from research to diagnosis and therapy
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from research to diagnosis and therapy
Final Program Annual Congress SSAI-SGAI Advances in immunology and allergology: from research to diagnosis and therapy March 17–18, 2011, Lugano, Ticino www.ctlag-congress.ch Advancing the Science of Cytometry It’s about Capturing the Event Gallios is engineered to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex analytical environment. Built on a platform designed for reliability and stability, the Gallios offers superior resolution and cell/particle characterization without sacrificing analytical speed or data integrity. Higher Electronic Sampling Rate = Improves Characterization The Gallios: Current Technology BCI Gallios • Samples information at 40MHz display data on a 1,048,576 channel scale. • Collects 4 times the information compared to a typical data display of 10MHz. Based on 2 sec cycle time representing Based on 0.5 sec cycle time representing 10MHZ DSP 40MHZ DSP • Displays information with 4 times the resolution of a standard 262,144 channel display. Whether your challenges are dim markers, rare events or just routine analysis—Gallios is the cytometer to capture your events. Find out more at www.GalliosRevealed.com ForResearchUseOnly.Notfordiagnosticprocedures. GalliosisatrademarkofBeckmanCoulter,Inc. BeckmanCoulterandthestylizedlogoareregisteredtrademarksofBeckmanCoulter,Inc. B2010-11707P-14399A www.coulterflow.com Contents Welcome to Lugano 5 Organization 9 Program overview – Thursday, March 17, 2011 11 Program – Thursday, March 17, 2011 13 Program overview – Friday, March 18, 2011 21 Program – Friday, March 18, 2011 24 Chairpersons and speakers 32 General Information 34 Sponsors 38 Exhibitors 39 Map of Lugano 40 Opera on the cover: «Ticino», by Daniele Buzzi, 1946 taken from: Roberto Cavalli, «100 years of Ticino posters (1890–1990)», part 1, Germignana (VA), Art Editions Jansonius, 2008, page 46 3 Add life, add XOLAIR® Mehr LEBENSQUALITÄT bei allergischem Asthma dank Anti-IgE-Therapie!1 Kassenzulässig* Referenzen: 1. Humbert M, Beasley R, Ayres J, et al.: Benefits of omalizumab as add-on therapy in patients with severe persistent asthma who are inadequately controlled despite best available therapy (GINA 2002 step 4 treatment): INNOVATE. Allergy, 2005 Mar;60(3):309-16. *Kassenzulässig mit folgender Limitierung: "Schweres, gegenüber anderen Therapien resistentes, allergisches Asthma unter der Voraussetzung, dass die Behandlung durch einen Spezialarzt (Pneumologen, Allergologen) erfolgt. Die Weiterbehandlung des Patienten durch einen Grundversorger bedarf der Bewilligung des Vertrauensarztes der Krankenkasse." (gemäss Verfügung BAG vom 16.11.2006). I520, August 2009 Kurzfachinformation XOLAIR® (Omalizumab). Z: Omalizumab; Stechampulle mit Pulver 150 mg Omalizumab und Lösungsmittel zur Herstellung einer Injektionslösung. I: In Kombination mit anderen Asthmatherapien zur verbesserten Asthmakontrolle bei Erwachsenen und Jugendlichen (ab 12 Jahren) mit schwerem persistierendem allergischem Asthma (positiver Hauttest oder in vitro-Reaktivität gegen ein ganzjährig auftretendes Aeroallergen), falls diese trotz täglicher Therapie mit hoch dosierten inhalativen Kortikosteroiden und einem langwirksamen Beta2-Agonisten eine reduzierte Lungenfunktion (FEV1 < 80 %) haben als auch unter häufigen Symptomen während des Tages oder nächtlichem Erwachen leiden und Asthma-Exazerbationen hatten. D: Erwachsene und Kinder ab 12 Jahren: 75 - 375 mg XOLAIR® 1 - 2 x/Monat basierend auf dem IgE-Basis-Wert (I.E./ml) im Serum und des Körpergewichts des Patienten. Einzelheiten s. Arzneimittel-Kompendium der Schweiz®. KI: Überempfindlichkeit gegenüber dem Wirkstoff oder einem der Inhaltsstoffe. VM: Nicht indiziert zur Behandlung von akuten Asthma-Exazerbationen, akuten Bronchospasmen und Status asthmaticus. Nicht untersucht bei Hyper-Immunglobulin-E-Syndrom, allergischer bronchopulmonaler Aspergillose, Prävention allergischer Reaktionen, atopischer Dermatitis, allergischer Rhinitis, Lebensmittelallergien, Autoimmunerkrankungen, Immunkomplex-vermittelten Zuständen, bestehender Nieren- oder Leberfunktionsstörung. Reduktion von Kortikosteroiden unter ärztlicher Aufsicht. Enthält Saccharose: Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus, Glukose-GalaktoseMalabsorption, Fruktose-Intoleranz, Saccharose-Isomaltase-Mangel müssen darauf hingewiesen werden. Allergische Reaktionen oder lebensbedrohliche Anaphylaxie und anaphylaktischer Schock können auftreten; Probleme im Zusammenhang mit Immunogenität, parasitären (Wurm-) Infektionen oder Malignitäten können auftreten. Einzelheiten s. Arzneimittel-Kompendium der Schweiz®. IA: Es gibt keine Hinweise auf veränderte Sicherheit durch andere i.a. eingesetzten Asthmamedikamente. Die Wirksamkeit der Behandlung in Kombination mit spezifischer Immuntherapie wurde nicht nachgewiesen. UW: Häufig: Kopfschmerzen, Reaktionen an der Injektionsstelle wie Schmerzen, Erythem, Pruritus, Schwellung. Gelegentlich: Schwindel, Schläfrigkeit, Parästhesie, Synkope, orthostatische Hypotonie, Flush, Pharyngitis, Husten, allergische Bronchospasmen, Nausea, Diarrhoe, Dyspepsie, Urtikaria, Rash, Pruritus, Photosensibilität, Gewichtszunahme, Müdigkeit, Anschwellen der Arme, grippeähnliche Symptome. Selten und sehr selten s. Arzneimittel-Kompendium der Schweiz®. Postmarketing: Anaphylaxie und anaphylaktoide Reaktionen, Alopezie, idiopathische schwere Thrombozytopenie, allergische granulomatöse Angiitis (d.h. Churg-Strauss-Syndrom), Arthralgie, Myalgie, Gelenkschwellung. Malignitäten, Thrombozyten, Labordaten, Parasitäre Infektionen: s. Arzneimittel-Kompendium der Schweiz®. P: 1 Stechampulle zu 150 mg mit 1 Lösungsmittelampulle zu 2 ml: je 1*. Verkaufskategorie: (B). *kassenzulässig. Verkaufskategorie: B. Weitere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitte dem Arzneimittel-Kompendium der Schweiz®. ZUL: Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG, Postfach, 3001 Bern. www.novartispharma.ch V2 Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG, Postfach, 3001 Bern. www.novartispharma.ch Welcome to Lugano Dear members of the Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology, dear friends, colleagues and guests, I am very happy inviting you to the annual meeting of our society, which will take place in the hopefully sunny Ticino. The organizers around Federica Sallusto and Brunello Wüthrich have done a tremendous job and have found a perfect balance between the interests and needs of the basic researchers, the laboratory immunologists as well as the practicing allergologists. It is now up to you to fill the congress with life by showing your interest and participation in the different lectures. I am looking forward to seeing you all in Lugano and wish you a successful meeting. Sincerely, Prof. Dr. med. A. Bircher President SSAI 5 Welcome to Lugano Dear friends and colleagues, It is with a great pleasure that we welcome you to the Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SGAI-SSAI). The Congress is organized by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) together with the Society of Allergologists and Immunologists of Ticino (STAI) and will feature joint Symposia with the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) and the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. The meeting in Lugano brings together established basic scientists and clinicians along with young researchers and residents, postdocs and students who will present their work at symposia, workshops and poster sessions. It is our policy, and the policy of SGAI, to support the new generations of immunologists and allergologists and to promote an inter active environment