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Infection and Inflammation: From Pathogen-induced Signatures to Therapeutic Target Genes

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Trinad Chakraborty

Project List:

Signatures and clinical validation: synovial tissues, tissue microarrays and tissue cells

Molecular characterization of host-virus interactions, towards novel cellular targets for anti-viral therapy

Identification of cellular targets in HSV-1 infected dendritic cells using functional genomics in order to establish new antiviral therapies

Identification of host cell factors involved in Hepatitis C virus replication as potential targets for HCV and flavivirus therapy

Cellular Pathways of infection and inflammation Role of TNF producing dendritic precursor cells in human models of sepsis

Prospective evaluation of clinical sepsis phenotypes by focussed gene expression profiling ("Sepchip") and association with genetic resistance factors

Animal models of sepsis and acute lung injury using Streptococcus pneumoniae

Determination of the septic host response via cell type-specific Toll-like receptor signalling

Staphylococcal sepsis - molecular basis, risk factors, and individual predisposition

Molecular, cellular and genetic basis of Streptococcus pyogenes-induced sepsis in mice

Identification of genes associated with resistance or susceptibility to acute gastrointestinal infection

Genetic determinants of host susceptibility, resistance, and disease outcome in acute and chronic enteric infections - Functional characterization of genes involved in innate immunity to and disease susceptibility für Yersinia enterocolitica

Transcriptome analysis to determine the primary site of immunity and the role of epithelial and hemapoetic cells for host susceptibility during infection with Heliobacter pylori

Identification of genetic determinants for host susceptibility and disease outcome in Heliobacter pylori infections

Ecological genomics of mucosal microbial communities associated with chronic inflamatory bowel disease

Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68): a mouse model for understanding innate immunity in gammaherpesvirus infection

Immune control of gamma-herpesvirus by innate immunity

CMV genes and innate immunity in vivo

Identification of human genetic variants mediating resistance to Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia

Genetic association approach to identify endothelial receptors for Plasmodium falciparum

Association and linkage approaches to identify human genetic variants contributing to natural protection against pulmonary tuberculosis

Global transcriptome analysis of Pulmonary Lesions from Tuberculosis Patients

Identification and functional validation of genes associated with resistance or susceptibility to tuberculosis in a murine model of aerogenic M. tuberculosis infection

Clinical pattern assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthropathies

Clinical validation by Custom Array

Signatures and clinical validation of synovial tissues and tissue cells

Inflammatory pathways in human disease: definition of specific and common mechanism of tissue response

Comparative expression profiling of T-cell subsets and monocytes and analysis of cell type specific gene function in mouse models of chronic inflammation

Development of new diagnostic tools for Rheumathoid Arthritis

TLR-signalling induced by bacterial and viral ligands / Microarray and Bioinformatics Core Unit

Bridging project: genetic basis of gender differences in type I IFN production from human plasmacytoid dendritic cells

Cross-talk between Toll-like receptors and Nuclear Hormone Receptors: Linking inflammation, immune suppression and artherosclerosis

Genetic determinants of innate immunity and immune modulation in nematode infections in mice

Data management

Bioinformatics

Therapeutics-induced gene signature in chronic rheumatoid diseases

Cytokine, pathogen, and therapeutic signatures of human and murine monocytes and T helper cells