title: Alcohol and inflammatory responses: summary of the 2013 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting.
abstract: Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Campus in Maywood, Illinois hosted the 18th annual Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting on November 22, 2013. This year's meeting emphasized alcohol's effect on inflammatory responses in diverse disease states and injury conditions. The meeting consisted of three plenary sessions demonstrating the adverse effects of alcohol, specifically, liver inflammation, adverse systemic effects, and alcohol's role in infection and immunology. Researchers also presented insight on modulation of microRNAs and stress proteins following alcohol consumption. Additionally, researchers revealed sex- and concentration-dependent differences in alcohol-mediated pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Niya L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ippolito
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Ian N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
authors.forename: Georges E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.affiliation: Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA.
authors.forename: Sulie L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Lou Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Waldschmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
authors.forename: Pranoti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mandrekar
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. Electronic address: mchoudhry@luc.edu.
authors.forename: Mashkoor A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Choudhry
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011639:Public Opinion
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators
keywords: Alcohol; Infection; Inflammation; Tissue injury