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Session 47   Poster Presentations
Immunology: NK Cell, Cytokine, and Innate Immune Responses
Thursday 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall D
374Increased Natural Killer Cell Activity in HIV-1 Exposed but Uninfected Vietnamese Intravascular Drug Users
D. Scott-Algara*1, L. X. Truong2, P. Versmisse1, A. David1, L. T. Tram2, N. V. Ngai3, I. Theodorou4, F. Barré-Sinoussi1, G. Pancino1
1Inst Pasteur, Paris, France; 2Inst Pasteur, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 3Hosp Binh Trieu, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and 4Hosp Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
375Innate Immunity in HIV Infection: Effect of HIV Envelope-NK Cell Interactions
S Kottilil*, K Shin, A M Planta, J Arthos, A S Fauci
Lab of Immunoregulation, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD
376Enhancement of Natural Killer Cell Number and Cytokine-driven Activation in HIV-1+ Patients Recieving Growth Hormone and HAART
M. Goodier*1, N. Imami1, G. Moyle2, L. Rennalls1, B. Gazzard2, F. Gotch1
1Imperial Coll Faculty of Med, Chelsea and Westminster Hosp, London, UK and 2Chelsea and Westminster Hosp, London, UK
377Critical Role of NKp44L, the Ligand of the Activated Natural Cytotoxicity Receptor NKp44 in the CD4+ T-cells Depletion During HIV Infection
V. Viellard*1, J. L. Strominger2, P. Debré1
1INSERM U543, Hosp Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France and 2Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA
378Tight Regulation of Primary Cytotoxic Response by Innate Helper Cells and its Impairment by Persisting Viruses
I. M. Rouzine*1, K. Murali-Krishna2, R. Ahmed3
1Tufts Univ, Boston, MA; 2Univ of Washington, Seattle; and 3Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA
379HIV Infection is Associated with Expanded Mucosal gamma delta T-cells, which may Explain Changes in Peripheral gamma delta T-cell Counts
M. A. Poles*1,2, S. Barsoum1,2, P. Sun1, D. Ho2, L. Zhang2
1New York Univ Sch of Med, New York and 2Aaron Diamond AIDS Res Ctr, New York, NY
380Local Delivery of CpG ODN Induces a Mucosal Innate Antiviral State and Prevents Genital HSV-2 Infection
A. A. Ashkar, K. L. Rosenthal*
McMaster Univ Hlth Sci Ctr, Hamilton, Canada
381The Role of Cytokines which Signal through the Common Gamma Chain Cytokine Receptor in the Reversal of HIV-1 Specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell Anergy
J. Gu, C. Kovacs, M. Ostrowski*
Univ of Toronto, Canada
382Association of Mannose-binding Lectin B Allele with Slower Progression to AIDS in Perinatally HIV-1 Infected Children but Not with HIV-1 Vertical Transmission
A. Mangano*, D. Mecikovsky, S. Lusso, R. Bologna, L. Sen
Hosp Natl de Pediatría "Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan," Buenos Aires, Argentina
383Reductions of Serum Melatonin Levels in HIV-1 Infected Individuals Parallel Disease Progression: Correlation with Serum Interleukin-12 Levels
G. Nunnari*1,2, L. Nigro2, F. Palermo2, D. Leto2, R. J. Pomerantz1, B. Cacopardo2
1Thomas Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia, PA and 2Univ of Catania, Italy
384Comparison of the Efficacy of gp120-based Immunogens in Transgenic Mice Producing Human IgGs
