Immune balance-regulating interleukins as targets for immunotherapy [ 2015 - 2018 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Di Yu (Principal investigator)

Brief description The immune balance is crucial to human health. Interleukins are a group of proteins secreted by immune cells to mediate their communication. They tune up or down immune responses, thus as attractive targets for immunotherapy to restore the immune balance to treat autoimmune diseases, allergies and infections. This fellowship will support translational research to develop Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-21-based novel immunotherapies for autoimmune disease, infection and allergy.

Funding Amount $AUD 473,477.97

Funding Scheme Career Development Fellowships

Notes RD Wright Biomedical CDF