Molecular dissection of autoimmune lesion induction and resolution in the CNS (B10)

• Subject Area: Clinical Neurology; Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology
• Term: since 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 213904703

The formation and resolution of neuroinflammatory lesions is determined by the balance of lesion-inducing signals derived from infiltrating auto-reactive T cells and lesion-resolving signals at least in part derived from CNS resident cells. Here we now want to use CRISPR gene editing screens to characterize the molecular architecture underlying these critical neuro-immune interactions and validate the disease relevance of emerging communication pathways in deeply phenotyped biosamples from MS patients.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 128: Initiating/Effector versus Regulatory Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis - Progress towards Tackling the Disease
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Heads: Privatdozent Dr. Naoto Kawakami; Professor Dr. Martin Kerschensteiner