Scarring and angiogenesis in the airway wall in smoking and COPD: links between inflammation and remodelling

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/490023

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Smoking damages airways to produce scarring and new blood vessel growth resulting in airway narrowing, so-called COPD. Details of these processes are poorly understood. We will analyse airway biopsies taken from smokers, to dissect out the linkages between airway damage, airway inflammation, structural remodelling, and clinical changes. We will investigate the effects on these processes of: 1) inhaled corticosteroid; and 2) smoking cessation over 3 and 12 months.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $361,614.00

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 inflammation | Airway inflammation and remodelling | Airway remodelling | COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Smoking

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