that enriches both senior and junior investigators. The Congress Opening Lecture will be given by John O’Shea who will discuss the «Transcriptional and epigenetic control of T cell differentiation». Thomas Schwartz will give the SGAI-EADV Joint Lecture with the title «Dermatoimmunology: dogmas going through a radical change», David Hafler will give the SGAI-MS Society Joint Lecture «The genetics of multiple sclerosis», and Jean-Claude Weill will give a Plenary Lecture on «Multiple layers of B cell memory». The program features 12 Symposia, 6 Sessions for short talks, the SGAI Professional Political Forum and Corporate Lunch Symposia. The SGAI-SSAI General assembly will be held on Thursday at 17.30. All members of the society are welcome to attend and contribute to the assembly. As complement to the scientific program, all participants are invited to the reception on Thursday, which is kindly offered by the City of Lugano, and to participate to the Gala dinner at the «La Perla Wine and Dine» Restaurant on Casinò di Lugano’s top floor, which boasts an incomparable view of the lake and the gulf of Lugano. We hope you will also have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the Canton Ticino that offers spectacular natural surroundings at the foot of the Alps and in the midst of the Lake district. 6 In this occasion we would like to express our gratitude to the members of the Organizing Committee for helping us raise funds and selecting abstracts for oral and poster presentation. We would like also to express our appreciation to the public and corporate sponsors. Without their support and commitment the congress would not have been possible. We are finally grateful to invited speakers and chairpersons and to the participants for their contribution to the meeting. We wish you all a pleasant stay. On behalf of the Organizing Committee Presidents of the Organizing Committee Federica Sallusto Brunello Wüthrich 7 Neu! Für mehr Genuss Reduziert Histamin an der Quelle Das Enzym Diaminooxidase in kann den Histamingehalt im Speisebrei vermindern Xanapharm AG | Terrassenweg 1a | CH-6301 Zug www.xanapharm.com | info@xanapharm.com Organization Presidents of the Organizing Committee Federica Sallusto, IRB, Bellinzona (E-mail: federica.sallusto@irb.unisi.ch) Brunello Wüthrich, STAI, Zollikerberg (E-mail: bs.wuethrich@bluewin.ch) President of the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology Andreas Bircher, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel Members of the local Organizing and Scientific Committee Silvy Bach-Bizzozero, STAI, Bellinzona Massimiliano Fontana, STAI, Mendrisio Stefano Gilardi, EADV, Locarno Fabio Grassi, IRB, Bellinzona Franco Keller, STAI, Bellinzona Jean Pierre Lantin, STAI, Lugano-Pregassona Antonio Lanzavecchia, IRB, Bellinzona Silvia Monticelli, IRB, Bellinzona Myriam Schluep, Swiss MS Society Rocco Torricelli, STAI, Lugano-Paradiso Mariagrazia Uguccioni, IRB, Bellinzona Gianluca Vanini, STAI, Lugano Administrative Congress Organization Convention Team Lucerne AG, Oberseeburg 10, 6006 Lucerne Tel. +41 41 371 18 60, Fax +41 41 371 18 61 (before congress) Tel. +41 58 866 66 78, Natel 079 699 94 79 (during congress) E-mail: ctlag@bluewin.ch www.ctlag-congress.ch 9 Effektive Asthmakontrolle zu jeder Jahreszeit Effektive Asthmakontrolle bei Asthmapatienten mit allergischer Rhinitis. 1–4 Grössere Wirksamkeit als Add-On-Therapie zu ICS als die Verdopplung der ICS-Dosis bei komorbiden Patienten (COMPACT-Post-hoc-Analyse). 5 GINA- und ARIA-Leitlinien empfehlen LTRAs zur Behandlung der oberen und unteren Atemwege. 6,7 Zur Behandlung von Asthma und allergischer Rhinitis bei Asthmapatienten, bei denen SINGULAIR indiziert ist. ® Referenzen: 1. Vaquerizo MJ, Casan P, Castillo J, et al. Effect of montelukast added to inhaled budesonide on control of mild to moderate asthma. Thorax 2003;58:204 – 211. 2. Bjermer L, Bisgaard H, Bousquet J, et al. Montelukast and fluticasone compared with salmeterol and fluticasone in protecting against asthma exacerbation in adults: one year double blind, randomised, comparative trial. BMJ 2003;327:891 – 896. 3. Philip G, Nayak AS, Berger WE, et al. The effect of montelukast on rhinitis symptoms in patients with asthma and seasonal allergic rhinitis. Curr Med Res Opin 2004;20:1549 – 1558. 4. Busse WW, Casale TB, Dykewicz MS, et al. Efficacy of montelukast during the allergy season in patients with chronic asthma and seasonal aeroallergen sensitivity. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2006;96:60 – 68. 5. Price DB, Swern A, Tozzi CA, et al. Effect of montelukast on lung function in asthma patients with allergic rhinitis: analysis from the COMPACT Trial. Allergy 2006;61:737 – 742. 6. Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). Global strategy for asthma management and prevention, updated 2009. www.ginasthma.com/download.asp?intId=345. Aufgerufen am 12.01.2010. 7. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA). Management of Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma: Pocket Guide. www.whiar.org/docs/ARIA_WR_08_View_WM.pdf. Aufgerufen am 08.02.2010. Konsultieren Sie bitte vor der Verschreibung von SINGULAIR die komplette Fachinformation im Arzneimittel-Kompendium der Schweiz. ® Abgekürzte Fachinformation SINGULAIR : Indikation: Chronisches Bronchialasthma bei Erwachsenen und Kindern ab 6 Jahren. Bei Kindern von 2 bis 5 Jahren mit gesicherter Asthmadiagnose: a) als Monotherapie bei leichten, nicht steroidpflichtigen Formen; b) als Zusatztherapie zu Kortikoiden bei schwereren Formen. Bei Kindern von 6 Monaten bis 2 Jahren mit gesicherter Asthmadiagnose: a) als Monotherapie bei leichten, nicht steroidpflichtigen Formen, vor allem wenn eine Inhalationstherapie schwierig durchführbar ist; b) als Zusatztherapie zu Kortikoiden bei schweren Formen. Linderung von Symptomen der saisonalen und perennialen allergischen Rhinitis bei Erwachsenen und Kindern ab 2 Jahren. Dosierung/Anwendung: Erwachsene eine 10 mg Tablette pro Tag. 6 – 14 jährige Kinder eine 5 mg Kautablette pro Tag. 2 – 5 jährige Kinder eine 4 mg Kautablette oder ein Sachet 4 mg pro Tag. 6 monatige – 2 jährige Kinder ein Sachet 4 mg pro Tag. Für die Behandlung von Asthma sollte die Dosis am Abend vor der Bettruhe, für die Behandlung der allergischen Rhinitis sollte sie entweder morgens oder abends eingenommen werden. SINGULAIR kann mit oder ohne gleichzeitige Nahrung eingenommen werden. SINGULAIR orales Granulat kann entweder direkt auf die Zunge oder in den Mund gegeben werden oder vermischt auf einem Löffel mit weicher Nahrung oder eingerührt in einem Teelöffel Babynahrung oder Muttermilch (jedoch nicht in andere Flüssigkeiten) und sollte innerhalb 15 Minuten nach Öffnen des Sachets verabreicht werden. SINGULAIR kann zu einer bestehenden Asthmatherapie mit inhalativen Kortikoiden oder ß2-Agonisten nach Bedarf hinzugefügt werden. SINGULAIR bringt zusätzlichen klinischen Nutzen für Patienten unter inhalativen Kortikoiden. Kontraindikationen: Überempfindlichkeit gegenüber einem der Bestandteile dieses Produkts. Vorsichtsmassnahmen: SINGULAIR sollte nicht zur Behandlung von akuten Asthmaanfällen eingesetzt werden. Obwohl die Dosis von gleichzeitigen inhalativen Kortikoiden unter ärztlicher Aufsicht stufenweise reduziert werden kann, sollte SINGULAIR nicht als plötzlicher Ersatz für inhalative oder orale Kortikoide eingenommen werden. Die Reduktion der systemischen Kortikosteroid-Dosis führte bei Patienten unter Leukotrien-Rezeptor-Antagonisten in seltenen Fällen zu einer systemischen eosinophilen Vaskulitis. Unerwünschte Wirkungen: Gesamtinzidenz von unter SINGULAIR aufgetretenen Nebenwirkungen war mit Plazebo vergleichbar. Erwachsene: Dyspepsie, Bauchschmerzen, Zahnschmerzen