Centre for Inflammatory Diseases

The Centre for Inflammatory Diseases concentrates on a wide variety of inflammatory diseases including kidney disease, vasculitis, arthritis, trafficking of cells and cardiovascular disease.

There are 10 main themes:

• Theme 1 : Mechanisms of immune injury in autoimmune vasculitis and glomerulonephritis
• Theme 2 : Glucocorticoid-induced molecules in the control of inflammation and arthritis
• Theme 3 : Proinflammatory roles for coagulation proteins and their receptors
• Theme 4 : Control of leukocyte recruitment and microvascular permeability during inflammation
• Theme 5 : Mechanisms of liver fibrosis
• Theme 6 : Asthma, inflammation and viral infections
• Theme 7 : Atherosclerotic vascular disease: Role of the immune system
• Theme 8 : Respiratory infection
• Theme 9 : Innate immunity and infection
• Theme 10 : Inflammation in type 2 diabetes and its complications