Objective
The lymphatic vasculature is essential for the maintenance of fluid balance in the body, for immune defence and for the uptake of dietary fat. Absent or damaged lymphatic vessels can lead to lymphedema, a chronic and disfiguring swelling of the extremities, sometimes necessitating amputation of the affected limb. In addition, lymphatic vessels promote metastatic spread of cancer cells to distant organs - a leading cause of death in patients with cancer, and a major obstacle in the design of effective therapies. The lymphatic vessels were identified hundreds of years ago, yet very limited understanding exists of their development, function and molecular mechanisms underlying their disease processes. The aim of this proposal is to discover novel genes important for lymphatic vascular versus blood vascular development and function and to study the functional role and therapeutic potential of their gene products in lymphangiogenesis using state-of-the art technologies.
The methods we plan to use include large-scale knockout and knock-down of the mouse genome, the embryonic stem (ES) technology, knock-down of the zebra fish genes by morpholino-antisense and positional cloning of disease susceptibility genes involved in lymphangiogenesis. These studies will provide fundamental new understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of lymphangiogenesis and therefore enable scientists to develop therapies to suppress the growth of lymphatic vessels (eg. for cancer, inflammatory diseases) or to stimulate their growth (eg. for tissue ischemia, lymphedema).
The proposed Integrated Project puts forward ambitious, competitive research objectives addressing biological processes of high medical importance using a multidisciplinary analysis and validation approach. The participants including three European SMEs will also work according to an agreed exploitation plan for the selected targets.
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FP6-2002-LIFESCIHEALTH
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Coordinator
UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, HELSINKI
Finland
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