und Kopfschmerzen mit höherer Inzidenz als unter Placebo. Inzidenzrate dieser Erscheinungen in beiden Gruppen ist nicht signifikant unterschiedlich. Kinder: Kopfschmerzen (Kinder 6 – 14 J.) und Durst (Kinder 2 – 5 J.) mit einer höheren Inzidenz als unter Placebo, Durchfall, Hyperkinesie, Asthma, ekzematöse Dermatitis und Hautausschlag (Kinder 6 Mt. – 2 J.) mit tendentiell höherer Inzidenz als unter Placebo. Inzidenzrate dieser Erscheinungen in beiden Gruppen nicht signifikant unterschiedlich. Interaktionen: SINGULAIR kann gleichzeitig mit anderen Substanzen, die routinemässig zur chronischen Asthmabehandlung und Behandlung der allergischen Rhinitis verwendet werden, verabreicht werden. Keine wesentliche Wirkung auf die Pharmakokinetik von: Prednisolon, orale Antikonzeptiva, Terfenadin, Digoxin und Warfarin. In in vitro Studien ist Montelukast ein Inhibitor von CYP2C8, es wurden jedoch keine in vivo Studien durchgeführt. Packungen: SINGULAIR (Montelukast): Filmtabletten zu 10 mg: 28 und 98, Kautabletten zu 5 mg: 28 und 98, Kautabletten zu 4 mg: 28 und 98, Sachets zu 4 mg oralem Granulat: 28. Verkaufskategorie B. Stand der Information: Februar 2009. Kassenpflichtig. ® Eingetragenes Markenzeichen von Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., eine Tochtergesellschaft von Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, U.S.A. 02-2011-SGA-2010-CH-1751 J ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® MERCK SHARP & DOHME-CHIBRET AG Schaffhauserstrasse 136, CH-8152 Opfikon-Glattbrugg Tel. +41 44 828 71 11, Fax +41 44 828 72 10, www.msd.ch Program overview Thursday, March 17, 2011 Room A Room B1 Room B3 Room C (629 persons sem.) (144 persons sem.) (120 persons sem.) (100 persons theat.) 10.00–11.20 Registration and Welcome Coffee / Poster viewing / Commercial exhibition 11.20–12.10 Symposium 1 Symposium 2 Clinical Immunology Basic Immunology Ed Palmer (CH) George Holländer (CH) Margot Thome-Miazza (CH) Onur Boyman (CH) Symposium 3 Allergology Bernhard Clot (CH) Claudio Ortolani (I) 12.15–13.00 Opening lecture 1 (Room A) John O’Shea (USA) 13.00–14.30 Lunch break / Poster viewing / Commercial exhibition 13.15–14.15 Lunch Symposium 1 Merck Serono SA SSAI-SGAI Laboratory Diagnostics Meeting 14.30–16.00 Symposium 4 Symposium 6 Allergo-Immuno- Dermatology Symposium 5 Laboratory Diagnostics Werner Aberer (A) Andreas Bircher (CH) Lars French (CH) Alison Levoguer (UK) Angela Vincent (UK) Steven Stapel (NL) Basic Immunology Marco Colonna (USA) Olivier Lantz (F) Gennaro De Libero (CH) Short Presentation SSAI-SGAI Professional political forum 16.00–16.30 Lunch break / Poster viewing / Commercial exhibition 16.30–17.30 Short Communi- cations: Basic Immunology 1 Short Communi- cations: Clinical Immunology Short Communications: Laboratory Diagnostics 17.30–19.00 General Assembly SSAI-SGAI (Room B1) 17.30–19.30 Reception at the Convention Center 20.00–23.00 Gala Dinner at the restaurant «La Perla» at the Casino of Lugano 11 MerckSeronoisa divisionofMerck SGAI/SSAI Lugano, Switzerland B Cell therapies in auto immune diseases Thursday, March 17th 2011, 13.15 pm - 14.15 pm Chair:ProfessorDavidIsenberg 13.15 - 13.45 pm CatherineBarbey,PhD,MerckSeronoSAGeneva BLySandAPRILinhibitioninrheumaticautoimmunediseases 13.45 - 14.15 pm ProfessorDavidIsenberg,UCLCenterofRheumatology Celldepletioninautoimmunerheumaticdiseases Program Thursday, March 17, 2011 10.00–11.20 Registration Welcome Coffee (supported by Zeller Medical) Poster Exhibition, Industry Exhibition 11.20–12.10 Symposium 1: Basic Immunology Room A Chair:Fabio Grassi (Bellinzona, CH), Antonius G. Rolink (Basel, CH) Ed Palmer (Basel, CH) Thymic selection and T cell tolerance Margot Thome-Miazza (Lausanne, CH) Signaling pathways for lymphocyte activation and survival Symposium 2: Clinical Immunology Room B1 Chair:Christian Münz (Zurich, CH), François Spertini (Lausanne, CH) George Holländer (Basel, CH) The role of the thymus in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Onur Boyman (Zurich, CH) Cytokines in immunotherapy Symposium 3: Allergology: Influence of Climate and Environmental Changes in Allergic Sensitization (supported by Swiss Association of Aerobiology) Room B3 Chair: Brunello Wüthrich (Zurich, CH), Massimiliano Fontana (Mendrisio, CH) Bernard Clot (Payerne, CH) Interregional variations of pollen, climate change and future trends in Switzerland Claudio Ortolani (Milano, I) Influence of environmental changes on food allergy 12.15–13.00 Opening lecture 1 Room A Chair:Federica Sallusto (Bellinzona, CH), Andreas Bircher (Basel, CH) John O’Shea (Bethesda, USA) Transcriptional and epigenetic control of helper T cell differentiation 13.00–14.30 Lunch break in Exhibit Hall and poster viewing 13 13.15–14.15 SSAI-SGAI Professional Political Forum 13.15–14.15SSAI-SGAI Laboratory Diagnostics Meeting ANA and ANCA testing in Switzerland Ingmar Heijnen (Basel, CH) ANA, anti-dsDNA, and anti-ENA testing in Switzerland: Results of a laboratory survey Pascale Roux-Lombard (Geneva, CH) Autoimmunity external quality assessment (UK-NEQAS): First results 13.15–14.15 Lunch Symposium 1 B Cell Therapies in Auto Immune Diseases (Organized and sponsored by Merck Serono SA) Room C Room B3 Room B1 14.30–16.00 Symposium 4: Basic Immunology Room A Chair:Annette Oxenius (Zurich, CH), Hans Acha-Orbea (Lausanne, CH) Marco Colonna (St. Louis, USA) NK cells in innate and adaptive immunity Olivier Lantz (Paris, F) Development and function of mucosal-associated invariant T cells Gennaro De Libero (Basel, CH) The cellular and biochemical rules of lipid antigen presentation Short presentation: Alena Donda (Epalinges, CH) Sustained iNKT cell activation by CD1d fusion proteins leads to efficient tumor inhibition and is optimized when combined with MDSC inactivation Symposium 5: Laboratory Diagnostics (supported by Sodiag SA) Room B3 Chair:Franco Keller (Bellinzona, CH), Stephan Regenass (Zurich, CH) Alison Levoguer (Birmingham, UK) Serum free light chains and monoclonal gammopathies: recent changes Angela Vincent (Oxford, UK) Autoantibodies in neurological syndromes Steven Stapel (Amsterdam, NL) Antibody formation toward drugs and their consequence 14 Symposium 6: Allergo-Immuno-Dermatology Room B1 New Aspects of Contact Allergy and of Autoinflammatory Skin Disease Chair:Alberto Giannetti (Modena, I), Stefano Gilardi (Locarno, CH) Werner Aberer (Graz, A) Fragrance allergy: new aspects Andreas Bircher (Basel, CH) Sensitization to alloy metals used in orthopedic surgery and dentistry Lars French (Zurich, CH) Autoinflammatory skin diseases 16.00–16.30 Coffee break in Exhibit Hall and poster viewing 16.30–17.30 Short Communications: Basic Immunology 1 Room A Chair: Burkhard Ludewig (St. Gallen, CH), Nicola Harris (Lausanne, CH) BI1-S1 Context specific affinity thresholds for CD8 T cell activation D. Zehn1, L. Hanna-El-Daher1, L. Carrie1, M. Bevan2 Swiss Vaccine Research Institute/CHUV – Division of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne 2 Department of Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, USA 1 BI1-S2 Contribution of individual T cell specificities to the resolution of chronic viral infection S. Johnson1, A. Bergthaler1, L. Flatz1, D. Pinschewer1 1 Department of Pathology and Immunology and W.H.O. collaborating Centre for Neonatal Vaccinology, University of Geneva, Geneva BI1-S3 The role of non-hematopoietic MHC class II expression in immune responses and tolerance C. Thelemann1, M. Coutaz1, S. Hugues2, M. Rosa1, B. Weber3, N. Dickgreber3, W. Reith2, C. Müller3, H. Acha-Orbea1 1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 2 Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva 3 Institute of Pathology, University of Berne, Berne 15 BI1-S4 Unexpected role for lymph