B1: Novel Aspects of Maternal-Fetal Immune Regulation I  

Chairs: Yan-Ling Wang, Shigeru Saito

1. Interactions between placental trophoblast cells and maternal immune cells at the feto-maternal interface

   - Yan-Ling Wang, Chinese Academy of Science
2. Pathophysiology of preterm labor from the viewpoints of infection and inflammation - Shigeru Saito, University of Toyama, Japan
   
3. Miscarriage induced by activated innate immune cells in mice - Yakasuki Negishi, Nihon Medical University
   

4. Functional regulation of Tim-3 on decidual macrophages during early pregnancy - Song-Cun Wang, FuDan University

5. Role of TAM receptors on decidual macrophage polarization and capacity for tissue repair - Paulomi Aldo, Yale University, USA

B2: Reproductive Endocrine-Metabolo-Immunology Networks I    

Chairs: DaJin Li, Gil Mor

1. Inflammation and implantation: an evolutionary need for the success of pregnancy - Gil Mor, Yale University

2. Immune cells and endometriotic lesions: Partners in crime in inflicting pains in women with endometriosis - Sun-Wei Guo, FuDan University, China

3. Insulin resistance adversely affects IVF outcome in women with infertility: A possible role of B cell immunity? - Hao-Yu Wang, Anhui Medical University

4. Natural cytotoxicity receptors expression and cytokines production of natural killer cells in patients with endometriosis - Ayano Yamaya, Hirosaki University

5. CD14+CD33+HLA-DR- monocytic-Myeloid derived suppressor cells (M-MDSCs) recruited and activated by CCR9/CCL25 is crucial for pathogenic progression of endometriosis - Yin-Yan He, Shanghai JiaoTong University

6. PI3Kγ play an important role in CD14hi Cells Differentiation in Endometriosis - Chun-Yan Wei, FuDan University
   

B3: Immunology of Implantation and Assisted Reproductive Technology   

Chairs: Yuan-Qing Yao, Joanne Kwak-Kim

1. The regulatory roles of decidual glycodelin-A on trophoblast and immune cell functions during early pregnancy - C.N. Philip, University of Hong Kong, China

2. Precision medicine for NK cell-mediated immunopathology in women with reproductive failure - Joanne-Kwak Kim, Rosalind Franklin University

3. Autoantibodies against ß2-glycoprotein I/HLA class II complexes in women with recurrent pregnancy - Kenzi Tanimura, Kobe University

4. Role of IL-22 cytokine in cycling endometrium and in pregnancy - Svetlana Dambaeva, Rosalind Franklin University

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B1: Novel Aspects of Maternal-Fetal Immune Regulation II  

Chairs: Ming-Qing Li, Evan Ntrivalas

1. PD-1 regulating macrophage polarization at the maternal-fetal interface - Aihua Liao, Huazhong University
2. Role of ionized magnesium testing in pre-eclampsia - Evan Ntrivalas, Nova Biomedical

3. IL-1 receptor antagonist improves trophoblast invasion, endothelial development and ZIKV sequelae in offspring - Jun Lei, Johns Hopkins University SOM

4. Peripheral blood effector Treg cells decreased in premature ovarian insufficiency cases - Osamu Yoshino

5. CMKLR1 signaling pathway plays a role in trophoblast invasion via regulating uterine NK cells - Qing-Qing Zhang

B2: Reproductive Endocrine-Metabolo-Immunology Networks II    

Chairs: Xiao-Yong Zhu, Emmet Hirsch

1. Insights of efferocytosis in diseases of OB/GY - Xiao-Yong Zhu, FuDan University
2. Is Labor an Inflammatory Condition? - Emmet Hirsch, Northshore University Health System

3. A study of CD1a+ and CD83+ dendritic cells in the endometrium of women with recurrent miscarriage - Su Liu, Shenzhen Zhongshan Urology Hospital, China

4. FGL2 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis through promoting proliferation and invasion of endometrial stromal cells - Xin-Xin Hou, FuDan University, China

