Code
01J18707
Duration
01 January 2007 → 31 October 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Speech, language and hearing sciences
- Otorhinolaryngology
Keywords
IgE
superantigens
sinusitis
Project description
In this project we will study the mechanisms leading to a local IgE production in allergic rhinitis and nasal polyposis. The influence of superanitgens on the immune response and the role of polyclonal IgE in the pathofysiology will be investigated. Finally therapeutic strategies to microbial triggers or to local IgE in Nasal polyps will be tested.