node stromal cells in suppressing T cell proliferation S. Luther1, L. Scarpellino1, S. Flavell2, A. Tomei3, M. Swartz3, P. Nelson4, M. Heikenwälder5, H. Acha-Orbea1, C. Buckley2, S. Siegert1 1 Dep. of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges 2 MRC Center Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 3 EPF Lausanne, Lausanne 4 LMU Munich, Munich 5 TU Munich, Munich BI1-S5 On the role of IL-1beta and CNS myeloid cells in EAE pathogenesis F. Ronchi1, A. Reboldi2, A. Lanzavecchia1, F. Sallusto1 1 Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona 2 University of California, San Francisco, USA Short Communications: Laboratory Diagnostics Chair: E. Dayer (Sion, CH), W. Fierz (Schaan, CH) Room B3 LD-S1 Enumeration of lymphocyte subpopulations: from a 3-color multiple tubes to a six-color single-tube technique L. Bernasconi1, D. Engler1, P. Fernandez1, A. Huber1 1 Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau LD-S2 Detection and clinical significance of coexisisting antitopoisomerase I and anticentromere antibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR group-based study I. Heijnen1, B. Bannert2, C. Tyndall2, UA. Walker2 1 Medical Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel 2 Basel University Dept. of Rheumatology, Felix Platter-Spital, Basel 16 LD-S3 Standardization of Autoantibody Detection Using Indirect Immunofluorescence on HEp-2 Cells P. von Landenberg1 1 Institut für Labormedizin, Olten/Solothurn LD-S4 A vexing case of severe pruritus and elevated serum tryptase after systemic antifungal treatment resolving as primary billiary cirrhosis / autoimmune hepatitis C. Murer1, E. Sailer2, S. Regenass3, U. Mueller4, L. French2, P. Schmid-Grendelmeier1 1 Allergy Unit, Dept. of Dermatology, University Hospital, Zurich 2 Dept. of Dermatology, University Hospital, Zurich 3 Institute for Clinical Immunology, Zurich 4 Allergy Unit Zieglerspital, Berne LD S5 The Swiss National Registry of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (PID) M. M. Hoernes1, B. Drexel1, J. Reichenbach1, R. A. Seger1 1 Div. Immunology, Haematology, BMT, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich Short Communications: Clinical Immunology Chair: Daniel Speiser (Lausanne, CH) CI-S1 Room B1 Heterozygous STAT3 mutations in 5 Swiss patients of 4 unrelated families with classic autosomal dominant Hyper IgE syndrome J. Reichenbach1, L. F. Schimke2, M. Hoernes1, B. Drexel1, S. Rylaarsdam3, H. Ochs3, J. Sawalle-Belohradsky2, R. A. Seger1, E. D. Renner2 1 Division of Immunology/Hematology/BMT, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich 2 Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Munich 3 Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital, Seattle, USA 17 CI-S2 Single cell gene expression profiling reveals qualitatively distinct CD8 T cells elicited by different gene-based vaccines L. Flatz1, R. Roychoudhuri2, M. Honda2, A. Filali3, JP. Goulet3, N. Kettaf3, M. Roederer2, E. Haddad3, R. P. Sékaly3, G. J. Nabel2 1 Institute of Dermatology, CHUV, Lausanne 2 Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda MD 3 Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Port St. Lucie FL CI-S3 Enhanced IL-17A and IL-22 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells distinguish systemic sclerosis from healthy individuals N. C. Brembilla1, M.E. Truchetet1, E. Montanari1, Y. Allanore2, C. Chizzolini1 1 Immunology & Allergy, University Hospital and School of Medicine, Geneva 2 Rheumatology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France CI-S4 18 Telomeric rather than centromeric activating KIR genes protect from reactivation of cytomegalovirus infection after kidney transplantation J. Villard1, M. Stern2, K. Hadaya3, G. Hönger4, P. Y. Martin3, C. Hess4 1 Transplantation Immunology Unit, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospital and Medical School, Geneva 2 Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel 3 Service of Nephrology and Transplantation 4 Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel CI-S5 De novo anti-HLA antibody after pandemic H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization in kidney transplant recipients J. Villard1, I. Katarinis2, K. Hadaya2, R. Duquesnoy3, S. Ferrari-Lacraz1, S. Meier4, C. van Delden4, P. Y. Martin2, C. A. Siegrist4 1 Transplantation Immunology Unit, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva 2 Service of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva 3 Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh 4 Center of Vaccinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva 17.30–19.00 General Assembly SSAI-SGAI Room B1 17.30–19.30 Reception at the Convention Center offered by the City of Lugano 20.00–23.00 Gala Dinner at the restaurant «La Perla», at the Casino of Lugano 19 1 # un Starke Wirkung.1 Kassenzulässig Opatanol® 1mg/ml Augentropfen Zusammensetzung: Olopatadinum 1mg/ml, Conserv.: Benzalkonii chloridum. Indikationen: Zur Behandlung von okulären Symptomen der saisonalen allergischen Konjunktivitis bei Erwachsenen und Kindern ab 3 Jahren. Dosierung/Anwendung: Einen Tropfen Opatanol® zweimal täglich in den Bindehautsack des (der) betroffene(n) Auge(n) eintropfen (im Abstand von 8 Stunden). Die Behandlung kann falls notwendig bis zu 4 Monate fortgesetzt werden. Kontraindikationen: Überempfindlichkeit gegenüber Olopatadin oder einem der Hilfsstoffe. Vorsichtsmassnahmen: Opatanol® wird, obwohl topisch angewendet, auch systemisch resorbiert. Bei Anzeichen schwerwiegender Symptome oder bei Überempfindlichkeitreaktionen ist die Behandlung mit diesem Präparat abzubrechen. Interaktionen: Es wurden am Menschen keine klinischen Studien mit Opatanol® zu Wechselwirkungen mit anderen Arzneimitteln durchgeführt. Schwangerschaft/Stillzeit: Es gibt keine kontrollierten klinischen Studien der Anwendung von Opatanol® an schwangeren Frauen. Opatanol® wird bei stillenden Müttern nicht empfohlen. Unerwünschte Wirkungen: Während der klinischen Prüfungen mit Opatanol® traten keine schwerwiegenden ophthalmologischen oder systemischen Nebenwirkungen auf. Als häufigste behandlungsbedingte Nebenwirkung wurde okuläre Missempfindung mit einer Häufigkeit von 0.9% angegeben. Okuläre Effekte: Gelegentlich Missempfindung, Pruritus, Hyperämie, Sekret, Keratitis, Lidödem, Trockenes Auge, Fremdkörpergefühl, Lichtscheu. Systemische Effekte: Häufig Kopfschmerzen, gelegentlich Asthenie, Schwindelgefühl, Geschmacksstörungen, trockene Nase. Liste: B. Packungen: Tropfflasche aus Kunststoff zu 5 ml. Zulassungsinhaberin: ALCON SWITZERLAND SA, 6331 Hünenberg. Stand der Informationen: Februar 2009. Weitere Angaben entnehmen Sie bitte dem Arzneimittel-Kompendium der Schweiz 2010. Referenzen: 1. Abelson MB et al. Combined Analysis of Two Studies Using the Conjunctival Allergen Challenge Model to Evaluate Olopatadine Hydrochloride, a new Ophthalmic Antialelrgic Agent With Dual Activity. Am J Ophthalmol. 1998;125:797-804 n okul är r de te Antialler g i ka en we lt w ei t2 Nahe am Allergen. Weit weg von der Allergie. 1 Nr. nol® ist die ata Op Program overview Friday, March 18, 2011 Room A Room B1 Room B3 Room C (629 persons sem.) (144 persons sem.) (120 persons sem.) (100 persons theat.) 