Methylation sensitive genes and the transition to allergic disease: a twin study

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1063394

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Australia has amongst the highest reported prevalence allergic conditions (including asthma) in the world. Despite this, little is known about how these conditions arise. Mounting evidence implicates environmentally induced disruption of the genetic blueprint via a process known as epigenetics. We are combining the strengths of a unique collection of identical twins where one of a pair is sensitive to house dust mite, with cutting edge genomics, to characterise the pathways leading to allergy in children.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $493,843.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

DNA methylation | T cells | antigen presenting cells | asthma | epigenetics

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