The Fifth International Conference on Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Immune

描述（由申请人提供）：免疫系统、造血系统和骨骼系统之间存在着重要的相互作用，这一点现在已经被广泛接受。破骨细胞，吸收骨的细胞，是骨骼稳态的重要细胞介质，来源于造血前体，也产生免疫细胞。此外，许多细胞因子，最初被证明是调节免疫细胞功能的，现在已知可以调节骨细胞并影响骨骼健康。相反，成骨细胞谱系及其细胞因子对于造血干细胞生态位的发育以及造血和免疫细胞谱系的正常发育至关重要。直到最近，参与免疫或骨细胞研究的科学家很少以重要的方式互动，因为每个学科都是独立发展的，而且在很大程度上是分开的。本次会议组织者的基本假设是，骨免疫学领域的进展，这是研究骨骼，造血和免疫细胞在健康和疾病中的相互作用，将被推迟，除非骨骼生物学家，血液学家和免疫学家之间建立更好的沟通。第五届国际骨免疫学会议：免疫和骨骼系统的相互作用”的目标是将这些领域的科学家聚集在一起，促进相互作用，新的合作，加速了解免疫，造血和骨骼系统相互联系的进展。我们之前的四次会议出席人数非常多，非常成功。来自世界各地的115- 150名与会者参加了每次会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): It is now well accepted that the immune, hematopoietic and skeletal systems have major interactions. Osteoclasts, the cells that resorb bone, are important cellular mediators of skeletal homeostasis and are derived from hematopoietic precursors that also give rise to immune cells. In addition, numerous cytokines, which were first shown to regulate immune cell function, are now known to regulate bone cells and influence skeletal health. Conversely, cells in the osteoblast lineage and their cytokines are critical for the development of the hematopoietic stem cell niche and the normal development of the hematopoietic and immune cell lineages. Up until recently, scientists involved in immune or bone cell research rarely interacted in a significant way because each discipline developed independently and, for the most part, has remained separate. The fundamental hypothesis of the organizers of this conference is that progress in the field of osteoimmunology, which is the study of the interactions of bone, hematopoietic and immune cells in health and disease, will be delayed unless better communication is established between bone biologists, hematologist and immunologists. The goal of The Fifth International Conference on Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Immune and Skeletal Systems" is to bring together scientists from these fields in a setting that will facilitate, interactions, new collaborations and hasten progress towards understanding the interconnections of the immune, hematopoietic and skeletal system. Our four previous meetings were extremely well attended and highly successful. 115- 150 participants from all over the world attended each meeting.