Alcohol 2022 Jun 1. Epub 2022 Jun 1.
Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Alcohol Research Program, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address:
On November 19, 2021, the annual Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting was held at Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus in Maywood, Illinois. The 2021 meeting focused on how alcohol misuse is linked to immune system derangements, leading to tissue and organ damage, and how this research can be translated into improve alcohol-related disease. This meeting was divided into three plenary sessions: first session focused on how alcohol misuse affects different parts of the immune systems; second session presented research on mechanisms of organ damage from alcohol misuse; the final session highlighted research on potential therapeutic targets for treating alcohol mediated tissue damage. Read More