Identification of microRNAs in Scleroderma

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/626945

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis is a debilitating disease that is characterised by fibrosis of multiple organs leading to organ failure and eventually death. There is currently no cure for the disease. We are beginning to find that a newly-discovered class of molecules, called microRNAs, regulate many disease states but its role in scleroderma has not been established. We aim in this study to identify disease-related changes in microRNAs which may subsequently be used as therapeutic targets.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $430,882.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

fibrosis | microRNAs | molecular basis of disease | molecular markers | myofibroblast | scleroderma | screening for disease genes | transforming growth factor

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