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Fatty liver Nano Antibody Therapy FAITH
Changes in life-style and nutrition have increased the incidence of obesity/overweight and metabolic syndrome resulting in a pathology called Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Currently, 130 million people in Western coun...
Changes in life-style and nutrition have increased the incidence of obesity/overweight and metabolic syndrome resulting in a pathology called Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Currently, 130 million people in Western countries have NAFLD and this number is constantly increasing. A significant number of patients develop non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis and subsequently liver cancer. At the same time no efficient therapeutics exist to treat NASH or NASH-liver cancer transition.
We could demonstrate that infiltration and aggregation of platelets in the liver is the initial and the disease accompanying/maintaining process.
Application of a conventional antiplatelet-therapy (APT) prevented or reverted established NASH in mice and men and abandoned subsequent liver cancer development in mouse models.
Existing APT bear unwanted side effects and health issues. We identified the platelet-derived surface molecule GPIba as the critical mediator of platelet-derived immune activation, NASH and liver cancer. Using an antibody blocking the thrombin-binding site of GPIba, prevented established NASH, fibrosis and liver cancer without affecting hemostasis (Malehmir et al. 2019 Nature Medicine). The identified novel strategy differentiates itself from all other approaches to treat NASH due to some unique application opportunities:
(I) no necessity to change patients’ nutritional habits, resulting in a high acceptance on the patient´s side,
(II) no systemic immunosuppression of the patients´ immune system and
(III) circumventing unwanted severe side effects of conventional APT by decoupling platelet-derived inflammatory function from platelet-derived aggregation/hemostasis.
We intend (1) to produce nanobodies/antibodies that functionally block the human thrombin binding site of GPIba, (2) to confirm the therapeutic activity in preclinical NASH models carrying a humanized GPIba and (3) to lay the ground for necessary subsequent steps towards the market.
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Duración del proyecto: 18 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2020-07-09
Fecha Fin: 2022-01-31
Fecha Fin: 2022-01-31
Línea de financiación: concedida
El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2022-01-31
Línea de financiación objetivo
El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ERC-2020-POC:
Call for proposals for ERC Proof of Concept Grant
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hace 4 años
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El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a
150K€
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DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM HEIDELBERG
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Perfil tecnológico
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4-5
Perfil tecnológico
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4-5
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