PROGRAM

Program

*Printed Program Book will be distributed to registrants on site.

*Please note that the abstracts are published in the Journal of Reproductive Immunology and the issue will be distributed to registrants on site.

Program at a Glance

Day 1 April 8

Day 2 April 9

*Program is subject to change without prior notice.

List of Sessions

Opening Lecture

“Decreased paternal/fetal antigen-specific Treg cells are involved in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia, and decreased Treg cells pool are involved in the pathogenesis of miscarriage.”

Chair:	Tadashi Kimura (Osaka University)
Speaker:	Shigeru Saito (University of Toyama)

Special Lecture

Special Lecture 1

“Immunotherapy for reproductive failure women in Korea: present and future”

Chair:	Hideto Yamada (Teine Keijinkai Hospital)
Speaker:	Sung Ki Lee (Konyang University)

Special Lecture 2

“Testis-enriched genes and their functions for spermatogenesis and fertilization”

Chair:	Tomohiko Wakayama (Kumamoto University)
Speaker:	Masahito Ikawa (Osaka University)

Special Lecture 3

“Placental-microbial interactions; Possible roles of endometrial commensals in trophoblast invasion and placental barrier against pathogenic viruses.”

Chair:	Tomoyuki Fujii (Sanno Hospital)
Speaker:	Satoshi Hayakawa (Nihon University School of Medicine)

Special Lecture 4

“NK Cell and Pregnancy Immune Tolerance”

Chair:	Akitoshi Nakashima (University of Toyama)
Speaker:	Meirong Du (Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University) [Video]

Special Lecture 5

“Delivery of prostate cancer-associated non-coding RNAs within the bone marrow milieu”

Chair:	Toshiyuki Takeshita (Takeshita Ladies Clinic)
Speaker:	Toshihiro Takizawa (Nippon Medical School)

Special Lecture 6

“Endometrial gene expression and reproductive failures”

Chair:	Hiroaki Shibahara (Hyogo Medical University)
Speaker:	Joanne Y. Kwak-Kim (Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) [Video]

Symposium

Symposium 1: Endometriosis

Chairs:	Takashi Murakami (Shiga University of Medical Science) Kaori Koga (Chiba University)
Speakers:	Kaori Koga (Chiba University) “The peritoneal immune environment in the pathogenesis of endometriosis” Ayano Yamaya (Hyogo Medical University) “NK cell abnormalities and endometriosis” Ae Ra Han (CHA University Fertility Center Daegu) “Infection and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis”

Chairs:

Takashi Murakami (Shiga University of Medical Science)
Kaori Koga (Chiba University)

Speakers:

Kaori Koga (Chiba University)
“The peritoneal immune environment in the pathogenesis of endometriosis”

Ayano Yamaya (Hyogo Medical University)
“NK cell abnormalities and endometriosis”

Ae Ra Han (CHA University Fertility Center Daegu)
“Infection and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis”

Symposium 2: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL)

Chairs:	Yasuhiko Ozaki (Nagoya City University) Yasuyuki Negishi (Nippon Medical School)
Speakers:	Kenji Tanimura (Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine) “Autoantibodies against ꞵ2-glycoprotein I/HLA class II complexes is associated with recurrent pregnancy loss” Yanhong Li (Fudan University) “Decidual CXCR4⁺ CD56^bright NK cells as a novel NK subset in maternal-fetal immune tolerance to alleviate early pregnancy failure” Jaewon Han (Konyang University Hospital) “Pregnancy Outcome of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in women with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss”

Chairs:

Yasuhiko Ozaki (Nagoya City University)
Yasuyuki Negishi (Nippon Medical School)

Speakers:

Kenji Tanimura (Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine)
“Autoantibodies against ꞵ2-glycoprotein I/HLA class II complexes is associated with recurrent pregnancy loss”

Yanhong Li (Fudan University)
“Decidual CXCR4⁺ CD56^bright NK cells as a novel NK subset in maternal-fetal immune tolerance to alleviate early pregnancy failure”

Jaewon Han (Konyang University Hospital)
“Pregnancy Outcome of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in women with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss”

