Summary of ISN Forefronts Symposium 2015: ‘Immunomodulation of Cardio-Renal Function’

• Main Authors: Xiong Z. Ruan, Youfei Guan, Zhi-Hong Liu, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Robert Unwin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
• Series: Kidney International Reports
• Subjects: blood pressure; cardio-renal immunity; metabolism; microbiome
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024916300456
• ISSN: 2468-0249

The International Society of Nephrology Forefronts Symposium Immunomodulation of Cardio-Renal Function took place October 22 to 25, 2015, in Shenzhen, China. The program covered basic and clinical aspects of cardio-renal pathophysiology and immunity. Leading scientists from different and related disciplines of clinical and basic research described and reviewed recent discoveries, and discussed emerging topics under the headings “Immunity and Renal Pathophysiology”; “Autoimmunity and the Inflammasome”; “Immunity and the Gut Microbiome”; “Immuno-Metabolism”; “Immunogenetics, Transcriptomics and Epigenetics; “Immunity and Hypertension”; and “Immunity, Fibrosis, and Kidney Disease.”