Code
3E005211
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
- Inflammation
- Respiratory medicine
- Inflammation
Keywords
monocytes
kupffer cells
asthma
macrophages
immunoregulation
alveolar macrophages
dendritic cells
Project description
Dendritic Cells (DCs) and MFs present antigens to T cells, which differentiate into Effector or Regulatory T cells. Some DCs or MFs may preferentially induce tolerance through Regulatory T cells, while others may preferentially induce Effector T cells. We will study the role of distinct DCs and MFs by restricting antigen-presenting-capacity to one DC or MF subset at a time.