5. Serum chemerin level associated with spontaneous abortion in PCOS Women - Xue-Zhou Yang, Xiangyang Central Hospital

B3: Immunology of Implantation and Assisted Reproductive Technology II 

Chairs: Wei He, Xiao-Hong Wang

1. Study for immune mechanism in the autoimmune ovarian disease - Wie He, Army Medical University

2. The role of NK cells in ART and recurrent miscarriage - Li Hua Chen, Air Force Medical University, China

3. LPS induces preferential enrichment of miRNAs in placental EVs to modulate inflammatory response in a paracrine manner - Xin-Hua Lin, NYU Winthrop Hospital, USA
4. Morphology of endometrium of women with extracorporal fertilization in anamnesis - Larisa Vladimirovna Volkova
   
5. Role of immunomodulation treatment (Lymphocytes Immunization Therapy - LIT) in the treatment of unexplained recurrent implantation failures (URIF) - Mohan Raut

B4: Microbes and Mucosal Immunology in Reproductive Tract   

Chairs: Yi-Zhun Zhu, Raina Fichorova

1. The Maternal Microbes are Us - Raina Fichorova, Harvard University

2. Immune-response and pharmacological effects of novel natural compounds - YiZhun Zhu, Macau University
   

3. The changing landscape of the female genital tract microbiome - Sujata Srinivasan, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4. Endometrial NK and plasma cells in infertile women - Udo Markert, Universitats Klinikum Jena

5. Innate immune system in the oviduct mucosa of hens - Yukinori Yoshimura, Hiroshima University

6. Adrenomedullin suppresses macrophage activities in human oviduct: a patho-physiologic explanation of tubal ectopic pregnancy - Xia Wang, HongKong University, China

B5: Tumor Immunology in Reproductive System and Others 

Chairs: Xiao-Jun Chen, Benjamin Tsang

1. Chemoresistant ovarian cancer: exosome-mediated immune cell tumor cell crosstalk in the tumor microenvironment - Benjamin Tsang, Ottawa University

2. Chronic inflammatory microenvirement and estrogen regulation in endometrial cancer - Xiao-Jun Chen

3. The role of autophagy for pathophysiology of preeclampsia: Correlation between trophoblasts-specific Atg7 knockout-mediated poor placentation and human preeclamptic placentas - Akitoshi Nakashima, University of Toyama

4. The immune metabolic adaptations during early pregnancy: lessons learned from tumor immunology - Liang-Hui Diao, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf & Shenzhen Zhongshan Urology Hospital

5. The testicular germ cell tumour line, TCam-2, drives M0 and M1 (THP-1-derived macrophages) the immunosuppressive M2 phenotype - Dana Pueschl, Hudson Institute 

6. IL-27/GM-CSF signal is difficult to activate eosinophils in cervical cancer by STAT1 inactivation - Wen-Jie Zhou, Fudan University

B6: HIV and Reproductive Tract Immunity

Chairs: Charles Wira, Nadia Roan

1. Impact of Sex Hormones, Hormonal Contraceptives and Antiretrovirals on Susceptibility to HIV Acquisition in the Human Female Reproductive Tract - Charles Wira, Dartmouth University

2. The genital mucosa microenvironment and HIV: How a virus can co-opt host factors to promote its transmission - Nadia Roan, University of San Francisco

3. The virtue of simplicity: the vaginal microbiome, genital inflammation and HIV risk - Doug Kwon, Harvard University

4. Understanding HIV risk in young women: A Mucosal Perspective - Jo-Ann Passmore, University of Cape Town
5. The role of neutrophils in protection against HIV infection in the female genital tract - Marta Rodriguez Garcia, Dartmouth University

B7: The Male Reproductive Immunology I

Chairs: Yong-Gang Duan, Andreas Meinhardt

1. Testicular Autoimmunity – Are Sugars and Galectins the Key? - Monika Fijak, University of Giessen
2. Chronic epidididymitis and male infertility -Yong-Gang Duan, Hong Kong University
3. Innate defense in the male genital system - Daishu Han, Peking Union Medical College
   
4. The Immune Response in Pregnancy begins before Fertilization - Ken Beaman, Rosalind Franklin University

B8: Traditional Chinese Medicine in Reproductive Immunology I 

Chairs: Hui-Lan Du, Fang Lian

1. The intestinal flora characteristics of endometriosis and intervention of traditional Chinese medicine - Chao-Qin Yu, Changhai Hospital
   
