How the placental protein Syncytin impairs maternal immune responses to influenza

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1108751

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Pregnant women are known to be highly susceptible to certain viral infections, especially influenza, which results in severe illness and even death. The reason for this transitory susceptibility are unknown. We have found that a protein, Syncytin, has the ability to impair maternal immune responses to influenza We now will determine how it does this and discover potential interventions to reverse these effects.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $609,862.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

immunology | influenza | pneumonia | pregnancy complications | retrovirus

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