IL-11 as a novel parietal cell cytokine that blocks gastric acid secretion and causes gastric atrophy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1006688

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Stomach cancer will kill a million people in the world in 2010, while in the western world the numbers of affectd indiviuduals are decreasing while in the in the developing world the opposite is the thus adding to the global health burden. Gastric atrophy is a pathological condition that always preceeds gastric cancer. This project aims to devlop our knowledge of the intitating events that allow atrophy to develop, thus informing us of novel ways of treating this condition before it bcomes cancerous.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $524,820.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Helicobacter pylori | atrophy | cancer progression | differentiation | gastric mucosa | gastritis | growth factor | transporters

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