2. Study of the regulation of reproductive immunity by Chinese medicine - Hui-Lan Du, Hebei Medical University
   
3. Difference in composition of vaginal microbiota between women exhibiting spleen deficiency syndrome and women with damp-heat syndrome - Song-Ping Luo, Guangzhou University of Chinese Traditional Medicine

4. The Regulating Effect of Erzhi tiangui Particles in Maternal Fetal Tolerance in Embryo Implantation Based on the Role of NF-κB Signaling Pathway - Fang Lian, Shangdong University of Chinese Traditional Medicine

5. Positive effects and molecular mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine on embryo implantation - Ming-Min Zhang, Tongji Hospital, China

6. Chinese herbal formula BSNXD prevents bone loss by modulating T cells and cytokine production in the OVX-mouse model for postmenopausal osteoporosis - Ling Wang

B9: Immune-Related Pregnancy Complications I 

Chairs: Zhi-Nan Yin, Surendra Sharma

1. Novel Concepts of Tauopathy and Protein Toxicity in Preeclampsia: Mechanistic Similarities with Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE - Surendra Sharma, Women & Infants Hospital

2. Microbiota and immune function - ZhiNan Yin, JiNan University
   
3. Placenta-specific miR-519c-mediated induction of endotoxin tolerance in human placenta - Nazeeh Hanna, NYU Winthrop Hospital
   

4. Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor as a key regulator of cervical maturation - Takeshi Nagamatsu,University of Tokyo 

B7: The Male Reproductive Immunology II

Chairs: Chen Xu, Malini Laloraya

1. Effects of MAPK Phosphatase-1 in testicular immunological microenvironment - Cheng Xu, Shanghai JiaoTong University

2. Novel non-immune role of  the Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) in collaboration with DOCK180 directs decidualization to enable successful pregnancy - Malini Laloroya, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, India

3. Association between Chlamydia trachomatis infection, semen quality and sperm acrosome reaction - Wen-Si Huang, ShenZhen ZhongShan Urology Hospital

4. Relationship between Prostaglandins and Interleukins concentrations in seminal fluid and fertilization rate - Yazan Dabbour, Saarland University
5. Delineating the testicular leukocyte population in the adult mouse testis and the macrophage population during postnatal development - Sivanjah Indumathy, Justus-Liebig University

B8: Traditional Chinese Medicine in Reproductive Immunology II 

Chairs: SongPing Luo, MingMin Zhang

1. Study on reproductive disorders under light pollution and intervention measures of traditional Chinese medicine - Yong Tan, Nanjing University of Chinese Traditional Medicine

2. The Effect and Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine “Gengnianchun” in Anti-aging - Wen-Jun Wang, FuDan University

3. Clinical evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine in management of recurrent abortion - Ji Li, Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine   
4. Multi-centre research of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment for poor ovarian response patients undergoing in vitro fertilization embryo transplantation - Wen Li, Nanjing University of Chinese Traditional Medicine
5. The application of traditional Chinese medicine for tonifying kidney and activating blood in the treatment  of URSA - Xiao-Ling Feng, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Traditional Medicine
   
6. Effectiveness of reduction natural killer lymphocyte cytotoxicity by repeated cupping manipulation depends on NK phenotype - Boris Donskoy, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
7. Bu-Shen-Ning-Xin decoction suppressed osteoclastogenesis by modulating RANKL/OPG imbalance in CD4+ T lymphocytes of ovariectomized mice - Jia Li Zhang, FuDan University

B9: Immune-Related Pregnancy Complications II  

Chairs: Xun Qu, Irina Burd

1. Maternal Immunomodulation for Prevention of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: The New Era of Immuno-Perinatology - Irina Burd, Johns Hopkins University

2. Cervical Viral Infection During Pregnancy - Karen Racicot, Michigan State University
3. Natural killer cells help nourish fetus during early pregnancy - BinQing Fu, University of Science & Technology, China
4. Is Intra-uterine Growth Restriction Associated with a Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Bias? - Raj Raghupathy, Gulf University of Science and Technology 

5. Abnormal placental lymphangiogenic factor expression is associated with choriodecidual lymphangiogenesis in severe preeclampsia - Ja Young Kwon, Yonsei University