title: Summary of the 2014 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting.
abstract: On November 21, 2014 the 19th annual Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting was held at Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus in Maywood, Illinois. The meeting focused broadly on inflammatory cell signaling responses in the context of alcohol and alcohol-use disorders, and was divided into four plenary sessions focusing on the gut and liver, lung infections, general systemic effects of alcohol, and neuro-inflammation. One common theme among many talks was the differential roles of macrophages following both chronic and acute alcohol intoxication. Macrophages were shown to play significant roles in regulating inflammation, oxidative stress, and viral infection following alcohol exposure in the liver, lungs, adipose tissue, and brain. Other work examined the role of alcohol on disease progression in a variety of pathologies including psoriasis, advanced stage lung disease, and cancer.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States.
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States.
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, United States; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States.
authors.forename: Abigail R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States.
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shults
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States; Department of Veterans' Affairs Research, Omaha, NE, United States.
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
authors.forename: Viranuj
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sueblinvong
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Persidsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nixon
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
authors.forename: Lou Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Waldschmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, United States.
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, United States; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States.
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, United States; Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, United States. Electronic address: mchoudhry@luc.edu.
authors.forename: Mashkoor A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Choudhry
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000276:immunology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D018450:Disease Progression; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000276:immunology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology
keywords: Ethanol; Intestines; Liver; Lungs; Neuro-inflammation