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Programmi di ricerca simili:

• 1 - Meccanismi cellulari e molecolari coinvolti nella regolazione della risposta immunitaria
• 2 - Meccanismi di riconoscimento e funzioni delle cellule Natural Killer: dalle basi biologiche alla clinica
• 3 - Meccanismi cellulari e molecolari coinvolti nella regolazione della risposta immune adattiva
• 4 - Modulazione dei meccanismi di apoptosi in corso di risposta immunitaria/infiammatoria: studio delle interazioni tra citochine della famiglia del TNF per la caratterizzazione di meccanismi molecolari e cellulari funzionali alla identificazione di nuovi target per la terapia di malattie croniche degenerative.
• 5 - Il sistema GITR/GITRL nelle malattie a patogenesi autoimmunitaria/infiammatoria: un bersaglio per la terapia farmacologica
• 6 - I membri della famiglia del TNF nella modulazione del differenziamento cellulare e dell'attività antitumorale
• 7 - Le interazioni tra tumore ed ospite: meccanismi di immunosoppressione/tolleranza e di attivazione della risposta immune
• 8 - Modulazione della tolleranza nell'immunità, autoimmunità e nei trapianti.
• 9 - Il fenomeno della cross-presentazione ed i segnali immunomodulatori nella genesi di patologie infettive ed autoimmuni
• 10 - Nuove prospettive sull'immunità innata e l'immunoterapia.

Classificazione scientifico-disciplinare

• Area scientifico disciplinare: Scienze biologiche
  • BIOCHIMICA

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• CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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Classificazione geografica

• Regione: Liguria

Bibliografia

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Parole Chiave

PROTEOLISI; OMEOSTASI DEL CALCIO; CALPAINA; CALPASTATINA; TRASDUZIONE DI SEGNALI EXTRACELLULARI; RISPOSTA IMMUNITARIA; ATTIVAZIONE LINFOCITI; CITOTOSSICITA'; FRET