Code
01GD1412
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 August 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Infectious diseases
- Virology
- Pathophysiology
- Vaccines
Keywords
respiratory diseases
tuberculosis
BCG
siRNA
vaccination
influenza
T lymphocytes
cytokines
Project description
The aim of this project is to develop therapeutic interventions to threat infectious and allergic airway inflammation and to elucidate the mechanisms of action. We will us animal models of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and influenza virus infection as well as animal models for asthma. Altered vaccines, immune interference and in situ RNA delivery represent the core strategies of this project.