The balance of signals received by NK cells is modulated by viruses as a mean of immune escape.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1011489

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) affects about 60% of the population in Australia. Infection is partially controlled by the immune system but CMV is never eliminated and people remain carriers for the rest of their life. Reactivation of CMV in healthy individuals is usually asymptomatic, but it causes severe diseases in people with immune deficiencies. We seek to discover the mechanisms used by CMV to escape immune surveillance, in order to gain insights into the development of improved antiviral therapies

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $583,175.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

animal model | cytomegalovirus (CMV) | cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection | host/pathogen interaction | infection control | natural killer cells | viral immunology | virus detection

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