07.30–08.30 Registration 08.30–09.15 Plenary lecture 2 (Room A) Thomas Schwarz (D) 09.15–10.45 Symposium 7 Basic Immunology Symposium 8 Clinical Immunology Symposium 9 Allergology Doreen Cantrell (UK) Jean Pieters (CH) Vigo Heissmeyer (D) Sergio Abrignani (I) Cem Gabay (CH) Hiroshi Takayanagi (J) Vincenzo Barnaba (I) Short presentation Philippe Eigenmann (CH) Elide Pastorello (I) Stephan Scheurer (D) 10.45–11.15 Coffee break / Poster viewing / Commercial exhibition 11.15–12.00 Plenary lecture 3 (Joint SGAI and MS Society) (Room A) David Hafler (USA) 12.15–13.30 Lunch break / Poster viewing / Commercial exhibition 12.15–13.30 Lunch Symposium 2 Lunch Symposium 3 ALK-ABELLO AG and Basilea Pharmaceutica International AG Xanapharm AG and NutriDis 13.45–14.30 Plenary lecture 4 (Room A) Jean-Claude Weill (F) 14.30–16.00 Symposium 10 Basic Immunology Symposium 11 Symposium 12 Clinical Immunology: Novel treatments Joint SGAI / MS Society Facundo Batista (UK) Angela Vincent (UK) Stuart Tangye (AUS) Short Presentations Andrew MacPherson (CH) Short Presentation Markus Magerl (D) François Spertini (CH) Thomas Kündig (CH) 16.00–16.30 Coffee break / Poster viewing / Commercial exhibition 16.30–17.30 Short Communi- cations: Basic Immunology 2 Short Communi- cations: MS Researcher Session Short Communications: Allergy and Dermatology 17.30–18.000 Awards and Closing Ceremony 21 Lunch Symposium 2 Management of Type-I and Type-IV allergies – New perspectives and treatment Options Friday, March 18th 2011, 12:15 - 13:30 Hall B1 Chairmen: Arthur Helbling & Margitta Worm 12:15 - 12:40 Tablet immunotherapy as a new causal treatment for children in Switzerland Peter Eng (Luzern, Aarau CH) 12:40 - 13:05 Anaphylaxis: Jext is next! Arthur Helbling (Bern, CH) 13:05 - 13:30 Are there different immunological “finger-prints” of vitamine-A-derivatives? Margitta Worm (Charité Berlin, DE) U-272-CH d Organised by ALK-AbeIló AG and Basilea Pharmaceutica International AG Intolerance to biogenic amines: an update Friday March 18 th 2011, 12:15 – 13:30, Room B3 Chairmen: Brunello Wüthrich & Christophe Deluze 12:15 – 12:35 Allergies et intolérances alimentaires Christophe Deluze (Genève, Switzerland) 12:35 – 13:05 Histamine intolerance: a double blind placebo controlled provocation study including orally administered diamine oxidase Peter Komericki (Graz, Austria) 13:05 – 13:30 Degradation of biogenic amines by diamine oxidase - an update on substrate specificity, inhibitors and analytical methods Albert Missbichler (Vienna, Austria) Xanapharm AG | Terrassenweg 1a | CH-6301 Zug www.xanapharm.com | info@xanapharm.com SGAI_symposium_xana.indd 1 19.01.11 12:22 Program Friday, March 18, 2011 07.30–08.30 Registration 08.30–09.15 Plenary lecture 2 (Joint SGAI and EADV Society) Room A Chair:Nikhil Yawalkar (Berne, CH), Rocco Torricelli (Lugano-Paradiso, CH) Thomas Schwarz (Kiel, D) Dermatoimmunology: dogmas going through a radical change 09.15–10.45 Symposium 7: Basic Immunology Room A Chair:Silvia Monticelli (Bellinzona, CH), Ed Palmer (Basel, CH) Doreen Cantrell (Dundee, UK) Facts, controversies and unresolved issues about serine/threonine kinases in T lymphocyte biology Jean Pieters (Basel, CH) Coronin 1 and the regulation of leukocyte-specific signaling events Vigo Heissmeyer (Munich, D) Regulation of microRNA pathway and control of immune functions Sergio Abrignani (Milano, I) Human lymphocyte microRNA signatures and their target genes that regulate T cell differentiation Symposium 8: Clinical Immunology: Chronic infections and inflammation Room B1 Chair:Beat Imhof (Geneva, CH), Mariagrazia Uguccioni (Bellinzona, CH) Cem Gabay (Geneva, CH) Mechanisms of articular inflammation and joint damage in arthritis Hiroshi Takayanagi (Tokyo, J) Osteoimmunology and the effects of the immune system on bone Vincenzo Barnaba (Rome, I) Infections and autoimmunity Short presentation: Beatrice Bolinger (Oxford, UK) CD8 T cell memory inflation after infection with a non-replicating adenovirus 24 Symposium 9: Allergology: Food Allergy (supported by Unilabs) Room B3 Chair:Arthur Helbling (Berne, CH), Gianluca Vanini (Lugano, CH) Philippe Eigenmann (Geneva, CH) IgE-mediated food allergy in children: new diagnostic aspects Elide Pastorello (Milano, I) Mediterranean diet: healthy for allergic people? Stephan Scheurer (Langen, D) Relevance of immune responses to carbohydrate epitopes and Maillard reaction products for the pathogenesis of type I allergy 10.45–11.15 Coffee break in Exhibit Hall and poster viewing 11.15–12.00 Plenary lecture 3 (Joint SGAI and MS Society) Chair:Ludwig Kappos (Basel, CH), Britta Engelhardt (Berne, CH) David Hafler (New Haven, USA) Room A 12.15–13.30 Lunch break in Exhibit Hall and poster viewing 12.15–13.30 Lunch Symposium 2 Room B1 Management of type I and type IV allergies – new perspectives and treatment options (Organized and sponsored by ALK-ABELLO AG / Basilea Pharmaceutica International AG) 12.15–13.30 Lunch Symposium 3 Intolerance to biogenic amines: an update (Organized and sponsored by Xanapharm AG and NutriDis) Room B3 13.45–14.30 Plenary lecture 4 (supported by Humabs Biomed SA) Room A Chair:Antonio Lanzavecchia (Bellinzona, CH), Antonius Rolink (Basel, CH) Jean-Claude Weill (Paris, F) Multiple layers of B cell memory 25 14.30–16.00 Symposium 10: Basic Immunology Room A Chair:Christoph Müller (Berne, CH), Manfred Kopf (Zurich, CH) Facundo Batista (London, UK) Early events in B cell activation and initiation of immune response Stuart Tangye (Darlinghurst, AUS) Mechanisms underlying defects in humoral immunity in primary immunodeficiencies Andrew MacPherson (Berne, CH) Commensal intestinal microbes and immune response Short Presentation: Fernanda Coelho (Berne, CH) CXCR5 regulates B cell velocity and microenvironmental distribution, but not directional movement into B cell follicles Symposium 11: Clinical Immunology: Joint SGAI / MS Society Room B1 Chair:Ludwig Kappos (Basel, CH), Myriam Schluep (Lausanne, CH) Angela Vincent (Oxford, UK) Antibody-mediated encephalitides Short presentations: Laura Codarri (Zurich, CH) IL-23 induces GM-CSF secretion by TH17 cells, which is essential for their pathogenicity in autoimmune disease Stephanie Hugues (Geneva, CH) MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation by plasmacytoid dendritic cells inhibits T cell-mediated autoimmunity Danielle Burger (Geneva, CH) Chronic and acute inflammatory conditions determine MEK1 or MEK2 usage as regulators of IL-1 and sIL-1Ra expression: relevance to MS L. Hesske (Zurich, CH) The role of GM-CSF during the effector phase in CNS autoimmune inflammation 26 Symposium 12: Novel treatments (supported by Shire HGT) Room B3 Chair:Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier (Zurich, CH), Silvy Bach-Bizzozzero (Bellinzona, CH) Markus Magerl (Berlin, D) Hereditary angioedema: pathophysiology and new treatments François Spertini (Lausanne, CH) A review of the off-label use of biological in systemic autoimmune diseases Thomas Kündig (Zurich, CH) The present and the future of allergen specific immunotherapy 16.00–16.30 Coffee break in Exhibit Hall and poster viewing 16.30–17.30 Short Communications: Basic Immunology 2 Room A Chair: Maries von den Borek (Zurich, CH), Martin Bachmann (Zurich, CH) BI2-S1 BI2-S2 Notch signaling regulates follicular helper t cell differentiation F. Auderset1, M. Charmoy1, S. Schuster1, F. Desgranges1, U. Koch2, A. Wilson3, S. A. Luther1, H. R. MacDonald3, F. Radtke2, F. Tacchini-Cottier1 1 Department of Biochemistry, WHO-IRTC, University of Lausanne, Epalinges 2 Swiss Experimental Cancer Research, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 3 Ludwig Institue for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, Epalinges A new transcription factor that promotes plasma cell differentiation and cell cycle arrest S. Chevrier1, D. Emslie1, A. Karnowski1, K. D’Costa1, D. Tarlinton1, L. M. Corcoran1 1 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 27 BI2-S3 Unmutated immunoglobulin M efficiently protects against virus-induced demyelinating disease L. Cervantes-Barragan1, S. Firner1, C. Perez Shibayama2, A. Waisman3, I. Bechmann4, V. Thiel1, B. Ludewig1 1 Institute of Immunobiology Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen 2 