The Athero-B-Cell Consortium is made up of eleven Beneficiaries, of which three are research-performing SMEs. The Beneficiaries are from seven EU countries (UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and France)
Athero-B-Cell Project aims to overcome the limitations of existing therapeutics by targeting only defined B cell subsets with specific pathogenic or regulatory functions. An experimental platform that permits the identification and selective targeting of mature B cell type(s) that either promote or prevent atherosclerosis and autoimmunity is lacking.
Athero-B-Cell Project intends to identify differences in B cell effector subsets relevant to atherosclerosis and investigate how these differences can be used to develop new cardiovascular disease (CVD) therapeutics.
Refining therapeutic strategy to address defined subsets of B cells has the potential to avoid risks of immunosuppression. This will be achieved by combining the multidisciplinary knowledge and expertise of Athero-B-Cell Project Consortium members on B cells in inflammation and atherosclerosis with the data mining and therapeutic targeting platforms of world leading SMEs.
Project objectives
Objective 1: To define targets to reduce activation of pathogenic B cells and antibodies in Cardiovascular Diseases.
Objective 2: To identify enhancers of atheroprotective B regulatory cell populations and antibodies in Cardiovascular Diseases.
Objective 3: To validate molecular and miRNA targets to modulate B cell behavior in Cardiovascular Diseases with innovative locked nucleic acid (LNA) based antisense platforms.
Our team
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Claudia Monaco
Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation
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Jennifer Cole
Research Associate
