National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Symposium: Maternal Effects on Fetal Immunity

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Symposium: Maternal Effects on Fetal Immunity

Chairs:
Alison Deckhut Augustine, NIAID, NIH
Gil Mor, Yale Univ.

Speakers:

• Gil Mor, Yale Univ., Mechanism of immune regulation by the placenta
• Erin Adams, Univ. of Chicago, How antigen presentation by the nonclassical MHC, HLA-F, modulates its interactions with NK receptors
• Catherine Blish, Stanford Univ., Expansion of CD38-expressing NK cells with enhanced antiviral activity during pregnancy
• Tippi MacKenzie, Univ. of California, San Francisco, Maternal and fetal T cell activation during preterm labor