Code
01IT3122
Duration
01 August 2023 → 31 July 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Kidney diseases
- Analysis of next-generation sequence data
Keywords
uraemic toxins
gut microbiome
chronic kidney disease
gut-kidney axis
Project description
This project investigates the link between the gut microbiome, intestinally generated metabolites and CKD through wet-lab and bioinformatics,. Experiments with Caco-2 cells are used to investigate how short-chain fatty acids can affect the transport and uptake of uremic toxins and precursors. In silico, the CKD microbiome, and possible targets to restore imbalance, are explored.