Karim Dib - Network - Queen's University Belfast

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Phone028 90 972634, +44 (0)28 9097 2634
Emailk.dibqub.acuk

Room 03.009 - Medical Biology Centre
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Title of the project: To investigate the role of the histamine four receptor in the pathogenesis of chronic lung infections.
We would like to test the hypothesis that accumulation of histamine in lung fluids impairs airways neutrophils in chronic lung diseases by engaging the histamine four receptor (H4R) in neutrophils. Engagement of the H4R may block the ability of neutrophils to kill pathogens. We will investigate whether H4R antagonists can be used to boost the anti-microbial functions of pulmonary neutrophils during chronic lung infections.

Research activity per year

Queen's University Belfast

Organisational unit: University

34 shared research output

Medicine, Health and Life Sciences

Queen's University Belfast

Organisational unit: Faculty

34 shared research output

Centre for Infection and Immunity

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Organisational unit: Cluster

30 shared research output

School of Pharmacy

Medicine, Health and Life Sciences

Organisational unit: School

4 shared research output

Material and Advanced Technologies for Healthcare

Pioneer Research Programmes

Organisational unit: Pioneer Research Programme

1 shared research output

Global Research Institutes

Queen's University Belfast

Organisational unit: Global Research Institutes

1 shared research output

Pioneer Research Programmes

Queen's University Belfast

Organisational unit: Pioneer Research Programmes

1 shared research output

Lund University

External organisation: University

2 shared research output

Trinity College Dublin

External organisation: University

1 shared research output

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

External organisation: Health Authorities

1 shared research output

University of Göttingen

External organisation: University

1 shared research output

University of Birmingham

External organisation: University

1 shared research output

Russian Academy of Sciences

External organisation: Academic Institute

1 shared research output

Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität

External organisation: University

1 shared research output

Maynooth University

External organisation: University

1 shared research output

University Medical Center Mainz

External organisation: University

1 shared research output

King's College London

External organisation: University

1 shared research output

St.Petersburg State University

External organisation: University

1 shared research output