αSyn and the Immune System

Thursday, April 10, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:25 AM

Overview


Moderator: Kelvin Luk, University of Pennsylvania

The role of tissue resident macrophages in T cell mediated neurodegeneration
Ashley Harms, Associate Professor, Centre for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics. Department of Neurology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Targeting immune activation - a new therapeutic approach in Parkinson's disease?
Caroline Williams-Gray, Principal Research Associate, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge

Does Peripheral Immune response differ in Parkinson subtypes? Marina Romero-Ramos, Professor, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University

Selected Abstracts:
From gut to brain: T cells from inflammatory bowel disease patients accumulate in brain tissue and induce Parkinson's disease-like pathology
Elizaveta Gerasimova, University Hospital Erlangen

Immunoproteasome Dysregulation and Therapeutic Potential in Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy
Huu Dat Nguyen, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital

α-Synuclein induces macrophage M1 polarization and sequential selective dysfunction of enteric neurons in the colon of Parkinson’s disease model
Wen Li, China Medical University

Panel Discussion


Speaker

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Dr Ashley Harms
Associate Professor
University Of Alabama At Birmingham

The role of tissue resident macrophages in T cell mediated neurodegeneration

8:30 AM - 9:10 AM
Dr. Kelvin Luk
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania

αSyn AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

8:30 AM - 10:25 AM
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Dr Caroline Williams-Gray
Principal Research Associate/Honorary Consultant Neurologist
University Of Cambridge

Targeting immune activation - a new therapeutic approach in Parkinson's disease?

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM
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Professor Marina Romero-Ramos
Department of Biomedicine
Aarhus University

Does Peripheral Immune response differ in Parkinson subtypes?

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
M.Sc. Elizaveta Gerasimova
Phd Student
University Hospital Erlangen

From gut to brain: T cells from inflammatory bowel disease patients accumulate in brain tissue and induce Parkinson's disease-like pathology

9:30 AM - 9:42 AM
Mr Huu Dat Nguyen
Researcher
Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital

Immunoproteasome Dysregulation and Therapeutic Potential in Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple System Atrophy

9:42 AM - 9:54 AM
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Professor Wen Li
Principle Investigator
Health Sciences Institutem, China Medical University

α-Synuclein induces macrophage M1 polarization and sequential selective dysfunction of enteric neurons in the colon of Parkinson’s disease model

9:54 AM - 10:06 AM
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