Code
3E000311
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Immunology
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Immunology
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Immunology
Keywords
cancer
NF-kB
stem cell
intestine
inflammation
Project description
Chronic inflammation contributes to tumor promotion and progression, and many of the tumor-promoting effects of inflammation depend on the activation of the transcription factor NF-κB. Interference with NF-κB signalling therefore represents a potential new therapeutic approach. Our project concerns the study of how NF-kB-dependent inflammation affects intestinal tissue physiology and can contribute to the development of intestinal cancer.