2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of the functions of microRNAs in host immune responses to infection with Leishmania major
Project/Area Number |
22590382
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Parasitology (including Sanitary zoology)
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Research Institution | Keio University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMODA Koji 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 准教授 (00129470)
KIMURA Tokuhiro 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 助教 (40445200)
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Research Collaborator |
FUKAO Taro Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology, Freiburg, GERMANY, 主任研究員 (20401127)
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | microRNA / Leishmania major / 感染症 / 遺伝子欠損マウス / 免疫学 / 国際情報交換 |
Research Abstract |
To clarify a role of microRNA in host immune system, gene-targeted microRNA-deficient mice (BALB/c background; miR-/-) were immunologically analyzed after infection with Leishmania major (L.major). Whereas BALB/WT mice developed progressive non-healing le
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Research Products
(4 results)