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12:45 – 13:15 ePoster session 6
13:15 – 13:45 ePoster session 7

5. ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS FROM YOUNG INVESTIGATORS
Chairs: Jesus M Banales, Spain
Ronald Oude Elferink, The Netherlands
13:45 – 14:00 Serum extracellular vesicles contain protein biomarkers SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
for primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma
Ander Arbelaiz, Spain
14:00 – 14:15 The role of ageing in the pathophysiology of the biliary
epithelium: identification of a molecular profile
Luca Maroni, Italy
14:15 – 14:30 Inhibition of Src tyrosine kinase restores CFTR function in
cystic fibrosis cholangiocytes derived from human induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and improves the response to
CFTR potentiators and correctors used in therapy
Romina Fiorotto, United States
14:30 – 14:45 Chronic treatment with clinic dose of metformin completely
reverses the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)
in human intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas (iCCAs) by
activated AMPK / Foxo3a pathway
Sabina Di Matteo, Italy
14:45 – 15:00 The bile acid receptor TGR5 regulates paracellular
permeability and protects the liver through an impact
on the tight junction protein JAM-A
Grégory Merlen, France

6. IMMUNITY IN THE BILIARY TREE
Chairs: Jesus Prieto, Spain
Erik Schrumpf, Norway
15:00 – 15:25 Mucosal immunity of the biliary tree
in normality and disease
David Adams, United Kingdom

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