Humoral (IgE and IgG) Immune Response Dependent
Signaling in Human Allergic Disease
18th Annual Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center Symposium
Friday, November 21, 2008
TO REGISTER:
By email: ndietz@jhmi.edu
By phone: 410-550-2052
7:30 a.m.- 8:20 a.m.
8:20 a.m. - 8;30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome:
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
S.G.O. Johansson, M.D. (Sweden)
IgE and IgE-Antibody in Allergy (Clinical Significance of the Ratio
of Circulating Specific IgE to Total IgE)
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Rob Aalberse, Ph.D. (Netherlands)
IgG Antibodies as Modulators of Allergic Disease (Protective
properties of IgG4; Significance of Naturally Occurring IgG anti-IgE
responses)
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Rudolph Valenta, M.D. (Vienna)
Molecular-Chip and Component Based Diagnosis and Treatment of
Allergic Disease (Clinical importance of recombinant allergen
specific Immune response profiles)
11:15 a.m.- 12:00 noon
Hannah Gould, Ph.D. (England)
Network of IgE and IgG Receptors in Allergic Disease. (Molecular
Signaling with Monomeric IgE; Focus on High affinity IgE receptor)
12 noon-1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Dan Conrad, Ph.D. (USA)
IgE Immune Responses Via the Low Affinity IgE Receptor
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Dean Metcalfe, M.D. (USA)
The FcRI-KIT Axis: Relevance to Clinical Disorders of Mast Cell
Function”
Coffee and Pastry Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Andy Saxon, MD. (USA)
Fc-gamma/Fc-epsilon Targeting Molecules As Therapeutics for
Allergic Disease
Talks will be ~35-40 minutes in length followed by ~10 minutes of discussion
TO REGISTER:
By email: ndietz@jhmi.edu
By phone: 410-550-2052