Title
Alcohol and inflammatory responses: Highlights of the 2015 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology; UMass Metabolic Network
Publication Date
8-1-2016
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Cell Biology | Cellular and Molecular Physiology | Immunology and Infectious Disease
Abstract
On September 27, 2015 the 20th annual Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting was held as a satellite symposium at the annual meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology in Raleigh, NC. The 2015 meeting focused broadly on adverse effects of alcohol and alcohol-use disorders in multiple organ systems. Divided into two plenary sessions, AIRIG opened with the topic of pulmonary inflammation as a result of alcohol consumption, which was followed by alcohol's effect on multiple organs, including the brain and liver. With presentations showing the diverse range of underlying pathology and mechanisms associated with multiple organs as a result of alcohol consumption, AIRIG emphasized the importance of continued alcohol research, as its detrimental consequences are not limited to one or even two organs, but rather extend to the entire host as a whole.
Keywords
alcohol, infection, inflammation, tissue injury
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.alcohol.2016.06.005
Source
Alcohol. 2016 Aug;54:73-7. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2016.06.005. Epub 2016 Jul 25. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
Related Resources
PubMed ID
27522326
Repository Citation
Cannon, Abigail R.; Mandrekar, Pranoti; and Choudhry, Mashkoor A., "Alcohol and inflammatory responses: Highlights of the 2015 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting" (2016). UMass Metabolic Network Publications. 34.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/metnet_pubs/34
Comments
Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.