Defining novel immune checkpoints controlled by stromal cells. This project seeks to use innovative approaches to elucidate the mechanisms that define the earliest steps required to generate immune re

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Defining novel immune checkpoints controlled by stromal cells. This project seeks to use innovative approaches to elucidate the mechanisms that define the earliest steps required to generate immune responses. The proposal builds on discoveries, including novel preliminary data, from a team with world-leading expertise in immunology, virology and stromal cell biology. The expected findings will provide fundamental insights into novel cellular and molecular interactions between stromal tissue components and immune cells that initiate and regulate immune responses. Expected benefits include fundamental advances in knowledge, as well as insights that will ultimately benefit biotechnology and therapeutic applications, and in this way support research priorities linked to advanced manufacturing and health. . Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3204 - Immunology. Lead: Prof Mariapia Degli-Esposti