Regulation of Immunity and Inflammation in the Genital Tract

Moderator(s)

• AK

  Alison Kohlmeier, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., Georgia, United States
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  Tamara Tilburgs, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Proffesor
  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical center
  Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Presentations:

• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM US ET

  TGF-β drives uterine tissue-resident NK cell differentiation crucial for murine pregnancy
  

  Author: Josselyn Barahona (she/her/hers) – Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US ET

  IL-9 at the Maternal-Fetal Interface Drives a Novel Immunological Mechanism of Preterm Labor and Birth
  

  Author: Eva Kareus, BA (she/her/hers) – Washington Univ., St. Louis
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

  Decidual Natural Killer cells utilize the antimicrobial protein granulysin to control bacterial infection
  

  Author: Tamara Tilburgs, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical center
• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM US ET

  Persistent uterine inflammation following murine chorioamnionitis predisposes to poor outcomes in subsequent pregnancy
  

  Author: Ifechukwu S. Ezeilo (she/her/hers) – Univ. of Iowa Grad. Col.
• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM US ET

  Microbiota-dependent Interferon Lambda Controls Uterine Immunity and Placental Anti-bacterial Responses
  

  Author: Elisha Segrist, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health