| Grant number: | 19/22579-7 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| Start date: | January 01, 2020 |
| End date: | December 31, 2021 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Immunology - Immunogenetics |
| Principal Investigator: | Helder Takashi Imoto Nakaya |
| Grantee: | Antonio Edson Rocha Oliveira |
| Host Institution: | Centro de Inovação da USP (INOVA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 13/08216-2 - CRID - Center for Research in Inflammatory Diseases, AP.CEPID |
Abstract Inflammatory diseases (e.g. infectious, autoimmune and related to the cardiovascular system) constitute a complex and heterogeneous group of diseases that include a wide range of disorders and conditions characterized by inflammation. Currently, the treatments available for these diseases are limited and sometimes ineffective, requiring a deep understanding of the mechanisms involved in the diseases and the identification of new therapeutic targets for their treatment. Systems biology, which covers the study of interactions and behavior between biological components, including molecules, cells, organs and organisms, appears as a possible solution to this problem. Applying system biology to the study of inflammatory diseases allows us to discover new disease biomarkers, separate patients based on their unique genetic profiles, and direct them to the use of drugs and treatments more effectively. To this end, the use of advanced techniques covering the transcriptome analysis of patients with different inflammatory diseases may provide testable hypotheses and discover new biological targets for the treatment of these diseases. (AU) | |
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