Topics

Basic Mechanisms

• Innate immune response
• Dendritic cell subsets and immune regulation
• B cell subsets and immune regulation
• NK cells and NK-T cells
• Eosinophils, Basophils and Neutrophils
• Innate lymphoid cells
• Transcriptional regulation of immune responses
• Development of effector and regulatory T cells
• T and B cell memory and immune regulation
• Chemokines and receptors in immune response
• Apoptosis in the regulation of immune responses
• The role of microRNAs in immune regulation and effector functions
• Role of epithelial cells and other resident tissue cells
• Epigenetic mechanism of immune response
• Metabolism and immunity
• Focus on clinical application, drug discovery and novel biotechnological developments
• Hygiene hypothesis in immune regulation
• Regulatory and effector T and B cell subsets and cytokines: from bench to bedside
• Immune response to parasites
• Tumor antigen-specific immune regulation
• Autoimmunity
• Neuroimmunology
• Allergy and asthma
• Organ transplantation
• Experimental models of inducing and breaking peripheral tolerance
• Mucosal tolerance and intestinal homeostasis
• Development of novel vaccines and drugs
• „Biologicals“ and immune response
• Cellular therapies including stem cell therapies
• Regenerative medicine and immune system
• Precision Medicine