Projects
Research Projects
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Title |
Support |
Collaboration |
Personnel |
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COPD-related projects |
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| The protective role for Pim kinases in maintaining airway epithelial integrity and barrier function. | UE |
D. Davies (South Hampton UK) |
PhD student M. de Vries |
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Allergic asthma-related projects |
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Predicting asthma genotypes: characterisation of IL 1RL1 in asthma |
NAF |
Dr. G. Koppelman (UMCG) |
N. Grotenboer PhD student |
| Vitamin D3 as adjuvant in a therapeutic vaccine for allergic asthma. | NAF |
Dr. J.N.G. Oude Elberink (UMCG), E. Frijlink (RUG), K. Poelstra (RUG) |
PhD student L. Hesse |
| Mechanisms of the development of allergy. PCDH-1 transgenic mice | EU-MedALL | B. Lambrecht (Gent Belgium), G. Koppelman (UMCG) | U. Brouwer |
| The role of Damage Associated Molecular Patterns in the genetic susceptibility towards cigarette smoke induced neutrophilic airway inflammation | NAF | N. Ten Hacken (Pulmonology, UMCG) A. van Oosterhout (GSK, London) |
D. Pouwels PhD student |
| The risk to develop pneumonia in COPD: Comparing the effects of fluticasone propionate and budesonide on epithelial barrier immunity | AstraZeneca | M. van den Berge, D. Postma (Pulmonology, UMCG) |
M. Jonker Technician |
| The roles of Pellino-1 in the control of airway viral infection | MRC | Ian Sabroe (University of Sheffield, UK |
M. Jonker Technician |
| Dysfunctional crosstalk between epithelial cells and fibroblasts contributes to the abnormal tissue repair and remodeling processes in COPD | SAB,UBC/RUG bursary | C.A. Brandsma (Pathology, UMCG),T.L. Hackett (UBC Vancouver, Canada), D. Postma (Pulmonoloy, UMCG), W. Timens (Pathology, UMCG) |
E. Osei PhD student |
| Functional characterisation of PCDH1, a novel gene for asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness | UE | G. Koppelman (Pediatrics, UMCg), J. Holloway (Southampton, UK) |
G. Faura-Tellez PhD student |
| Translating asthma associated genetic variation in IL33 and IL1RL1 into pathophysiology and clinical expression of asthma | MD-PhD UMCG | G. Koppelman (Pediatrics, UMCG), Ian Sayers (Nottingham, UK) |
M. Ketelaar PhD student |