UIMIQ, Centro Medico Nacional, IMSS, Mexico City 3 University of Mainz, Mainz 4 Institut für Anatomie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig BI2-S4 Antibody-Mediated Control of Helminth-Induced Basophilia T. Herbst1, M. Prati2, M. Kulagin2, R. Stettler2, P. Merky2, S. F. Verbeek3, M. Camberis4, G. Le Gros4, N. Harris5 1 Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 2 Intestinal Immunology, SV, GHI EPFL, Lausanne 3 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands 4 Malaghan Institute of Medical Reseach, Wellington, New Zealand 5 Swiss Vaccine Research, Global Health Institute, Lausanne BI2-S5 NF-kB p50 regulates mast cell survival in part through upregulation of miR-146a N. Rusca1, L. Deho1, P. Larghi2, A. Sica2, S. Monticelli1 1 Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona 2 Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (MI) 28 Short Communications: MS Researcher Session Room B1 Chair: Ludwig Kappos (Basel, CH), Myriam Schluep (Lausanne, CH) MS-S1 MS-S2 MS-S3 Central Role of JC Virus-Specific Bifunctional CD4+ Th1-2 Lymphocytes in PML-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome I. Jelcic1, L. Aly2, S. Yousef2, S. Schippling2, S. Bofill-Mas3, R. Girones3, T. Weber4, M. Linnebank1, M. Sospedra2, R. Martin2 1 Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 2 Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical MS Research (inims), Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 3 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 4 Department of Neurology, Marienkrankenhaus, Hamburg, Germany EEG background activity is correlated to a measure of cognitive speed in MS M. Hardmeier1, I. K. Penner2, Y. Naegelin1, R. Zimmermann1, F. Hatz1, L. Kappos1, Chr. Schindler3, St. Rueegg1, P. Fuhr1 1 Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel 2 Department of Cognitive Psychology and Methodology, University of Basel, Basel 3 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Basel TET-induced expression of claudin-1 in brain endothelium reduces edema formation and clinical disease in an animal model of multiple sclerosis B. Engelhardt1, F. Pfeiffer1, J. Schäfer1, S. Tauber1, U. Deutsch1 1 Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Berne, Berne 29 MS-S4 Control of gait in multiple sclerosis: the interference between locomotion and cognitive functions G. Allali1, M. Laidet1, F. Assal1, M. Chofflon1, S. Armand2, P. H. Lalive1 1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Geneva University Hospital and University of Geneva, Geneva 2 Willy Taillard Laboratory of Kinesiology, Geneva University Hospital and University of Geneva, Geneva Short Communications: Allergy and Dermatology Chair: M. Bauer (Olten,CH), Th. Kündig (Zurich, CH) Room B3 AD-S1 Patterns of sensitizations to single allergens analyzed by Microarray: Seroprevalence and variations in cohorts of formerly schoolchildren from 1986 and 2006 M. Gassner1, P. Schmid-Grendelmeier2 1 Allergologische Praxis, Grabs 2 Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich AD-S2 Immunotherapy with Bet v 1 derived contiguous overlapping peptides leads to long term immunoregulatory responses F. Spertini1, N. Barbier1, A. C. Thierry1, R. Audran1, V. Charlon2, C. Reymond2 1 Division of Immunology and Allergy, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Anergis SA, Epalinges, Switzerland AD-S3 Clinical effective apple desensitization in birch allergic patients with oral allergy syndrome B. Schnyder1, R. Gerber1, M. Rudin1, P. Kopac2, T. Gentinetta3, Ch. Pichler1, O. Hausmann1, W. J. Pichler1 1 Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology/Allergology, Inselspital, Berne 2 University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia 3 ADR-AC GmbH, Holligenstrasse 91, Berne 30 AD-S4 IgE-mediated allergy to recombinant human growth hormone (somatotropin) I. Heijnen1, K. Scherer-Hofmeier2, S. Link1, A. Bircher2 1 Medical Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel 2 Allergy Unit, Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel AD-S5 Allergy to betalactam antibiotics in children: results of a 20-year study Y. Perrin, pediatric allergy and immunology, CHUV, Lausanne C. Ponvert1, M. Le Bourgeois1, C. Karila1, C. Delacourt1, P. Scheinmann1, J. de Blic1 1 Paris Descartes University, Department Paediatrics, Pulmonology, Allergy and Dermatology Service, Sick Children’s Hospital, Paris AD-S6 Acute localized exanthematous pustulosis (ALEP) caused by finasteride L. Feldmeyer1, S. Tresch1, A. Cozzio1, J.Kamarashev1, Th. Harr1, P. Schmid-Grendelmeier1, L.E. French1 1 Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich 17.30–18.00 Awards and Closing Ceremony 31 Chairpersons and speakers Werner Aberer, Graz (A) Sergio Abrignani, Milano (I) Hans Acha-Orbea, Lausanne (CH) Martin Bachmann, Zurich (CH) Facundo Batista, London (UK) Silvy Bach-Bizzozzero, Bellinzona (CH) Vincenzo Barnaba, Rome (I) Madeleine Bauer, Olten (CH) Andreas Bircher, Basel (CH) Onur Boyman, Zurich (CH) Doreen Cantrell, Dundee (UK) Bernard Clot, Payerne (CH) Marco Colonna, St. Louis (USA) Eric Dayer, Sion (CH) Gennaro De Libero, Basel (CH) Philippe Eigenmann, Geneva (CH) Britta Engelhardt, Berne (CH) Walter Fierz, Schaan (CH) Massimiliano Fontana, Mendrisio (CH) Lars French, Zurich (CH) Cem Gabay, Geneva (CH) Fabienne Gay-Crosier, Carouge (CH) Alberto Giannetti, Modena (I) Stefano Gilardi, Locarno (CH) Fabio Grassi, Bellinzona (CH) David Hafler, New Haven (USA) Nicola Harris, Lausanne (CH) Arthur Helbling, Berne (CH) Vigo Heissmeyer, Munich (D) Ingmar Heijnen, Basel (CH) Georg A. Holländer, Basel (CH) Beat Imhof, Geneva (CH) Ludwig Kappos, Basel (CH) Franco Keller, Bellinzona (CH) Manfred Kopf, Zurich (CH) Thomas Kündig, Zurich (CH) Olivier Lantz, Paris (F) 32 werner.aberer@medunigraz.at abrignani@ingm.org Hans.Acha-Orbea@unil.ch martin.bachmann@cytos.com facundo.batista@cancer.org.uk Silvy.Bach-Bizzozero@eoc.ch vincenzo.barnaba@uniromal.it m.bauer@hin.ch andreas.bircher@uhbs.ch Onur.Boyman@usz.ch d.a.hill@dundee.ac.uk Bernard.clot@meteoswiss.ch mcolonna@pathology.wustl.ed eric.dayer@consilia-sa.ch gennaro.delibero@unibas.ch philippe.eigenmann@hcuge.ch britta.engelhardt@tki.unibe.ch fierz@risch.ch Massimiliano.Fontana@eoc.ch lars.french@usz.ch Cem.Gabay@hcuge.ch fgaycrosier@safemail.ch alberto.giannetti@unimore.it gilardi@dermastudio.ch fabio.grassi@irb.unisi.ch david.hafler@yale.edu nicola.harris@epfl.ch Arthur.Helbling@spitalnetzBerne.ch vigo.heissmeyer@ helmholtz-muenchen.de heijnenI@uhbs.ch georg-a.hollaender@unibas.ch beat.imhof@unige.ch lkappos@uhbs.ch franco.keller@eoc.ch manfred.kopf@env.ethz.ch thomas.kuendig@usz.ch olivier.lantz@curie.net Antonio Lanzavecchia, Bellinzona (CH) Alison Levoguer, Birmingham (UK) Burkhard Ludewig, St. Gallen (CH) Andrew MacPherson, Berne (CH) Markus Magerl, Berlin (D) Silvia Monticelli, Bellinzona (CH) Christoph Müller, Berne (CH) Christian Münz, Zurich (CH) Claudio Ortolani, Milano (I) John O’Shea, Bethesda (USA) Annette Oxenius, Zurich (CH) Ed Palmer, Basel (CH) Elide Pastorello, Milano (I) Jean Pieters, Basel (CH) Stephan Regenass, Zurich (CH) Antonius G. Rolink, Basel (CH) Federica Sallusto, Bellinzona (CH) Stephan Scheurer, Langen (D) Myriam Schluep, Lausanne (CH) Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, Zurich (CH) Thomas Schwarz, Kiel (D) Daniel Speiser, Lausanne (CH) François Spertini, Lausanne (CH) Steven Stapel, Amsterdam (NL) Hiroshi Takayanagi, Tokyo (J) Stuart Tangye, Darlinghurst (AUS) Margot Thome-Miazza, Lausanne (CH) Rocco Torricelli, Lugano-Paradiso (CH) Mariagrazia Uguccioni, Bellinzona (CH) Maries van den Broek, Zurich (CH) Gianluca Vanini, Lugano (CH) Angela Vincent, London (UK) Jean-Claude Weill, Paris (F) Brunello