Dissecting the role of the adipokine leptin in control of the inflammatory response to Helicobacter pylori

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/566711

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that causes chronic gastric inflammation (gastritis), which may lead to cancer. Approximately 20% of Australians are infected. As part of the search for a human vaccine, we are attempting to understand the immune response against this bacterium. This study will investigate a novel observation that adipokines-small proteins produced by fat cells can regulate the actions of immune cells in the stomach and in this way determine whether vaccination works.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $569,063.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Infectious Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Helicobacter pylori | Infectious disease | chronic infection | gastritis, ulcer, cancer | helicobacter-induced disease | inflammatory mediators | leptin | vaccine biology | vaccines

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