Code
01J09219
Duration
01 October 2019 → 30 July 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Medical proteomics
Keywords
Inflammasome
Auto-inflammatory diseases
Phosphorylation
Ubiquitination
Project description
Enhanced inflammasome signaling due to Pyrin mutations underlie auto-inflammation in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). We obtained evidence that also Otulin-related auto-inflammatory syndrome (ORAS) involves enhanced Pyrin signaling. In this project, we will investigate the mechanisms by which Pyrin signaling is regulated by phosphorylation and linear ubiquitination, and how this modulates Pyrin-mediated auto-inflammation in FMF and ORAS mouse models.