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2009 AST-ACT Joint Winter Symposium
Dates: March 4 - 5, 2009
Details: AST Website
Antibodies and Transplantation: Moving up from the B-list
The AST is excited to once again join the Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) at its annual meeting in Banff. Join us when we present our Winter Symposium, Antibodies and Transplantation: Moving up from the B-List.
Program Highlights
This two-day meeting will focus on the growing importance of the B-cell mediated immune response in solid organ transplantation. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the importance of the B-cell response in transplantation in terms of acute rejection, chronic rejection, desensitization and accommodation. This comprehensive symposium will examine the B-cell response in transplantation from biology to clinical application.
Who Should Attend
Physicians, surgeons, transplant coordinators, nurses, pharmaceutical specialists, and pharmacists specializing in transplant medicine and surgery will enhance their understanding of laboratory research and its incorporation into clinical practice.
Scientific Program Preview
Plenary Session Topics
- Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Incidence and Significance In Solid Organ Transplantation
- B-cell biology: From Pro-Pre-B-cells to Germinal Center Reactions
- Antibody-Dependent Complement Activation: Its Role in Acute and Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection
- Complement Independent Mechanisms of Antibody-Injury
- Plasma Cells: Can They Be Harnessed?
- Antibody-mediated and B-cell rich rejection: Lessons from the Transcriptome vTranslating Science into Practice: New Therapeutic Targets to Suppress B-Cells and Antibody Production
- Sensitization: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification
- Desensitization Protocols: Interventions and Long-term Outcomes
- From B- To Plasma Cells Suppression Therapy: What Is In the Pipeline?
- Accommodation: Mechanisms of a Laudable Goal
- Diagnosis of Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Beyond C4d
- Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Non-Renal Intra-abdominal Organs
- Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Heart and Lung Transplants: Diagnosis and Outcomes
- MICA and Non-HLA Antibodies: Their Impact in Solid Organ Transplantation
- De Novo Antibody-Formation: Pros and Cons of Antibody Monitoring
Also Featuring
- Moderated Poster Session and Reception
- Joint AST/CST Session
- Debate