Facilitated By

San Antonio Medical Foundation

Exploring the impact of inflammaging on immune function during M. tb infection

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

 

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Principal Investigator(s)
Turner, Joanne
Funded by
National Institutes of Health
Research Start Date
Status
Active

The goals of this program are: Project 1) Biology of the human lung mucosa in aging and tuberculosis; Project 2) Biology of alveolar macrophages in aging and tuberculosis; Project 3) Defining age-associated immune correlates of susceptibility to M. tuberculosis; and Project 4) Defining immune correlates of susceptibility to M. tuberculosis infection in the elderly" Txbiomed Project: 4696

Collaborative Project
Disease Modeling
Basic Research
Aging
Infectious Disease