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This generic project is intended to be a forum for all LiSyM partner and external stakeholders interested in participating in the BMBF initiative LiSyM-Krebs.
Programme: LiSyM-Krebs
Public web page: https://www.ptj.de/projektfoerderung/gesundheitsforschung/lisym-krebs
Organisms: Not specified
LiSyM-Krebs
Programme: LiSyM-Krebs
Public web page: Not specified
Organisms: Homo sapiens
Day-to-day science within the LiSyM is overseen and directed by the the LiSyM Scientific Leadership Team. This coordination team comprises the pillar coordinators and additional LiSyM members, and ensures smooth interaction between multi-skilled groups, often working in different institutions and across significant distances within Germany.
Programme: LiSyM: Liver Systems Medicine
Public web page: http://www.lisym.org/who-we-are
Organisms: Not specified
In one in five people with NAFLD, the functioning liver cells, the hepatocytes, are replaced by connective tissue. Eventually this fibrosis becomes irreversible. In this state the liver is like a ‘scar that never heals’. Through it, the liver loses many of its vital functions.
LiSyM-Pillar II wants to know more about which factors promote fibrosis and the conditions under which fibrosis becomes irreversible How can fibrosis be diagnosed as early as possible? Researchers in the pillar are also
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Programme: LiSyM: Liver Systems Medicine
Public web page: http://www.lisym.org/our-work/pillar-research
Start date: 1st Jan 2016
Organisms: Mus musculus, Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, Homo sapiens
In chronic diseases, at some point the liver can suddenly stop functioning. This is called acute-on-chronic liver failure, or ACLF. This is the leading cause of death in liver patients and is often provoked by the use of transcription or freely available drugs or alcohol abuse. For this condition we need an effective treatment quickly.
LiSyM-Pillar III researches the factors that contribute significantly to ACLF. What exactly happens then? Are there any early signs that would enable ACLF to be
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Programme: LiSyM: Liver Systems Medicine
Public web page: http://www.lisym.org/our-work/pillar-research
Start date: 1st Jan 2016
Organisms: Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus