Investigation of the roles of Foxn1, Wnts and autophagy in the development and function of thymic epithelial cells.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/520313

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The immune system usually protects the body from infections. Occasionally, the immune system mistakenly recognises components of the body as foreign and attacks them, resulting in autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis and arthritis. An organ called the thymus is responsible for educating the immune system, and preventing autoimmune diseases. The proposed project will explore how the thymus develops, and how it teaches the immune system to ignore normal components of the body.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $220,222.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Emergency medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

antigen presentation | autoimmunity | immune development | thymus

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