Analysis of Antigen Receptor Sharing by T and B Lymphocytes

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1010395

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

To survive an infection the immune system must rapidly expand the number of immune cells that have pathogen-specific receptors that recognise, and therefore specifically combat, the infection. This normally occurs through proliferation of the immune cells. We have found that in addition to proliferation, the number of cells with these receptors can be increased by a process of receptor transfer between cells. This grant aims to further advance our understanding of this novel phenomenon.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $540,356.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Immunology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

B cells | T cells | cell-cell communication | cellular immunology | immune response | infection control | inter-cellular signalling | membrane fusion | tumour immunotherapy

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