Human Fc receptors in antibody mediated inflammation

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1067484

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A series of major Australian discoveries is leading to the development of therapies to treat major inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and similar autoimmune diseases where there is a significant unmet need for new therapies. A major molecule, caled Fc receptor was discoverd by the researchers who have now found new ways to prevent it activating inflammatory cells and therby preventi tissue destruction.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $640,824.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Applied Immunology (incl. Antibody Engineering, Xenotransplantation and T-cell Therapies)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Fc receptors | antibody | computational chemistry | immune complex | immune-mediated inflammation | rheumatoid arthritis | thrombosis

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