Wüthrich, Zollikerberg (CH) Nikhil Yawalkar, Berne (CH) lanzavecchia@irb.unisi.ch alison.levoguer@bindingsite.co.uk burkhard.ludewig@kssg.ch andrew.macpherson@insel.ch markus.magerl@charite.de silvia.monticelli@irb.unisi.ch christoph.mueller@ pathology.unibe.ch Christian.Muenz@usz.ch c.ortolani@allergologico.it osheaj@arb.niams.nih.gov oxenius@micro.biol.ethz.ch ed.palmer@unibas.ch elide.pastorello@ ospedaleniguarda.it jean.pieters@unibas.ch stephan.regenass@usz.ch Antonius.Rolink@unibas.ch federica.sallusto@irb.unisi.ch schst@pei.de myriam.schluep@chuv.ch peter.schmid@usz.ch tschwarz@dermatology.uni-kiel.de daniel.speiser@hospvd.ch Francois.spertini@chuv.ch sstapel@xs4all.nl taka.csi@tmd.ac.jp s.tangye@garvan.org.au margot.thomemiazza@unil.ch rtorricelli@bluewin.ch mariagrazia.uguccioni@irb.unisi.ch maries@van-den-broek.ch gianluca.vanini@bluewin.ch angela.vincent@imm.ox.ac.u jean-claude.weill@inserm.fr bs.wuethrich@bluewin.ch nikhil.yawalkar@insel.ch 33 General Information Date March, 17–18, 2011 Congress Venue Palazzo dei congressi, Piazza Indipendenza 4, CH-6900 Lugano Presidents of the Organizing Committee Federica Sallusto, IRB, Bellinzona (E-mail: federica.sallusto@irb.unisi.ch) Brunello Wüthrich, STAI, Zollikerberg (E-mail: bs.wuethrich@bluewin.ch) Congress Language English (no simultaneous translation) Credits for two days (March 17–18, 2011) Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunoloy Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology Swiss Society of Hematology Swiss Society of Infectious Diseases Swiss Society of Neurology Swiss Federal Veterinary Office 5 credits (17.3.) / 6 credits (18.3.) 5 credits (17.3.) / 8 credits (18.3.) 5 credits recognized by other societies 3 credits 1 day Registration fees Members SSAI, SSDV, MS Society (2 days) Members SSAI, SSDV, MS Society (1 day) Non-Members (2 days) Non-Members (1 day) Assistant Doctors/Students (2 days) Assistant Doctors/Students (1 day) Gala dinner 34 CHF 250.– CHF 150.– CHF 310.– CHF 160.– CHF 180.– CHF 90.– CHF 100.– Method of payment Payments should be made by Banktransfer to (free of charge) Bank: UBS AG, CH-6002 Lucerne (BC 248) Beneficiary: Convention Team Lucerne AG Account: 0248-469471.06T Remark: SGAI 2011 IBAN: CH830024824846947106T BIC: UBSWCHZH80A Credit cards (VISA, MasterCard) Cancellation Cancellations until February 1, 2011: Refund of total amount paid minus CHF 50.– per person for administrative charges. No refund after this date. Cancellations must be written to the Congress Organization. Posters Posters will be exhibited in the poster area from Thursday to Friday (size of posters: 125 cm × 200 cm (width × height). Industry exhibition The exhibition is located in the main congress area at the Convention Center and will be open from Thursday, 10.00 to Friday, 18.00. Access by train or by car The Lugano railroad station offers fast and easy connections to most Swiss and European destinations. For information and time table www.sbb.ch. From the railroad station the Convention Centre can be reached by bus (No. 2, direction «Cornaredo» stop at «Palazzo dei congressi») or by taxi. Lugano is served by the motorway axis that directly connects northern Europe to the Mediterranean. For more information www.lugano-tourism.ch. Parking spaces are available at the Convention Centre. Daily parking tickets at a reduced rate can be purchased at the Registration desk. 35 Access by plane Lugano-Agno airport is connected with non stop flights to Zurich and Geneva as well as to Rome. Darwin Airline (www.darwinairline.ch/reservation center Tel. 0848 177 177) offers to SGAI delegates a special flight rate of CHF 300.– ALL INCLUSIVE for the round trip Geneva–Lugano–Geneva. From the airport the city center can be reached by shuttle bus (www.shuttle-bus.com) or by taxi. Milan Malpensa is the closest (60 km) major international airport with regular shuttle bus service to Lugano (www.malpensaexpress.ch). Prizes SGAI-Prize (sponsored by CSL Behring) The poster prize award in the amount of CHF 1000.– will be given to the first author of the best poster in the category «Basic Immunology», «Clinical Immunology» and «Allergology» incl. «Allergy Laboratory Diagnostic». Brunello Wüthrich Allergy Poster Prize (CHF 1000.–) will be awarded to an original and interesting allergy case description or casuistics. The annual award of CHF 10 000.– of the Allergy Foundation UlrichMüller-Gierok will be given for an excellent peer reviewed Swiss publication in clinical Allergology. 36 Flow2 CAST® Leave nothing to chance Routinefriendly cellular allergy diagnostics for immediate-type reactions The most often presumed etiology of life-threatening anaphylactic reactions are caused by food (33%), insect venoms (14%) and drugs (13%). In these specific fields of allergy the BÜHLMANN CAST® are at the forefront of the cellular allergy in vitro diagnosis. This basophil activation test offers an easy, fast (1h), reliable, flowcytometric and whole blood based solution. This routinefriedly test identifies the culprit allergen clearly thanks to superior specificity and sensitivity. It supports the diagnosis where specific IgE is not sufficient. Since many years BÜHLMANN Laboratories AG, Schönenbuch, is the only company worldwide that provides cellular allergy tests in combination with standardised allergens (>150). We use this knowledge for the development of new tests, like the unique activation measurement via CD63 and CD203c – CE marked soon. BÜHLMANN Laboratories AG www.buhlmannlabs.ch Sponsors The Scientific and Organizing committee wish to acknowledge the financial support of the following companies and institutions: Lunch Symposia: ALK-Abello AG Basilea Pharmaceutica International Ltd Merck Serono SA NutriDis Xanapharm AG Symposia: Humabs-Biomed SA SGA (Schweiz. Gesellschaft für Aerobiologie) SHIRE HGT Sodiag SA Unilabs Gold Sponsor: Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG Silver Sponsor: CSL Behring Bronze Sponsor: Pevion Biotech AG Sponsors: Abbott AG Bühlmann Laboratories AG Città di Lugano CSL Behring Dustri Verlag IBSA Life Technologies Phadia AG RUWAG Diagnostics Schweiz. Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft Siemens Health Care Diagnostics AG Teva Pharma AG Zeller Medical 38 Exhibitors AbD Serotec AID GmbH Alcina AG ALK-ABELLO AG Allergopharma AG Allergy Care AG Basilea Pharmaceutica International Becton Dickinson BioConcept Biotek Instruments GmbH/Witec AG Biotest (Schweiz) AG CSL Behring Dustri Verlag Enzo Life Sciences AG EUROIMMUN Schweiz AG LuBioScience GmbH MABTECH AB Merck Millipore Merck Sharp & Dohme AG Miltenyi Biotec GmbH Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG Nutricia PerkinElmer Phadia AG Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG RUWAG Diagnostics Schülke & Mayr AG Schweiz. Verband für Aerobiologie Schweiz. Verband dipl. Ernährungsberater/innen HF/FH Shire Human Genetic Therapies Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics AG Sodiag SA STEMCELL Technologies Teomed AG Thermo Scientific Trimedal AG ViroPharma SPRL Xanapharma AG Zeller Medical Düsseldorf (D) Strassberg (D) Aesch Volketswil Therwil Adliswil Basel Allschwil Allschwil Lucerne Rupperswil Berne Munich (D) Lausen Lucerne Lucerne Nacka (S) Guyancourt (F) Opfikon-Glattbrugg Bergisch Gladbach (D) Berne Domdidier Beaconsfield (UK) Steinhausen Reinach Bettlach Zurich Berne Berne Montreux Zurich Losone Grenoble (F) Greifensee Lausanne Brüttisellen Brussels (B) Zug Romanshorn 39 Map of Lugano P +R CE RE SI O LI EL LVAT ORE → IA CC CA AN UIS SIA VIA CARO NA VIA Monte S. Salvatore PAZZALLO 40 5 O DIS RA PA VIA RZI A RIV F. ZO GUID INO BO SC VIA CIA NI PO LE LL CO VIA → VIA G. 