Code
3G003612
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 December 2015
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Immunology
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Immunology
- Gastro-enterology and hepatology
- Immunology
Keywords
intestine
inflammation
stem cell
NF-kB
Project description
Chronic inflammation contributes to tumor promotion and progression, and many of the tumor-promoting effects of inflammation depend on the activation of the transcription factor NF-κB. Interference with NF-κB signalling therefore represents a potential new therapeutic approach. Our project concerns the study of how NF-kB-dependent inflammation affects intestinal tissue physiology and can contribute to the development of intestinal cancer.