Code
365N03418
Duration
01 October 2018 → 30 September 2022
Funding
Funding by bilateral agreement (private and foundations)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Regenerative medicine
- Other basic sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Regenerative medicine
- Other clinical sciences
- Other health sciences
- Nursing
- Other paramedical sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Regenerative medicine
- Other translational sciences
- Other medical and health sciences
Keywords
immune tolerance
carcinoma
Project description
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide for which, in case of advanced disease, the current standard therapy has limited survival benefit. HCC is an inlammation-related cancer and the link between chronic inflammation and tumour development and progression provides a promising target for the development of new HCC therapy. During advanced HCC, there is a state of unresponsiveness of the immune system against tumour cells/antigens, known as immune to tumour tolerance, which is mediated by specific tumour-assosicated macrophages (TAMs). TAMs procedure cytokines and chemokines that reduce cytotoxic lymphocytes and attract Tregs.