{"id":47074,"date":"2003-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/08\/04\/unmc-researchers-receive-6-million-nih-grant-for-studiesof-how-the-immune-system-affects-neurodegeneration\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:43:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:43:54","slug":"unmc-researchers-receive-6-million-nih-grant-for-studiesof-how-the-immune-system-affects-neurodegeneration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/08\/04\/unmc-researchers-receive-6-million-nih-grant-for-studiesof-how-the-immune-system-affects-neurodegeneration\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC researchers receive $6 million NIH grant for studies\n\nof how the immune system affects neurodegeneration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND)<\/p>\n<p>at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $6 million<\/p>\n<p>grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/p>\n<p>of the National Institutes of Health to study how the brains immune system<\/p>\n<p>can lead to damage of nerve cells in HIV-dementia and Alzheimers disease.<\/p>\n<p>The research also will seek to determine how arms of the immune system<\/p>\n<p>can be harnessed to reverse different forms of dementia.<\/p>\n<p>The grant, which provides funding over five years, is a program project<\/p>\n<p>grant. Program project grants are highly competitive grants and given to<\/p>\n<p>large complex research projects requiring multidisciplinary support spanning<\/p>\n<p>distinctly different scientific areas. Because of their complexity, the<\/p>\n<p>grants often involve collaboration between several institutions. This,<\/p>\n<p>however, is not the case for this grant. Only one institution  UNMC &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>is involved and the support goes to CNND scientists.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud that the CNND has reached a milestone in its development<\/p>\n<p>and that it can compete on its own merit for these sums of money, said<\/p>\n<p>Howard Gendelman, M.D., director of the CNND and the grants principal<\/p>\n<p>investigator. By any measure we have become a bona fide neurosciences<\/p>\n<p>center. A solid infrastructure that encompasses a wide variety of scientific<\/p>\n<p>disciplines is now in place including immunology, virology, protein chemistry,<\/p>\n<p>molecular biology, neuropharmacology, cognitive neuroscience and radiology.<\/p>\n<p>The CNND, which was established in 1997, now includes more than 70 scientists<\/p>\n<p>and support staff. This diverse group includes scientists from nine different<\/p>\n<p>countries.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gendelman said the research will center around previous groundbreaking<\/p>\n<p>discoveries made by CNND investigators that inflammatory activities are<\/p>\n<p>implicated in a number of neurodegenerative disorders including, but not<\/p>\n<p>limited to, HIV-1-associated dementia (HAD), Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons<\/p>\n<p>disease. The CNND scientists believe that the interplay between the immune<\/p>\n<p>system and the brain may be harnessed to counter the death of brain cells<\/p>\n<p>due to viral infection or during neurodegenerative processes. It is this<\/p>\n<p>balance between immune activities that may underlie the process of dementia<\/p>\n<p>and a number of motor abnormalities associated with the aging process.<\/p>\n<p>The CNND will seek to determine if altering the composition of immune<\/p>\n<p>activities can positively affect disease and provide new and novel directions<\/p>\n<p>to prevent or retard diseases and improve diagnostic capabilities. Currently<\/p>\n<p>there are limited therapeutics available to positively affect the disease<\/p>\n<p>course in most neurodegenerative diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Our primary focus will be to study the specific immunologic bases of<\/p>\n<p>HAD and the linkages between HAD and other neurodegenerative disorders,<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gendelman said. Understanding how the brains immune system becomes<\/p>\n<p>compromised is critical in developing vaccines or other therapeutic modalities<\/p>\n<p>in the search for better treatments for all people afflicted with such<\/p>\n<p>horrific neurodegenerative conditions. We believe strongly that neurodegeneration<\/p>\n<p>can be reversed, at least in part, through drug or immune manipulations.<\/p>\n<p>By 2010, it is estimated that nearly 60,000 Nebraskans will develop<\/p>\n<p>Alzheimers disease, Dr. Gendelman said.<\/p>\n<p>From a scientific prospective, the pivotal cells involved in neurodegenerative<\/p>\n<p>disease are the microglia &#8212; the brains scavenger &#8212; and a pivotal immune<\/p>\n<p>regulatory cell. It is thought that the microglia and other brain immune<\/p>\n<p>cells cause degenerative events by secreting toxic molecules. Such events<\/p>\n<p>link all research efforts for this grant and provide a bridge between studies<\/p>\n<p>of Alzheimers disease, HAD and other degenerative brain disorders.<\/p>\n<p>The diverse expertise of CNND investigators allows us to maintain a<\/p>\n<p>unified focus on how the immunobiology of the brain can both affect neurodegeneration<\/p>\n<p>and neuroprotection, Dr. Gendelman said. This is what makes the science<\/p>\n<p>so strong and allows us to compete at the national level.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the CNND Advisory Board and a noted neuroscientist\/neurologist,<\/p>\n<p>Stuart A. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., scientific director of the Burnham Institute<\/p>\n<p>and professor at The Salk and Scripps Research Institutes and the University<\/p>\n<p>of California &#8212; San Diego said, Under Dr. Gendelmans leadership, UNMC<\/p>\n<p>has become a national powerhouse with regard to the study of immune function<\/p>\n<p>in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimers disease and HIV-associated<\/p>\n<p>dementia. I fully expect this new grant to lead to further inroads into<\/p>\n<p>the understanding of these disorders and, eventually, to new therapeutic<\/p>\n<p>avenues.<\/p>\n<p>The CNND scientists have significant expertise in neurotoxicology,<\/p>\n<p>cellular immunology, neuropathology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology<\/p>\n<p>and molecular biology, Dr. Gendelman said. We have established a unique<\/p>\n<p>niche in neuroscience research through our use of state-of-the-art technologies<\/p>\n<p>in magnetic resonance imaging\/spectroscopy, electrophysiology, and proteomics.<\/p>\n<p>Most senior CNND scientists are involved in this research study and<\/p>\n<p>include Yuri Persidsky, M.D., Ph.D., Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., Jialin<\/p>\n<p>Zheng, M.D., Huangui Xiong, M.D., Ph.D., Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D., R. Lee<\/p>\n<p>Mosley, Ph.D., Michael Boska, Ph.D., and Larisa Poluektova, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>Although the greatest measure of the CNNDs research has centered on<\/p>\n<p>HIV, this marks the third significant federal grant the CNND has received<\/p>\n<p>for studying brain disease extending beyond HIV. Other funding includes<\/p>\n<p>a significant federal grant to Dr. Persidsky to study alcohol affects on<\/p>\n<p>the nervous system; a five-year grant in collaboration with Columbia University<\/p>\n<p>to study vaccine approaches for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrigs<\/p>\n<p>disease) based, in part, on the work of Eric Benner, a CNND graduate student;<\/p>\n<p>and pharmaceutical grants from Pfizer and Baxter Inc. in the areas of nanotechnology<\/p>\n<p>and brain imaging to support the work of Dr. Mosley and Jenae Limoges,<\/p>\n<p>M.D.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Dr. Gendelman received the UNMC Career Research Award<\/p>\n<p>for Internal Medicine as well as a merit award from the NIH for his work<\/p>\n<p>in mentoring young minority scientists through a collaborative program<\/p>\n<p>grant with the University of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health to study how the brains immune system can lead to damage of nerve cells in HIV-dementia and Alzheimers disease. 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