Mechanism of Factor XII-associated Hereditary Angioedema (A11)

Subject Area Public Health, Healthcare Research, Social and Occupational Medicine
Term from 2014 to 2022
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 125440785
 

Project Description

The project focuses on the plasma protease factor XII (FXII) and analyzes mechanisms and therapies of the rare inherited swelling disease Hereditary Angioedema type III that has been associated with mutations in FXII. In the next funding period, the project will study FXII activation-mechanisms and regulation of FXII protease activity. An experimental gene-therapy for Hereditary Angioedema will be developed. Understanding FXII regulation will offer new therapeutic strategies for Hereditary angioedema and potentially other FXII-driven disease states.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of SFB 877:  Proteolysis as a Regulatory Event in Pathophysiology
Applicant Institution Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Project Head Professor Dr. Thomas Renné, since 1/2018