New developments on the effects of alcohol use on immunity, inflammation and organ function: A summary of the 2024 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting

Madison M. Tschann, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL
Vidula Vachharajani, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Eileen M. Redmond, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Andrew Hoisington, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Sarah E. Cohen, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
Moses New-Aaron, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Cristina Llorente, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Janos Paloczi, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
Claudia R. Keating, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL
Wiramon Rungratanawanich, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD
Ellen L. Burnham, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
John J. Callaci, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL
Preeti Raju, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Weizhe Zhong, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Abhishek Mandal, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
Justine R. Zimmerly, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM
Adriana S. Nuncio, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Pranoti Mandrekar, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
Rebecca L. McCullough, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Rachel H. McMahan, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Todd A. Wyatt, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Samantha M. Yeligar, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth J. Kovacs, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Mashkoor A. Choudhry, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-21-2025

Publication Title

Alcohol

Abstract

The 29th annual Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting was held on November 22nd, 2024, at Loyola University Chicago, Health Science Campus, Maywood, Illinois. The meeting was divided into three plenary sessions and a poster session. The overall focus of this year's meeting was on alcohol and host immunity, alcohol and organ dysfunction, and alcohol, inflammation, and tissue injury. The presentations in each session shared the latest developments on the impact of alcohol in a wide variety of fields including trauma, emergency care and hospitalization, cardiovascular health, neurodegenerative disease, gut microbiome, and hepatology.

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1

Last Page

10

PubMed ID

40267994

Volume

126

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