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ENdoThelial macRophage Alliance In Neuroinflammation

Description du projet

De nouvelles recherches pour un traitement innovant en neurologie

Plus de 20 millions de personnes en Europe sont atteintes de maladies invalidantes, comme les AVC, la sclérose en plaques et la maladie d’Alzheimer; toutefois, les traitements sont complexes et très coûteux. Le projet ENTRAIN, financé par l’UE, rassemble 12 organisations partenaires issues du monde universitaire et industriel de 9 pays européens pour étudier les processus inflammatoires du cerveau et améliorer les traitements. Le projet cherchera à comprendre la manière dont les cellules endothéliales et les macrophages collaborent dans le cerveau pour favoriser la santé et comment cette interaction peut être perturbée dans les maladies neurologiques. Grâce à des technologies émergentes et innovantes, telles que la chimioprotéomique de pointe, des outils viraux et génétiques uniques pour cibler des populations cellulaires définies et l’imagerie intravitale à haute résolution, ENTRAIN posera les bases de nouveaux traitements neurologiques prometteurs.

Objectif

Neurological diseases cause enormous suffering and a great economic burden. Almost 20 million Europeans are affected by the most frequently occurring and disabling disease entities, such as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), or multiple sclerosis (MS), and these numbers do not include the large group of rare diseases that affect the CNS. Overall, the annual costs for patient care amount to 400 billion Euros. Common features of many neurological diseases are a vascular pathology with impaired blood-brain barrier (BBB) function or with reduced blood flow and inflammatory changes. As the two are often associated, disentangling their intricate and mutual relationship is a major task for translational neuroscience that could improve the treatment of many neurological diseases. At the cellular level, key players are brain endothelial cells as the building blocks of cerebral vessels and macrophages as the main inflammatory cells of the brain. Recent discoveries indicate that endothelial cells and brain macrophages are in intimate contact and closely interact. However, there is a huge gap of knowledge regarding the specific mode and the consequences of these interactions. Therefore, in-depth analyses of the molecular mechanisms involved are essential to identify and understand key features of macrophage-endothelial cross-talk, and exploitation of this information for the development of treatments of neurological diseases. ENTRAIN will undertake this task, using novel and emerging technologies, such as cutting-edge chemoproteomics, unique genetic and viral tools for targeting of defined cell populations, and high resolution intravital imaging. By characterising the pas de deux of endothelial cells and macrophages at the functional and morphological level, we will lay the foundation for better therapies for neurological diseases. The results will impact on the understanding of neuroinflammation, but also on the rarefaction of vessels.

Coordinateur

UNIVERSITAET zu LUEBECK
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 505 576,80
Adresse
RATZEBURGER ALLEE 160
23562 Lubeck
Allemagne

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Région
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Coût total
€ 505 576,80

Participants (12)

Partenaires (7)