
Plenary Sessions I-IV
Plenary Sessions I-IV are a showcase of submitted abstracts that the Scientific Program Chairs and organizers felt were the most representative of the most cutting edge science, reflect a diversity of topics and speakers, and was scored highly amongst the abstract reviewers (among other things).
Each Plenary Session will run for one hour in length and will offer both the talk and a Q&A period immediately afternoon.
PLENARY SESSION I (Tuesday, May 4, 2021) 10:30 am EST – 11:30 am EST
- # 693 “Gut Dysbiosis Plays a Role in the Development of Alopecia Areata”
Alexa R. Abdelaziz1, James Chen1, Brigitte N. Sallee1, Eddy H. Wang1, Zhenpeng Dai1, Eric Loesch1, Rolando Perez-Lorenzo1, Lindsey A. Bordone1, Angela M. Christiano1, 2 1. Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
2. Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States. - # 209 “Epidermal Interferon Production is Positively Regulated by Staphylococcus Aureus in SLE and Involves the STING Pathway”
Sirisha Sirobhushanam1, Mrinal K. Sarkar1, helena stickney1, Josh Banfield1, Johann E. Gudjonsson1, Joanne M. Kahlenberg1 1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. - # 646 “Antimicrobial Perforin‐2 in Chronic Wounds Correlates with Healing Outcomes”
Vivien Chen1, Rivka C. Stone1, Jamie Burgess1, Natasa Strbo2, Irena Pastar1, Marjana Tomic-Canic1 1. Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.
2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States. - # 379 “Epidemiology and Risk Factors for the Development of Cutaneous Toxicities in Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A United States Population‐Level Analysis”
Shannon Wongvibulsin1, 2, Vartan Pahalyants1, Mark Kalinich1, William Murphy1, Kun-Hsing Yu3, Feicheng Wang3, Steven Chen1, Kerry Reynolds4, Shawn G. Kwatra2, Yevgeniy Semenov1 1. Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
2. Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
3. Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
4. Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
PLENARY SESSION II (Wednesday, May 5, 2021) 10:30 am EST – 11:30 am EST
- # 554 “Cluster Analysis of Circulating Plasma Biomarkers in Prurigo Nodularis Reveals a Distinct Systemic Inflammatory Signature in African Americans”
Nishadh Sutaria1, Justin Choi1, Youkyung S. Roh1, Kyle A. Williams1, Martin P. Alphonse1, Isabelle Brown1, Thomas Pritchard1, Natalia Fontecilla Biles1, Luis A. Garza1, Sewon Kang1, Shawn G. Kwatra1 1. Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. - # 598 “Gibbin Toggles CTCF Binding and DNA Methylation to drive Epithelial Development”
Ann Collier1, Angela Liu1, 2, Jessica Torkelson1, Jillian Pattison1, Sadhana Gaddam1, Tiffany Patel1, Kelly McCarthy1, Hanson Zhen1, Anthony Oro1, 2 1. Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
2. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Graduate Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States. - # 026 “CXCR4+ Skin‐Resident Natural Killer T cells Participate in Cutaneous Allergic Inflammation in Atopic Dermatitis”
ZhengWang Sun1, Ji Hye Kim1, 2, Seo Hyeong Kim1, 2, KeLun Zhang1, 2, Hye Li Kim1, 2, Su Min Kim1, Kwang Hoon Lee1, 2, 3, Thomas S. Kupper4, Chang Ook Park1, 2, 3 1. Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
2. Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
3. Institute of Allergy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
4. Department of Dermatology & Harvard Skin Disease Research Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. - # 097 “Adipose Triglyceride Lipase Dependent Adipocyte Lipolysis inhibits Dermal Fibrosis”
Elizabeth A. Caves1, Vivian Lei1, Valerie Horsley1, 2 1. Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
2. Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
PLENARY SESSION III (Thursday, May 6, 2021) 10:30 am EST – 11:30 am EST
- # 079 “Somatic Mutation of the OXA1L 5’UTR enables Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
Angela Mah1, Jasmine Garcia1, Dane Sessions1, Tomas Bencomo1, Ashley Amado1, Ankit Srivastava1, Carolyn Lee1, 2 1. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
2. VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States. - # 439 “Oral 25‐Hydroxyvitamin D3 reduces Chemical‐induced Skin Inflammation in Humans”
Jose-Marc Techner2, Robert M. Rothbaum2, Luisa Christensen1, Spencer T. Evans2, Ummiye Venus Onay2, Dauren Biyashev2, Michael Demczuk2, Kevin D. Cooper1, Kurt Lu2 1. Dermatology, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, United States.
2. Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States. - # 114 “Involucrin Deficiency results in Decreased Vitamin D Receptor‐Mediated Inflammation and Csnk1e Isoform Bias”
Alina D. Schmidt1, Mary Mathyer1, Erin Brettmann1, Cristina de Guzman Strong1 1. Dermatology, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, United States. - # 487 “Topical MEK Inhibition as Precision Targeted Chemoprevention”
Brittney Sell1, Jahanbanoo Shahryari3, 2, Aatman Shah2, Matthew Duncton3, Wenchao Sun2, Peter Fenn3, Scott Plotkin4, John Kincaid3, Kavita Y. Sarin2, Kenneth Y. Tsai1 1. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States.
2. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
3. NFlection Therapeutics, Wayne, PA, United States.
4. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
PLENARY SESSION IV (Saturday, May 8, 2021) 10:30 am EST – 11:30 am EST
- # 532 “Keratinocyte Desmoglein 1 as a Target and Mediator of Paracrine Signaling in the Melanoma Niche”
Hope Burks1, Christopher Arnette1, Jennifer Koetsier1, Joshua Broussard1, 2, Quinn Roth-Carter1, Pedram Gerami1, 2, 3, Jodi L. Johnson1, Kathleen Green1, 2, 3 1. Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
2. Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
3. Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, United States. - # 093 “Dissecting Intercellular Communication in Adult Human Skin with Single‐Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics”
Andrew Ji1, Kim Thrane2, Margaret Guo1, Adam Rubin1, Daniel Kim1, Tyler Hollmig1, Sumaira Aasi1, Joakim Lundeberg2, Paul Khavari1 1. Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
2. SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden. - # 184 “Whole‐Transcriptome Analysis by RNA‐Seq for Genetic Diagnosis of Mendelian Skin Disorders in the context of Consanguinity”
Leila Youssefian1, Amir Hossein Saeidian1, Paolo Fortina1, Andrew South1, Jouni Uitto1, Hassan Vahidnezhad1 1. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States. - # 499 “Extracellular Vesicles from UVB‐Irradiated Keratinocytes contain Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers”
M A. Carpenter1, Meghana Ginugu1, Michael G. Kemp1 1. Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States.