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GERONTOSHIELD –
Systems biology-driven approach to unravel and revert the mechanisms responsible for poor immune responses in the elderly
Systems biology-driven approach to unravel and revert the mechanisms responsible for poor immune responses in the elderly
A collaborative project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the funding program "Systems Biology for Health in the Old Age – GerontoSys2"
Coordinator:
The project is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Carlos Guzmán, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany. The 6 participants of the consortium are from Braunschweig, Jena, Martinsried, Regensburg, Tübingen, and Wolfenbüttel.
The project is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Carlos Guzmán, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany. The 6 participants of the consortium are from Braunschweig, Jena, Martinsried, Regensburg, Tübingen, and Wolfenbüttel.
Contract period: February 1st, 2011 - January 31st, 2014
Grant no.: FKZ0315890B
Summary:
The strategic objective of the GERONTOSHIELD project is to draw on a Systems Biology-driven approach to understand the molecular processes affected during immunosenescence, in order to derive (i) global mathematical models describing the involved processes, (ii) a holistic model for flu infections in young and elderly, and (iii) strategies to overcome these processes to establish immune interventions tailored for the elderly.
The strategic objective of the GERONTOSHIELD project is to draw on a Systems Biology-driven approach to understand the molecular processes affected during immunosenescence, in order to derive (i) global mathematical models describing the involved processes, (ii) a holistic model for flu infections in young and elderly, and (iii) strategies to overcome these processes to establish immune interventions tailored for the elderly.
Further information:
Homepage of GERONTOSHIELD
Press release of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI; in German)
Press release of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI; in English)
Homepage of GERONTOSHIELD
Press release of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI; in German)
Press release of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI; in English)
Publications:
Wingender, E. (2013) Criteria for an updated classification of human transcription factor DNA-binding domains. J. Bioinform. Comput. Biol. 11, 1340007. doi: 10.1142/S0219720013400076. Link
Wingender, E., Schoeps, T., Dönitz, J. (2013) TFClass: An expandable hierarchical classification of human transcription factors. Nucleic Acids Res. 41, D165-D170. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1123. Link