7 th World Congress on Itch ( WCI ) 2013

Invited Lectures 604 Free Communications 612 Poster Presentations 623 Index 640 7th World Congress on Itch (WCI) 2013 September 21–23, 2013 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 600 7th World Congress on Itch (WCI) – September 21–23, 2013, Boston, USA Acta Derm Venereol 93 Saturday, September 21, 2013 14:00–16:30 IFSI Board Meeting 15:00–17:00 Congress registration 17:00–17:15 Greeting and Introduction Ethan Lerner, Boston and Jacek C. Szepietowski, Wroclaw 17:15–18:45 Distinguished Plenary Lectures Chairpersons: Yasushui Kuraishi, Toyoma, Jeffrey Bernhard, Worchester, & Jacek C. Szepietowski, Wroclaw 17:15–18:00 Bernhard Distinguished Lecture: The YosipovITCH Journey: From Bedside to Basic Science, Gil Yosipovitch, Philadelphia (IL01) 18:00–18:45 kuraishi Distinguished Lecture: Is Itch a Specific Sensation? Earl Carstens, Davis (IL02) 18:45–20:00 Welcome reception Sunday, September 22, 2013 07:30–08:00 Continental Breakfast plenary SeSSion i 08:00–09:00 SIG: Questionnaires Moderators: Elke Weisshaar & Gil Yosipovitch 08:00–08:05 Introduction, Elke Weisshaar, Heidelberg (IL03) 08:05–08:15 The 5D questionnaire, Marlyn Mayo, Dallas (IL04) 08:15–08:25 Aquagenic itch module, Sonja Ständer, Münster (IL05) 08:25–08:35 Pitfalls in qualitative aspects of itch questionnaires, Jörg Kupfer, Giessen (IL06) 08:35–09:00 Discussion and comments 09:00–09:30 Launch of a new SIG: Uremic Itch Moderators: Thomas Mettang & Jacek C. Szepietowski 09:00–09:15 Uremic pruritus: clinical presentation of the problem, Jacek C. Szepietowski, Wroclaw (IL07) 09:15–09:30 Uremic pruritus: establishment of a new SIG, Thomas Mettang, Weisbaden (IL08) 09:30–09:45 Coffee Break 09:45–10:30 Special Lecture: Silencing Pain and Itch, Clifford Woolf, Boston (IL09) 10:30–12:00 receptors, Channels and neural Pathways of Itch Moderators: Diana Bautista, Xinzhong Dong & Martin Schmelz 10:30–10:50 Neuronal triggering of itch via the atopic dermatitis cytokine TSLP, Diana Bautista, Berkeley (IL10) 10:50–11:10 The role of Mrgprs in itch, Xinzhong Dong, Baltimore (IL11) 11:10–11:30 Nppb a neuropeptide essential for itch, Mark Hoon, Bethesda (IL12) 11:30–11:50 Specific itch pathways: holy grail for clinical pruritus? Martin Schmelz, Erlangen (IL13) 12:00–13:00 Lunch and Poster Session I BreAkOUt SeSSIOn I (move freely between tracks) 13:00–14:30 Basic research track: Inhibitory Pathways Moderators: Malin Lagerström, Sarah Ross & Kenji Takamori 13:00–13:20 Spinal dynorphin modulates itch, Sarah Ross, Pittsburgh (IL14) 13:20–13:40 VGLUT2-regulated itch – primary afferents and beyond, Malin Lagerström, Uppsala (IL15) 13:40–14:00 A semaphorin story in atopic dermatitis, Kenji Takamori, Tokyo (IL16) 14:00–14:10 Spinal interneurons mediate the inhibition of itch by counter-stimuli, Junichi Hachisuka, Pittsburgh (FC01) 14:10–14:20 Ciguatoxin-induced release of neuropeptides in a sensory neuron-keratinocyte coculture model, Raphaele Le Garrec, Brest (FC02) 14:20–14:30 Enigmatic aspects of 5'-GNTI-induced compulsive scratching in mice, Alan Cowan, Philadelphia (FC03) 13:00–14:30 Clinical research track: Burden of Itch Moderators: Suephy Chen & Florence Dalgard 13:00–13:20 The burden of itch, Suephy Chen, Atlanta (IL17) 13:20–13:40 The burden of itch among dermatologic patients in Europe, Florence Dalgard, Oslo (IL18) 13:40–13:50 Association of primary localized amyloidosis with atopic dermatitis, Hong Liang Tey, Singapore (FC04) 13:50–14:00 Influence of scratch lesions and pruritus localization on psychic symptoms, Astrid Stumpf, Münster (FC05) 14:00–14:10 Needs of hemodialysis patients suffering from chronic itch: results from patient interviews, Melanie Weiss, Heidelberg (FC06) 14:10–14:20 Neuroticism associated with greater quality of life: Impact of chronic itch, Sema Kini, Atlanta (FC07) 14:20–14:30 Questions and Discussion 14:30–14:50 refreshment Break BreAkOUt SeSSIOn II (move freely between tracks) 14:50–16:00 Basic research track: Skin and Spinal Cord Mechanisms of Itch Moderators: Zhou-Feng Chen & Glenn Giesler 14:50–15:10 GRP is critical for mediating long-lasting itch in sensory neurons, Zhou-Feng Chen, St. Louis (IL19) 15:10–15:30 Studies of pruriceptive responses of trigeminothalamic tract neurons in rats, Glenn Giesler, Minneapolis (IL20) 15:30–15:40 A subpopulation of nociceptors specifically linked to itch, Liang Han, Baltimore (FC08) 15:40–15:50 Toll-like receptor 4 contributes to dry skin-induced chronic itch but not acute itch in mice, Tong Liu, Durham (FC09) 15:50–16:00 Intradermal endothelin-1 excites bombesinresponsive superficial dorsal horn neurons in the mouse, Tasuku Akiyama, Davis (FC10) 14:50–16:00 Clinical research track: Systemic itch Moderators: Thomas Mettang & Laurent Misery 16:50–15:00 Autotaxin in cholestatic itch; comparing mice and men, Ruth Bolier, Amsterdam (FC11) 15:00–15:10 Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and pruritus: The role of IL-31 in the skin, Leigh Nattkember, Philadelphia (FC12) 15:10–15:20 What makes people itch? A cross-sectional population based study, Brittany Leader, Atlanta (FC13) 15:20–15:30 Mesenteric mast cell degranulation, TRPV1 and PAR2 contribute to pruritus in a bile duct ligation rat model of liver disease, Majedeline Belghiti, Elche (FC14) 15:30–15:50 Itch of Cholestasis, Nora Bergasa, New York (FC15) 15:50–16:00 Questions and Discussion plenary SeSSion ii 16:00–17:00 IFSI General Assembly 17:45–22:30 Banquet Dinner at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. Presentation of the Handwerker Prize and Poster Awards monday, September 23, 2013 07:30–08:00 Continental Breakfast