Disovery of new airway epithelial genes regulating allergic inflammation

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/481363

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the lungs that affects over 10% of all Australians. A number of drugs are currently available for the treatment of asthma, but there are many people whose asthma does not respond well to treatment. We have identified 2 genes, aP2 and mal1, that may be important in the development of asthma. Drugs targeted against these genes may be useful in the treatment of asthma. In this project, we aim to understand how aP2 and mal1 contribute to disease development.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $446,934.00

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

Allergic airways disease | Asthma | Cytokines | Gene discovery

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