Tissue and Mucosal Immunity

Saturday, April 18, 2026

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET

Location: 104AB

Moderator(s)

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM US ET

Male-Biased Macrophage Signaling and CD8 T Cell Dysfunction Drive Immunosuppression in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Author: John Vang, Master of Science (he/him/his) – Univ. of California, Davis
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM US ET

Modelling of early-life immunity shaped by contrasting environments
Author: Florens Lohrmann, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Karolinska Institute
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM US ET

Myeloid STAT4 at the Intersection of Sleep Disruption and Hyperlipidemia: A Molecular Link Between Lifestyle Stress and Atherogenesis
Author: Alina Moriarty, PhD – Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM US ET

Immunometabolic Defects in Intestinal CD8⁺ T Cells Disrupt Epithelial Integrity in treated people with HIV
Author: Upasana Das Adhikari, Phd (she/her/hers) – Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM US ET

A Specific Subset of Low-Density Neutrophils Aggravates Endothelial Denudation via NET-Mediated ANXA1 Sequestration: Implications for Plaque Erosion
Author: Chengxing liu – Tongji Hospital of Tongji University, Tongji University School of Medicine
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM US ET

Olfr2 Regulates oxLDL Signaling and Processing, Driving a Pro-inflammatory Foamy Macrophage Phenotype
Author: Adil Ijaz (he/him/his) – Augusta Univ.