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G P → CO MO P P → RT IVA L 15 M VIA P → VIA CCO U NC NI M → P → DO TAR GOT → → P SAN → NO MA VIA VIA A AIE GIO VA N → VIA → E → GA → NO SAG S P VIA P P O NI → LU → RIG → CO VIA ZU → A IV RT VIA VIA AL PONTE → O LL → VIA P O VIA RIG → C LU VIA ZU VIA TA IA IN LL → EN BO GL → DE → NA VIA BESSO VIA ANZO VIA → → REG TE ERE S TES → VIA DELLA SALUTE → NA DO TE AM → P ON SE BR ON LT R VIA → AD → M VIA LEMA INO LVA SE VIA → V. B NO O → O CIN LU O VIA OLI BON RD STAUSIO SS P DEI TT A MASSAGNO VIA G. M BE → → BE VIA VIA SE S TE O P VIA LAR G → OR PO N E T RE P → CINQUE VIE DOTT SA VIA CA VIA VIA A LE VIA VIA → P VI HIN A VIA H VI A IC RR TO VIA BREGANZONA RI PO SKATE PARK TE VIA GGIO VIA → ER SS MARAINI → VIA BIO E ET ENTRATA IO ENTREE EMIL VIA EINGANG LUGANO NORD V tzt X® je er A Z A nd GR ür Ki 2 0 1 1 f h c . au b 1.3 NEU K a ss enz sig uläs ke i t a ACHSE RW N U-269-CH d R LASS EN EN DE KIN ZUGE E& E Die erste Immuntherapie in Tablettenform bei Gräser-Allergie AB 5 JAHR GRAZAX®: Zusammensetzung: Lyophilisierte Allergentablette aus Gräserpollen von Phleum pratense zur spezifischen Immuntherapie. Eine Tablette enthält 75 000 SQ-T. Hilfsstoffe: Gelatine, Mannitol. Indikation: Behandlung von Gräserpollen-bedingter Rhinitis und Konjunktivitis bei Kindern (5 Jahre und älter) und bei erwachsenen Patienten mit positivem Prick-Test und/oder positivem spezifischem IgE-Test auf Phleum pratense. Bei Kindern muss die Indikation sorgfältig gestellt werden. Dosierung: Erwachsene, Kinder (5 Jahre und älter) und ältere Patienten: 75 000 SQ-T (1 Dosis) einmal täglich, unter die Zunge. Kontraindikationen: Überempfindlichkeit gegen einen der Hilfsstoffe. Systemische Erkrankungen, die das Immunsystem beeinträchtigen wie z.B. Immunkomplexkrankheiten und Immundefektkrankheiten. Patienten mit unzureichend behandeltem oder schwerem Asthma (bei Erwachsenen FEV1<70%, bei Kindern FEV1<80% des Vorhersagewertes nach adäquater pharmakologischer Therapie). Vorsichtsmassnahmen: Entzündliche Zustände in der Mundhöhle mit schwerwiegenden Symptomen. Nach operativen Eingriffen in der Mundhöhle, Zahnextraktionen, Ausfall eines Milchzahnes bei Kindern die Behandlung mit Grazax für 7 Tage unterbrechen. Kinder, die gleichzeitig Asthma und eine akute Infektion der oberen Atemwege haben, Behandlung bis zum Abklingen der Infektion unterbrechen. Bei Patienten, die bereits früher eine systemische Reaktion auf eine subkutane Immuntherapie mit Gräserpollen hatten, kann das Risiko erhöht sein, eine ernsthafte Reaktion auf Grazax zu entwickeln. Kinder unter 12 Jahren müssen nach Einnahme der Tabletten mind. 30 min unter Aufsicht einer erwachsenen Person bleiben. Interaktionen: gleichzeitige Behandlung mit symptomatisch wirkenden Antiallergika kann die Toleranzgrenze des Patienten für die Immuntherapie erhöhen. Schwangerschaft/ Stillzeit: Keine Behandlung mit Grazax während der Schwangerschaft einleiten. Unerwünschte Wirkungen: Gastrointestinal: Juckreiz im Mund, Mundschwellung, oropharyngeale Schwellung, Dyspepsie, Übelkeit, Zungenschwellung, -brennen, die selten zu Atembehinderung führen können. Atmungsorgane: Halsirritationen, Niesen, Husten, Asthma, Pharyngitis, Rhinorrhoe, Rhinits, Engegefühl im Hals. Augen: Juckreiz am Auge, Konjunktivitis. Ohr: Juckreiz im Ohr. NS: Kopfschmerzen, orale Parästhesie. Haut: Juckreiz. Patienten sollen angewiesen werden, sofort einen Arzt zu konsultieren, falls schwerwiegende system. Reaktionen, Angioödem, Schluckschwierigkeiten, Atemschwierigkeiten, Stimmverränderungen, Hypotonie oder Klossgefühl im Hals auftreten. In solchen Fällen soll die Behandlung abgebrochen werden, entweder für immer oder bis auf andere Anweisung des Arztes. Packungen: 30, 100 Tabletten. Abgabekaterorie: A . Stand August 2010. ALK-Abelló, Industriestrasse 30, 8604 Volketswil, Tel. 044 908 21 00. www.alkabello.com. Weitere Informationen entnehmen sie bitte dem aktuellen Arzneimittelkompendium der Schweiz. ABBOTT AG Abbott International Neuhofstrasse 23 Postfach CH-6341 Baar ABBOTT AG Abbott International Tel. 041 768 43 33 Fax 041 768 43 53 Neuhofstrasse 23 Postfach CH-6341 Baar Tel. 041 768 43 33 Fax 041 768 43 53 Abbott Rheumatology Grant 2011 Abbott Rheumatology Grant 2011 Abbott, your Partner for Scientific Research in Rheumatology and Immunology, announces with great pleasure the “Abbott Rheumatology Grant” 2011. This grant is intended to support clinically oriented research in rheumatology and clinical immunology. Criteria for applicants The applicants are physicians meeting the following criteria: Abbott, your Partner for Scientific Research in Rheumatology • Age: 45 years or less. and Immunology, announces with great pleasure the “Abbott • Location: The principal investigator and his/her study center have to be located in Switzerland. Rheumatology Grant” 2011. and/or other centers (inside or outside of Switzerland) is A collaboration with other investigators allowed and has to be specified in the application. • Responsibilities: The principal is responsible for theoriented project and allresearch legal This grant is intended toinvestigator support clinically in permissions (ethic committee, Swissmedic notification, insurance, etc.). rheumatology and clinical immunology. • • Follow-up: The applicant has to present the research project, as well as the final data, at the scientific session of the following SGR/SSR. The applicant will provide an annual report about the development to the President of the Jury Board until finalisation of the research project. Written consent: (Date and Signature) from the applicant and the Head of the Department or Institution where the project is planned to be conducted. Prize sum: 50'000 Swiss Francs Criteria for the study • Jury Research fields: Clinically oriented research in rheumatology and/or in the field of clinical The Board: immunology. In both cases, the planned study must have relevance to patients. President: Prof. Beat Michel, • Legal form: Investigator driven study accordingZurich to GCP and/or GLP. • President: Type of trial : Prospective retrospective. So, Lausanne Vice Prof.orAlexander • Status of the project: Planned or ongoing. Members: Prof. André Aeschlimann, Zurzach Award’s description Prof. Cem Gabay, Geneva The Abbott Rheumatology Grant supports one study per year. • Award: The winner will receive 50’000.CHF (excl.VAT). Prof. Paul Hasler, Aarau This award will be remitted to the institution account, after announcement of the selected project. Prof. Johannes von Kempis, St. Gallen • Announcement: The president of the Jury will announce the name of the winner at the SGR/SSR Congress Prof. 2011 inAlan Berne.Tyndall, Basel • Project selection: According to the criteria defined by the Abbott Rheumatology Grant Jury Prof. Peter Villiger, Bern Board. • The Jury Board: President: Prof. Beat Michel, Zurich st Deadline:Members: Participants have to submit their applications by 1 June 2011 Prof. André Aeschlimann, Zurzach Application Form and more information: Prof. Cem Gabay, Geneva www.abbott-grants.ch Prof.via PaulE-Mail: Hasler, Aarau Contact: Dr. Patrick Dufner patrick.dufner@abbott.com or via Prof. Johannes von Kempis, St. Gallen Tel. 041 768 43 33 Prof. Alexander So, Lausanne Announcement of the winner the SGR/SSR Congress in Berne, Prof. Alanat Tyndall, Basel 7th – 9th September 2011 Prof. Peter Villiger, Bern Timelines • • Deadline: Participants have to complete the template available on www.rheuma-net.ch, www.rheuma-schweiz.ch, www.sgai-ssai.ch or www.abbott-grants.ch and submit their application and/or questions to Dr. Patrick Dufner (Abbott AG) by 1st June 2011 via E-Mail: patrick.dufner@abbott.com – via Tel. 041 768 43 33 th th Announcement of the winner at the SGR/SSR Congress in Berne, 7 – 9 September 2011 MED_RAGrant_Billboard_2011_V1