Investigations

Compartmentalized inflammatory processes within the CNS might be a driver of tissue damage in chronic stages of CNS autoimmunity. Tissue resident T cells constitute a sizeable population of immune cells in the chronically inflamed CNS. However, little is known about their functional integration into CNS tissue niches. Here, we have identified the co-inhibitory molecule CD96 to be expressed on a subset of CNS resident conventional and regulatory T cells. Using genetic tools, we aim to investigate ...

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/318243743 Title: Wnt/beta-catenin/TCF-dependent transcriptional regulation in heart failure (Wnt/beta-catenin/TCF-abhängige Transkriptionsregulation in der Herzinsuffizienz) Wnt/ß-catenin activation results in the development of cardiac dysfunction. In this project, the hypothesis will be tested that enhanced Wnt/ß-catenin activity triggers a cell-specific gene expression programs in cardiomyocytes (CM) and cardiac fibroblasts (FB), which contribute to ...