13/02/2017
Workpackage 6: Human host defence response
Participants
University College Cork
Queen’s University Belfast
University of Washington
University Hospital Leuven
Description of the workpackage
The human defence response plays an important role in determining and indicating colonisation in the lung of Cystic Fibrosis patients and also the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment. Workpackage 6 will investigate the association between key proteins of the innate immune response, the lung Microbiome with antibiotic administration and clinical outcome.