Elucidation of the Aetiology of Airway Remodelling in COPD

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1104704

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This project grant aims to discover how cigarette smoking induces the development of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by understanding how smoking drives the key pathological charges in the airways, airway remodelling. Our research to-date has found that cells from people with COPD have an hightened response to cigarette smoke and we aim to uncover the molecular basis of this aberrant response.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $626,979.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Respiratory Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

airway remodelling | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | cigarette smoking | extracellular matrix | fibrosis

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