Immune defense of human gammadelta-T cells against Influenza a viruses

Project Title	Immune defense of human gammadelta-T cells against Influenza a viruses
Principal Investigator	Tu, Wenwei (Principal investigator)
Co-Investigator(s)	Lau, Yu Lung (Co-Investigator) Peiris, Joseph Sriyal Malik (Co-Investigator)
Project Code	HKU 777407M
Funding Year	2007/2008
Amount	740731
Start Date	01-01-2008
Expected Completion	31-12-2009
Status	Completed
Keywords	gammadel, influenza virus, innate immunity, T-lymphocyte, infection
Discipline	Allergy/Immunology, Microbiology
Sponsor	RGC General Research Fund (GRF)
Grant Type/Funding Scheme	General Research Fund (GRF)
Duration	24
Publication	Efficient generation of human alloantigen-specific CD4 + regulatory T cells from naive precursors by CD40-activated B cells
Publication	Phosphoantigen-expanded human γδ T cells display potent cytotoxicity against monocyte-derived macrophages infected with human and avian influenza viruses
Publication	Generation of human Th1-like regulatory CD4 + T cells by an intrinsic IFN-γ- and T-bet-dependent pathway

Project Title

Principal Investigator

Co-Investigator(s)

Lau, Yu Lung (Co-Investigator)
Peiris, Joseph Sriyal Malik (Co-Investigator)

Project Code

HKU 777407M

Funding Year

2007/2008

Amount

740731

Start Date

01-01-2008

Expected Completion

31-12-2009

Status

Completed

Keywords

gammadel, influenza virus, innate immunity, T-lymphocyte, infection

Discipline

Allergy/Immunology, Microbiology

Sponsor

RGC General Research Fund (GRF)

Grant Type/Funding Scheme

General Research Fund (GRF)

Duration

24

Publication

Publication

Publication

Grant: Immune defense of human gammadelta-T cells against Influenza a viruses