Investigating CD4+ T helper cell differentiation during blood-stage Plasmodium infection

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1028634

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Some infections tend to afflict us only once, e.g. chickenpox, because our bodies develop immunity to these microbes relatively easily. In contrast, it takes many infections to develop immunity to the malaria parasite, because our immune systems seem to respond inefficiently to it. My work will improve our understanding of how the immune system is poorly activated during malaria, and may provide new ideas for boosting the immune system in response to malaria or indeed other infections.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $408,388.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Immunology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

T cell response | cell-mediated immunity | cytokines | dendritic cell | immune modulation | immune regulation | immunopathology | immunosuppression | malaria | mouse models

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