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Definition of the chemical and immunological characteristics of flucloxacillin-induced liver injury

Coordinatore	THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL    more  Organization address address: Brownlow Hill, Foundation Building 765 city: LIVERPOOL postcode: L69 7ZX contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Dean John Cognome: Naisbitt Email: send email Telefono: 441518000000 Fax: 441518000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	139˙403 €
EC contributo	139˙403 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF
Funding Scheme	MC-IIF
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-09-01   -   2013-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL  Organization address address: Brownlow Hill, Foundation Building 765 city: LIVERPOOL postcode: L69 7ZX contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Dean John Cognome: Naisbitt Email: send email Telefono: 441518000000 Fax: 441518000000	UK (LIVERPOOL)	coordinator	139˙403.70

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Immunological reactions represent one of the most feared adverse drug events; they cannot be predicted and show no simple dose-response relationship. The presence of drug-response T-lymphocytes in patients with cutaneous reactions provides a robust case for their involvement in the disease pathogenesis. In contrast, the role of T-cells in reactions targeting the liver is less well defined.

We have recently defined the profile of drug protein conjugation at specific amino acid residues with respect to dose and incubation time and characterized the minimum levels of modification associated with the stimulation of T-cells. We now aim to utilize these methods to characterize the cellular response in patients with flucloxacillin-induced liver injury. Drug antigens will be characterized by mass spectrometry and used to define the phenotype (CD, homing receptors) and function (Th1, Th2, Th17 & cytotoxicity) of antigen-specific T-lymphocytes and T-cell clones.

Recently, an association between expression of HLA-B*5701 and flucloxacillin-induced liver injury has been described, which implies a direct effect of the gene product on the disease pathogenesis. To explore whether susceptibility relates to the restriction of the fit of the drug antigen in MHC, we will utilize our unique cell bank of HLA-typed healthy volunteers and a novel in vitro assay to relate phenotype to function and to investigate the additional signals that might be required to convert an antigenic signal into an aberrant T-cell response.

The Fellow will be trained in bioanalytical and cell culture methods that are directly applicable to immunological drug reactions. Furthermore, the Liverpool CDSS and the Ajou School of Medicine will establish a collaboration to transfer clinical samples to investigate other HLA associations in different ethnic groups. This will allow us to respond in real-time to newly identified genetic variants associated with adverse reactions'