14M167: Immunology Bootcamp II: Principles in Practice

Monday, November 14, 2022

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Eastern Time

Location: Room 122

CE: 1

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for faculty have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Gregg Silverman

Professor, Department of Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY, United States

Disclosure(s): Bristol-Myers Squibb(BMS): Consultant (Ongoing)

The second session in an introduction to the basics of immunology for healthcare professionals will expand participants’ knowledge of rheumatic diseases and treatment. This bootcamp will provide a basic framework to grasp the pathophysiology of autoimmunity, or when “good cells go bad.” Faculty will describe in detail the mechanisms of autoimmunity and the subsequent inflammatory response that drives various rheumatic conditions. They will review clinical decision-making through case studies of connective tissue and inflammatory autoimmune conditions. This bootcamp-style talk will close by reviewing the protein and cellular components of the acute inflammatory response to introduce the concept of cytokines as therapeutic targets for arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.

Learning Objectives:

Identify mechanisms of tolerance and autoimmunity
Discuss the role of T cells and B cells in disease activity and therapeutic interventions
Recognize cytokine pathways in the pathogeneses of various rheumatic disease states

Presentations:

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM Eastern Time

Immunology Bootcamp II: Principles In Practice
Speaker: Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD – Allen Institute for Immunology
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM Eastern Time

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