Session Information
AABB Annual Meeting and CTTXPO 2010
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Platelet & Leukocyte Biology
Track : Oral Abstracts
Program Code: 010B
Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM  EST
Location: 339/340
MODERATOR (S):
Steven Spitalnik, MD, Professor, Columbia University
James Zimring, MD, PhD, Member, Puget Sound Blood Center Research Institute
Description

OBJECTIVES:
  • Review the immune mechanisms of thrombocytopenia including the therapeutic effect of IVIG in relation to Fc-g receptor IIb and the neonatal Fc receptor.
  • Explain the relationship between biological pathways and the function of platelet products in a murine model of thrombocytopenia
  • Evaluate the acute phase response to trauma and its effect on neutrophil recruitment and immunogenicity of blood products.
  • Correlate an in vitro whole blood transfusion model to the effect of the age of packed red cell transfusions on pro-inflammatory monocyte responses.


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