Epithelium and Innate Immune Responses: Airways and Skin

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Saturday, March 5, 2016: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM

Convention Center, Level Two, Theatre (Room 411)

1.25 CME/CE

Symposium

Moderator:

Robert P. Schleimer , PhD FAAAAI

Learning Objectives:

Discuss that bitter and sweet taste receptors are present in multiple anatomic compartments and can serve as innate immune system sentinels
Discuss the multiple roles that epithelial cells in the skin serve in host defense and regulators of inflammation
Discuss that epithelial cells in the lung produce many secreted molecules that regulate innate and adaptive immune responses

10:45 AM

The Role of Taste Receptors in Epithelial Immune Responses and Chronic Sinus Disease
Robert J. Lee, PhD

Handouts

11:05 AM

Question & Answer

11:10 AM

Barrier, Innate Immunity, Commensal Bacteria and Inflammation in the Skin
Kenji Kabashima, MD PhD

11:30 AM

Question & Answer

11:35 AM

Epithelial Responses in the Lungs Drive Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Jay W. Kolls, MD