Y. He*, W. Honnen, S. C. Kayman, A. Pinter
Publ Hlth Res Inst, Newark, NJ
385Morphine Enhances HIV Infection of Human Blood Mononuclear Phagocytes through Modulation of beta-Chemokines and CCR5 Receptor
C. J. Guo*, Y. Li, S. Tian, X. Wang, S. D. Douglas, W. Z. Ho
Children's Hosp of Philadelphia, PA
386Differential Regulation of IL-7 Receptor (CD127) by TNFalpha and IL-7: Implications for HIV Immunopathogenesis
A. Komsic*, C. D. Young, J. B. Angel
Ottawa Hlth Res Inst, Ottawa, Canada
387A Non-secreted Variant of Interleukin-4 is Associated with Apoptosis-Implication for Th2 Polarization in HIV Infection
E. Ledru, M. Fevrier, H. Lecoeur, S. Garcia, S. Boullier , M.-L. Gougeon*
Inst Pasteur, Paris, France
388HIV Inhibition of IL-12 Synthesis is Mediated by Altering MAPK Activity and Nuclear Factor Binding to the IL-12p40 Promoter
F. M. Frappier*, K. A. Chambers, J. B. Angel
Ottawa Hlth Res Inst Univ of Ottawa, Canada
389HIV gp120 and CD4 Binding Induces Activation of STAT1, STAT3, and STAT5 in Promonocytes and Macrophages
J. Kohler*1, C. Gavegnano2, J. Sleasman1, M. Goodenow1
1Univ of Florida, Coll of Med, Gainesville and 2Univ of Florida, Gainesville
390Increased Sensitivity of Peripheral Lymphocytes from HIV-1 Infected Individuals to CD4- and CXCR4-mediated Apoptosis
E. Ritsou*1,2, R. Breitkreutz3, A. Benner2, T. Bohler4, M. A. Weigand5, H. Walczak2, M. L. Gougeon1, P. H. Krammer2
1Inst Pasteur, Paris, France; 2Div Med and Biological Informatics at the German Cancer Res Ctr, Heidelberg, Germany; 3Frankfurt Univ Hosp, Germany; 4MDK BW, Heidelberg, Germany; and 5Univ of Heidelberg, Germany
391Increased hEKLF Levels in HIV-1 Infected Macrophages: A Differential Role for hEKLF in Regulating IL-12 p40 Promoter through Newly Identified CACCC Region and Modulation of the NFkB Pathway
Q. Luo*1, X. Ma2, N. Ngoubilly1, S. Wahl3, J. Bieker4, M. Crossley5, L. J. Montaner1
1Wistar Inst, Philadelphia, PA; 2Weill Med Coll of Cornell Univ, New York, NY; 3Natl Inst of Hlth, Bethesda, MD; 4Mt Sinai Sch of Med, New York, NY; and 5Univ of Sydney, Australia
392No Changes in Immune Activation Phenotypes, Response to Antigen, or CD8+ T-cell Mediated HIV Suppression in Transplant Recipients Receiving Immunosuppression
M. Roland*1, D. Stablein2, B. Bredt1, B. Munoz-Marino1, L. Carlson1, J. McCune1, J. Levy1, R. Rogers1, P. Stock1
1Univ of California at San Francisco and 2EMMES Corp, Rockville, MD
393Promoter Analysis of Early Response Genes Induced by Chemokine Receptor Signaling
A. B. van 't Wout*, D. J. Westreich, H. He, D. C. Nickle, J. I. Mullins
Univ of Washington, Seattle
394Prostratin Induces Internalization and Degradation of HIV-specific Receptor and Co-receptor through Activation of Novel PKCs
M. Hezareh*1, P. Dudognon2, M. Pondarzewski2, S. J. Brown1, J.-L. Carpentier2, M. Foti2
1AIDS Res Alliance, West Hollywood, CA and 2Ctr Med Univ, Geneva, Switzerland
395HIV-1 Tat Reprograms Immature Dendritic Cells to Express Chemoattractants for Activated T-cells and Macrophages
E. Izmailova1, F. Bertley1, Q. Huang2, N. Makori3,4, C. J. Miller3,4, R. A. Young2, A. Aldovini*1
1Children's Hosp, Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA; 2Whitehead Inst for BioMed Res, Cambridge, MA; 3California Natl Primate Res Ctr, Davis, CA; and 4Univ of California at Davis