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Integrative metabolomics and genomics analysis for the development of markers of inherited kidney diseases: a personalised medicine approach

Descrizione del progetto

Analisi metabolomica e genomica per malattie renali rare

Le nefriti ereditarie rare (rare inherited kidney disease, RIKD) sono un gruppo di disturbi eterogenei che spesso portano a una terapia renale sostitutiva, compromettendo gravemente la qualità di vita dei pazienti. Il progetto MODIRen, finanziato dall’UE, è volto ad affrontare la mancanza di biomarcatori per la diagnosi, la prognosi e la terapia delle malattie. I ricercatori eseguiranno il sequenziamento dell’intero esoma per identificare le varianti genetiche e adotteranno un approccio di fenotipizzazione profonda per determinare i marcatori metabolici specifici della malattia. Oltre alle informazioni cliniche, questi dati forniranno le firme genetiche del genotipo-fenotipo e aiuteranno a delineare la fisiopatologia delle RIKD. I risultati del progetto serviranno come base per migliorare la diagnostica clinica e la stratificazione dei pazienti, nonché per la progettazione di strumenti per la teranostica.

Obiettivo

Rare inherited kidney diseases (RIKDs) encompass over 150 different conditions. They often lead to patients requiring renal replacement therapy being a major cause of end stage renal disease, severely compromising the patients’ quality of life and posing a high financial burden in healthcare. They are characterised by a high degree of phenotypic heterogeneity and by the absence of biomarkers for disease diagnosis, prognosis and inadequate therapeutic management. The main aim of the proposed work is to develop new disease ontology for three RIKDs (Thin Basement Membrane nephropathy, CFHR5 nephropathy and MUC1 kidney disease) using a deep-phenotyping approach. Phenotypic and genetic data will be integrated for biomarker discovery and to provide new knowledge for the development of a novel theranostic tool. Whole exome sequencing (WES) of cases and controls is currently underway at the host for the identification of relevant genetic variants. Using a dual biofluid-dual platform approach to maximise metabolome coverage, the metabolic profiles of healthy individuals will be compared to those of RIKD patients to identify disease-specific metabolic markers. Rigorous data analysis methodologies will be employed to integrate WES, metabolomic and clinical data for the identification of robust composite genotype-phenotype signatures of the diseases. These will elucidate molecular disease pathomechanisms, enabling better clinical diagnostics and improved patient stratification. The proposed work will provide a vital genotype-phenotype framework from which future theranostic tools can be more precisely designed and evaluated, towards precision medicine. The proposed research and training program will complement the applicant’s skills in metabolomics and systems biology with the host’s expertise in genomics and molecular diagnostics to enhance her professional maturity and facilitate new international research and innovation initiatives and multidisciplinary collaborations.

Campo scientifico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP.

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Coordinatore

UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 145 941,12
Indirizzo
AVENUE PANEPISTIMIOU 2109 AGLANTZI
1678 Nicosia
Cipro

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Regione
Κύπρος Κύπρος Κύπρος
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 145 941,12