Classical and non-classical HLA, immunogenetics of transplantation and diseases (celiac, Alzheimer disease); population genetics

Group Leader
Daniela Piancatelli

Istituto

Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale,
Via Carducci 32,  6710 –  L’ Aquila
http://www.ift.cnr.it/

Membri del Laboratorio

Anna Aureli anna.aureli@cnr.it

Angelica Canossi angelica.canossi@cnr.it

Daniela Piancatelli daniela.piancatelli@cnr.it

Attività

HLA polymorphism in transplantation and diseases. Polymorphisms of non classical HLA and HLA-related loci. Tolerance and immune disregulation in kidney transplantation. Role of Fc γ receptor and KIR/HLA in cancer and degenerative diseases. Cytokines in diseases. Immunogenetics of Alzheimer disease and developmental neurological disorders. Characterization of novel alleles. Population genetics; immunogenetics of celiac disease.

 

CIN website:

D. Piancatelli – Classical and non-classical HLA, immunogenetics of transplantation and diseases (celiac, Alzheimer disease); population genetics.
A. Aureli – Fc receptors, CD1 and BDNF in cancer and diseases.
A. Canossi – Immunogenetics of Treg biomarkers in organ transplantation (CTLA4, FOXP3); KIR/HLA in cancer and immune-related diseases.

Principali progetti e collaborazioni

DSB.AD007.043 “Marcatori biomolecolari e genetici in patologie immunologiche e neurodegenerative”.

Strumenti / Tecnologie

Sequence-based typing, genotyping/allelic discrimination, gene expression (RT-PCR), cell cultures, ELISA.