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Allelic Exclusion of Antibody Gene Expression

 Coordinatore FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN NURNBERG 

 Organization address address: SCHLOSSPLATZ 4
city: ERLANGEN
postcode: 91054

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Franziska
Cognome: Müller
Email: send email
Telefono: 4991320000000
Fax: 4991320000000

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Germany [DE]
 Totale costo 232˙967 €
 EC contributo 232˙967 €
 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-IOF-2008
 Funding Scheme MC-IOF
 Anno di inizio 2009
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2009-06-01   -   2012-05-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN NURNBERG

 Organization address address: SCHLOSSPLATZ 4
city: ERLANGEN
postcode: 91054

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Franziska
Cognome: Müller
Email: send email
Telefono: 4991320000000
Fax: 4991320000000

DE (ERLANGEN) coordinator 232˙967.52

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genes    gene    immune    antibody    asynchronous    allelic    allele    university    expresses    modifications    pathogens    lymphocyte    diseases    monospecificity    exclusion   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Antibody genes in B lymphocytes are assembled from multiple rearranging gene segments, enabling the immune system to protect us from a huge diversity of pathogens. Each B lymphocyte expresses only one antibody specificity on the cell surface (monospecificity), even though there is more than one allele for each antibody chain, a phenomenon termed allelic exclusion. Allelic exclusion requires asynchronous rearrangement of antibody genes combined with feedback inhibition to prevent the assembly of more than one productive allele. This proposal aims to analyze how epigenetic genome modifications influence the asynchronous rearrangements of antibody genes by defining and then altering the precise distribution of histone modifications. Further, to determine the significance of monospecificity to B lymphocyte development and function, this proposal aims to establish a novel gene-targeted mouse that expresses a diverse, but allelically included antibody repertoire. This will provide new insights as to how the immune system reacts specifically against foreign pathogens while maintaining self-tolerance. Hence, this proposal will elucidate the mechanism and importance of allelic exclusion of antibody genes in the immune system. The project will be conducted through a collaboration between the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany and the University of California, Berkeley, USA. The outcome of this proposal will improve our predictive knowledge of various human diseases including infections, cancer and autoimmune diseases, and thus support sustainable healthcare in the EU.'

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