北京大学基础医学院

　　院长论坛

　　报告题目：Anti-viral immunity during fetal life

　　报告人：Dr. Arnaud Marchant.

　　                Institute for Medical Immunology

　　                Université Libre de Bruxelles

　　               比利时自由大学

　　时    间：2015年3月27日（星期五）上午9:15-10:15

　　地    点：医学部生化楼三楼中厅

　　主持人：张毓教授

　　报告简介:

　　CMV is the most common congenital viral infection and is the leading Non-genetic cause of neurological defects. CMV infection in early life is also associated with intense and prolonged viral excretion, indicating limited control of viral replication. The seminar will summarize our current understanding of the innate and adaptive immune responses to CMV infection during fetal life and infancy. It will illustrate the fact that studies of congenital CMV infection have provided a proof of principle that the human fetus can develop  anti-viral innate and adaptive immune responses, indicating that such responses should be inducible by vaccination early after birth.