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ENdoThelial macRophage Alliance In Neuroinflammation

Descrizione del progetto

Nuova ricerca per trattamenti innovativi in neurologia

Oltre 20 milioni di persone in Europa soffrono di entità patologiche disabilitanti quali ictus, sclerosi multipla e malattia di Alzheimer, ma il trattamento è difficile e molto costoso. Il progetto ENTRAIN, finanziato dall’UE, sta riunendo 12 organizzazioni partner del mondo accademico e industriale in 9 paesi europei per studiare i processi infiammatori nel cervello e migliorare le terapie. Il progetto cercherà di capire in che modo le cellule endoteliali e i macrofagi lavorano insieme nel cervello per promuovere la salute e come questa interazione possa essere disturbata nelle malattie neurologiche. Utilizzando nuove tecnologie emergenti quali la chemo-proteomica d’avanguardia, strumenti genetici e virali unici per colpire popolazioni cellulari definite e imaging intravitale ad alta risoluzione, ENTRAIN getterà le basi per nuove promettenti terapie neurologiche.

Obiettivo

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.

Coordinatore

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

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Regione
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 505 576,80

Partecipanti (12)

Partner (7)