Chitinases: Accomplices in Chronic Allergic Inflammation or Friends in Wound Repair?

3307:

Immune Mechanisms

Sunday, March 4, 2018: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM

Convention Center, South Concourse, Level 2, S220EF

1.25 CME/CE

Symposium

Primary Moderators:

Ajay P Nayak, PhD

Juan Carlos Sisul, MD

Learning Objectives:

Identify chitinases in the contexts of disease severity, tissue injury and homeostasis
Identify environmental sources of chitin and establish an immunological role for chitinases in eosinophil recruitment
Discuss the clinical relevance of chitinase enzymes in asthma and COPD with emphasis on disease exacerbations and therapy

10:45 AM

Chitinase Paradigms: Chronic Inflammation and Wound Repair
Geoffrey Chupp, MD

11:05 AM

Question & Answer

11:10 AM

Fungal Chitins in Home Environments and Eosinophilic Lung Infiltration
Steven J. Van Dyken, PhD

11:30 AM

Question & Answer

11:35 AM

Chitinases in Asthma and COPD: Clinical Associations
Sven-Erik K. Dahlen, MD PhD

11:55 AM

Question & Answer

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