Code
01GC1412
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 August 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Microbiology
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
Keywords
respiratory diseases
vaccination
BCG
tuberculosis
influenza
cytokines
siRNA
T lymphocytes
Project description
This collaborative interfaculty project aims at the development of novel
therapeutic approaches for the treatment of infectious and allergic
respiratory diseases and the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms. Animal
models of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Influenza infection along with models
for mild to severe asthma will be combined with modified vaccinogens, immune
interference and in situ siRNA delivery.