Saturday, May 4, 2024     8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET     Room W185

National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH Symposium

The Role of T Cells in the Onset and Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Chairs
Maja Maric, NIA, NIH, USA
Wassim Elyaman, Columbia Univ. Irving Med. Ctr., USA

Speakers
Wassim Elyaman, Columbia Univ. Irving Med. Ctr., USA, Clonal CD8+ T cells in the leptomeninges are locally controlled and influence microglia in human neurodegeneration
Nan-Ping Weng, NIA, NIH, USA, Characterization of CD8+ T cells in brain and CSF of AD mouse models
Insoo Kang, Yale Univ., USA, Implication of human memory CD8+ T cells in Alzheimer‘s disease: signature and beyond
Qi Yang, Rutgers Inst. for Translational Med. & Sci., USA, The role of MAIT cells in protecting meningeal integrity and cognitive function
Xiaoying Chen, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, USA, Brain-immune communication in Alzheimer’s Disease