Symposium 3: Premature Labor/Preeclampsia

Chairs:	Takeshi Nagamatsu (International University of Health and Welfare) Katsuhiko Naruse (Dokkyo Medical University)
Speakers:	Hironori Takahashi (Jichi Medical University) “The regulatory mechanism of extravillous trophoblast invasion through microRNAs” Jinying Yang (Longgang District Maternal & Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen City) “Cervical remodeling in preterm labor” Yong-Sun Maeng (Yonsei University College of Medicine) “Immune Regulation and Lymphatic Vessel Development in Severe Preeclampsia”

Chairs:

Takeshi Nagamatsu (International University of Health and Welfare)
Katsuhiko Naruse (Dokkyo Medical University)

Speakers:

Hironori Takahashi (Jichi Medical University)
“The regulatory mechanism of extravillous trophoblast invasion through microRNAs”

Jinying Yang (Longgang District Maternal & Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen City)
“Cervical remodeling in preterm labor”

Yong-Sun Maeng (Yonsei University College of Medicine)
“Immune Regulation and Lymphatic Vessel Development in Severe Preeclampsia”

Educational Seminar

“Brain Asymmetry associated with Genetics”

Chair:	Hideaki Sawai (Hyogo Medical University)
Speaker:	Ritsuko Kimata Pooh (CRIFM Prenatal Medical Clinic)

Co-sponsored by:

GE Healthcare Japan Corporation
Nanosonics Japan K.K.
YAYOI Corporation

Luncheon Seminar

Luncheon Seminar 1: PGT-A

Chair:	Mikiya Nakatsuka (Okayama University)
Speakers:	Takeshi Iwasa (Tokushima University) “PGT-A, past, present, and future in Japan” Tetsunori Mukaida (Hiroshima Hart Clinic) “Our strategy to maximize clinical PGT program”

Chair:

Mikiya Nakatsuka (Okayama University)

Speakers:

Takeshi Iwasa (Tokushima University)
“PGT-A, past, present, and future in Japan”

Tetsunori Mukaida (Hiroshima Hart Clinic)
“Our strategy to maximize clinical PGT program”

Co-sponsored by:
Setouchi Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology

Luncheon Seminar 2: Repeated Implantation Failure

Chair:	Yoshiharu Morimoto (HORAC Grand Front Osaka Clinic)
Speakers:	Masahide Shiotani (Hanabusa Women's Clinic) “Clinical approach to recurrent implantation failure” Atsushi Fukui (Hyogo Medical University) “NK cell abnormalities and reproductive failures”

Chair:

Yoshiharu Morimoto (HORAC Grand Front Osaka Clinic)

Speakers:

Masahide Shiotani (Hanabusa Women's Clinic)
“Clinical approach to recurrent implantation failure”

Atsushi Fukui (Hyogo Medical University)
“NK cell abnormalities and reproductive failures”

Co-sponsored by:
Japan Society of Assisted Reproduction

Outstanding Award

Outstanding Award-1

Chair:	Mayumi Sugiura (Nagoya City University)

Outstanding Award-2

Chair:	Hidetaka Okada (Kansai Medical University)

Oral

Oral 1: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss-1

Chair:	Masashi Deguchi (Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine)

Oral 2: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss-2

Chair:	Atsushi Fukui (Hyogo Medical University)

Oral 3: Endometrium and Embryo

Chair:	Koji Nakagawa (Sugiyama Clinic Shinjuku)

Oral 4: Repeated Implantation Failure

Chair:	Fuminori Kimura (Nara Medical University)

Oral 5: Preeclampsia and Placenta

Chair:	Akihide Ohkuchi (Jichi Medical University)

Oral 6: Endometriosis and Gynecological Cancer

Chair:	Kei Kawana (Nihon University)

Oral 7: COVID-19

Chair:	Hiroyuki Tanaka (Hyogo Medical University)

Oral 8: Sperm, Testis and Male Infertility-1

Chair:	Akiko Hasegawa (Hyogo Medical University)

Oral 9: Sperm, Testis and Male Infertility-2

Chair:	Masakatsu Fujinoki (Dokkyo Medical University)

Oral 10: Preterm Birth

Chair:	Koichiro Shimoya (Kawasaki Medical School)