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