Alcohol and inflammation and infection: clinical and experimental systems—summary of the 2010 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group Meeting |
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Authors: | Anita Zahs Robert T. Cook Thomas J. Waldschimdt Mashkoor A. Choudhry Elizabeth J. Kovacs Melanie D. Bird |
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Affiliation: | 1. Alcohol Research Program, Department of Surgery, Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA;2. Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA |
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Abstract: | The 15th annual meeting of the Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group was held on November 19, 2010, at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL. This year, the focus of the meeting was on alcohol’s effect on the immune system in both clinical and experimental systems. The event consisted of three sessions, which featured plenary talks from invited speakers along with oral presentations from selected abstracts, in addition to a poster session. Participants presented a variety of information on ethanol-induced effects on infection susceptibility and resolution, oxidative stress, and organ inflammation. Specifically, speakers presented new insights on the mechanism of alcohol-mediated deleterious effects in the lung, liver, skin, and neuroendocrine system, as well as on immune cells in both in vivo and in vitro systems. Additional oral presentations suggested possible mechanisms of how alcohol-induced reactive oxygen species promote immune dysregulation both locally and systemically. |
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Keywords: | Alcohol Immune response Inflammation Infection Reactive oxygen species Human |
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