As of May 7, 2007, Haifa Hamdi, PhD, benefits from a F.R.S.-FNRS grant to join the IMI. Her research project, based on the recent demonstration that dendritic cells expressing the glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper promote the emergence of regulatory cells suppressing inflammatory responses, will be part of an ongoing IMI programme aiming at the development of a new generation of vaccines against autoimmune and allergic diseases.

Related reference: Hamdi H et al. Induction of antigen-specific regulatory T lymphocytes by human dendritic cells expressing the glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper. Blood 2007 ; 110 : 211-217. View Abstract