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Project

Validation of a new mouse model of systemic sclerosis and study of the B cell as effector cell in the disease
Code
3G001808
Duration
01 January 2008 → 30 December 2013
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Immunology
    • Immunology
    • Immunology
Keywords
B cells systemsclerose TNF cytokine
 
Project description

The purpose of this project is to examine the role of the TNF cytokine, lymphotoxin, in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis, especially its role on B cells.