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SFB 263:  Immunological mechanisms of infection,inflammation and autoimmunity

Subject Area Medicine
Term from 1991 to 2002
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5475496
 
The research program deals with the analysis of the regulation and dysregulation of humoral and cell-mediated reactions during the innate and acquired immune response against infectious agents, in inflammation and certain autoimmune diseases. Particular interest is given to the enzyme type 2 nitric oxide synthase, the IL-4-receptor-mediated signal transduction pathway, immunophilins, chemokine-regulated cell migration and the role of CD1-restricted T-lymphocytes in bacterial-induced immunreaction.In addition the effects of several mediators, i.e. cytokines, integrins etc., are tested in the model of glomerulonephritis, as well as the activation of T cells in inflammatory reactions, integrin-mediated cell migratory processes, and the role of proteasoms in NO-mediated apoptoses are studied.Furthermore principal mechanisms are analysed that result in humoral and cellular immunreactions against autologous structures, such as cartilage-specific collagen II, self-DNA or hemidesmonal proteins on keratinocytes. The three project areas consist of a total of 16 subprojects.
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