evolution and Polymorphisms

• • Molecular Aspects of Repertoire Formation (Recombination, Isotype Switching, Somatic Mutation)

• • Transcriptional Regulation of the Immune System

• • Structural Biology of Immune Regulation

• • Other Related Topics

IMMUNOLOGY EDUCATION

 

• • K – 12 Education Programs

• • Undergraduate Education Strategies and Programs

• • Graduate Education Strategies and Programs

• • Other Education Programs

INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSES AND HOST DEFENSE: CELLULAR MECHANISMS

 

• • Cellular Mechanisms of Host Defense

• • Crosstalk of Complement with Other Immune Systems

• • Ontogeny of Host Defense Mechanisms

• • Other Related Topics

INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSES AND HOST DEFENSE: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS

 

• • Signal Transduction and Inflammasome Activation in Innate Immunity

• • Molecular Mechanisms of Innate Immune System Regulation

• • Fc Receptors and Acute Phase Proteins

• • Structure/Function Analysis of Components of the Innate Immune Response

• • Other Related Topics

LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND PERIPHERAL MAINTENANCE

 

• • Cell Cycle and Mechanisms of Proliferation

• • Lymphocyte Differentiation

• • Lymphocyte Homeostasis, including Apoptosis

• • Mechanisms/Biology of Immunological Memory and Aging

• • Selection and Repertoire Diversity

• • Influence of Stromal Cells

• • Other Related Topics

MICROBIAL, PARASITIC, AND FUNGAL IMMUNOLOGY

 

• • Cellular Responses to Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Pathogens

• • Immunopathogenesis of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Infection

• • Innate Immunity Against Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Pathogens

• • Mechanisms of Host Invasion, Evasion, and Resistance

• • Other Related Topics

MUCOSAL AND REGIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

 

• • Protective Mucosal Immune Responses

• • Influences on Mucosal Immunity

• • Mucosal Tolerance and Disease

• • Role and Regulation of IgA

• • Immunology of Pregnancy

• • Immunologically Privileged Sites

• • Other Related Topics

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN IMMUNOLOGY

 

• • Technology Development and Applications

THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO AUTOIMMUNITY

 

• • Therapeutic Modulation of Tolerance and Autoimmune Disease in Animal Models

• • Development of Therapies for Human Autoimmune Disease

• • Other Related Topics

TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY

 

• • Solid Organ Transplantation

• • Cellular or Bone Marrow Transplantation

• • Graft vs. Host Disease (GVHD)

• • Transplantation Tolerance Induction

• • Mechanisms and Prevention of Graft Rejection

• • Other Related Topics

TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY

 

• • Antitumor Effector Cells and Regulation of Tumor Immunity

• • Tumor-Associated Antigens

• • Tumor-Associated Immunosuppression

• • Mechanisms of Tumor Rejection and Modulation of Antitumor Responses

• • Pathobiology of Immune System Malignancies

• • Other Related Topics

VACCINES AND IMMUNOTHERAPY

 

• • Mucosal Vaccine Development and Immune-Based Therapies

• • Therapy of Asthma and Hypersensitivity Responses

• • Vaccine Development for Infectious Disease

• • Immunotherapeutic Strategies Against Pathogens

• • Tumor Vaccine Development and Immune-Based Therapies

• • Other Related Topics

VETERINARY AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

 

• • Comparative Immune Responses to Pathogens/Tumors

• • Evolution and Genetic Regulation of the Immune System

• • Hematopoiesis and Development

• • Differentiation and Selection

• • Other Related Topics

VIRAL IMMUNOLOGY

 

• • Cellular Responses to Viral Pathogens

• • Immunopathogenesis of Viral Infection

• • Innate Immunity Against Viral Pathogens

• • Mechanisms of Host Invasion, Evasion, and Resistance (including HIV)

• • Other Related Topics