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PLENARY SESSIONS
Plenary Session 1: Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Chairs: Roger A. Levy, Brazil; Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel
Lectures:
The heart and APS - Mary Carmen Amigo, Mexico
Renal involvement in the antiphospholipid syndrome - Ricard Cervera, Spain
Antiphospholipid syndrome and pregnancy: 20 years of experience in Ecuador - Claudio Galarza, Ecuador
New and upcoming treatments for APS - Roger A. Levy, Brazil
Plenary Session 2: Genomics, Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases in Latin America
Chairs: Julio Granados-Arriola, Mexico; Marta Alarcón-Riquelme, Spain
Lectures:
Commonalities among autoimmune diseases - Juan-Manuel Anaya, Colombia
Autoimmune disease stratification - Marta Alarcón-Riquelme, Spain
HLA and disease - Julio Granados-Arriola, Mexico
Plenary Session 3: Autoimmunity in Latin America
Chairs: Luis J Jara Quezada, Mexico; Mario Cardiel, Mexico
Lectures:
Practical aspects in rheumatoid arthritis treatment in Latin America - Mario Cardiel, Mexico
Autoimmunity in Latin America: scientific productivity in this century - Luis J Jara Quezada, Mexico
Clinical manifestations of gluten related disorders - Patricia Abumohor, Chile
The Autoimmune Ecology - Carolina Ramirez-Santana, Colombia
Plenary Session 4: The ASIA Syndrome
Chairs: Olga Vera-Lastra, Mexico; Manuel Martinez-Lavin, Mexico
Lectures:
Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants - An update - Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel
Autoimmune/Inflammatory syndrome induced by mineral oil. A health problem in Latin America - Olga Vera-Lastra, Mexico
HPV vaccine and fibromyalgia - Manuel Martinez-Lavin, Mexico
Vaccines and autoimmunity in CNS - Dimitrios Karussis, Israel
Plenary Session 5: The Environment in Autoimmunity
Chairs: Eric Gershwin, USA; Mario Garcia Carrasco, Mexico
Lectures:
Vitamin D and autoimmune diseases - Mario Garcia Carrasco, Mexico
Sex and autoimmunity: Why women? - Eric Gershwin, USA
Autoimmunity in domestic animals: The price of inbreeding - Laurel Gershwin, USA
Obesity, autoimmunity, and autoimmune diseases - Monica Vazquez del Mercado, Mexico
Plenary Session 6: Advances in Autoimmune Disease Therapy
Chairs: Morton Scheinberg, Brazil; Chaim Putterman, USA
Lectures:
The future landscape of biosimilars in rheumatology - Morton Scheinberg, Brazil
Targeting macrophages for the treatment of lupus nephritis (animal model/translational) - Chaim Putterman, USA
Role of antibodies and cytokines in CNS manifestations in SLE - Simone Appenzeller, Brazil
Dose tapering of biological therapies: safe or not? - Christopher Edwards, UK
Synthetic and biologic therapy during pregnancy and lactation in SLE - Roger A Levy, Brazil
The present of dendritic cells-based therapy for autoimmunity - Juan C Aguillon, Chile
PARALLEL SESSIONS IN ENGLISH
Parallel Session 1: Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
Chairs: Luc Mouthon, France; Enrique R. Soriano, Argentina
Lectures:
Treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis - Luc Mouthon, France
Renal involvement of ANCA vasculitis - Enrique R. Soriano, Argentina
Usefulness of cardiac magnetic resonance in the cardiovascular evaluation of systemic sclerosis - Ernesto Cairoli, Uruguay
Metabolic syndrome, autoimmunity and autoimmune rheumatic diseases - Gabriela Medina, Mexico
Renal, vascular and central nervous system mechanisms of hypertension induced by immunity - Bernardo Rodriguez Iturbe, Venezuela
Multiple sclerosis – a classical autoimmune disease - Dimitrios Karussis, Israel
Parallel Session 3: Infection in Autoimmunity
Chairs: Luis R. Espinosa, USA; Claudia Mendoza - Pinto, Mexico
Lectures:
HIV - Overview and how it affects the natural history, course, and approach to therapy of autoimmune disorders - Luis R. Espinosa, USA
Human papillomavirus infection in autoimmune diseases - Claudia Mendoza- Pinto, Mexico
The role of infectious diseases in the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome - Mario Garcia Carrasco, Mexico
Is Chikungunya virus infection a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis? - Olga Vera-Lastra, Mexico
The paradoxical effect of infectious diseases on autoimmunity: main difference between rich and poor countries - Jorge Oscar Garcia Mendez, Mexico
Parallel Sessions in Spanish
Parallel Session 2: Autoantibody Updates
Chairs: Luis EC Andrade, Brazil; Ricard Cervera, Spain
Lectures:
Why autoantibody standardization is so critical for the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases - Luis EC Andrade, Brazil
Could the immune system be reset in early autoimmune diseases? - Alejandra Babini, Argentina
Differences among ACPA positive and ACPA negative Rheumatoid arthritis patients - Jose Alfredo Gomez-Puerta, Colombia
DFS interpretation - Monica Vazquez del Mercado, Mexico
New autoantibodies in dermatomyositis: serological specificities and phenotype correlations - Veronica Vilela, Brazil
Parallel Session 4: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Chairs: Manuel Ugarte-Gil, Peru; Guillermo Pons-Estel, Argentina
Lectures:
Flares in SLE. Predictors and consequence - Manuel Ugarte-Gil, Peru
Antimalarials old drug, new indications for SLE - Guillermo Pons-Estel, Argentina
Epidemiology of Lupus in Latin America - Enrique R. Soriano, Argentina
Urinary biomarkers in SLE - Jose Alfredo Gomez-Puerta, Colombia
