van der Poll T.: Innate immunity and coagulation in infection

Project Details

Description

This program focuses on the host response to severe infection. Two main topics are studied: (1) the role of pattern recognition receptors and innate immunity in host defense, and (2) the influence of coagulation on host defense mechanisms. The most predominant research line studies bacterial sepsis and the most common causes of sepsis pneumonia and peritonitis. Another research line studies tuberculosis.

Theme: Infection and Immunity

This research group participates in CINIMA
StatusActive
Effective start/end date1/01/2007 → …