Understanding and controlling remodelling in pulmonary fibrosis and asthma

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/509001

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The development of scar tissue is a normal response to tissue injury. When airway and lung tissue is injured by exposure to irritants, scarring greatly diminishes the function of the lung to allow transfer of oxygen to the tissue. In severe disease, the scarring may be fatal. We discovered that two factors involved in formation of scar tissue neutralise each other's effects. We are examining this interaction in human lung to develop new treatments for scarring-related lung diseases.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $431,839.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical biochemistry and metabolomics not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

airway diseases | airway fibrosis | airway remodelling | airway smooth muscle | asthma and respiratory diseases | fibroblast growth factor | fibroblasts | fibrosis

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