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Collaboration between the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Toxicology, Dermato Cosmetology and Pharmacognosy (FAFY) was initiated through a project on the epidermal barrier. This was the initiative of the professors Vera Rogiers, Diane Roseeuw and Kristien De Paepe. This collaboration, which is still ongoing, aimed at developing and improving formulations for topical treatments. Various innovative dermatological cosmetics were ...

The Laboratory for Cell Stress & Immunity (CSI) focusses on following research themes: cancer immunology & immunotherapy (e.g. DC vaccines, immune-checkpoint blockers, chemo-immunotherapy), immunology of cancer cell death (e.g. programmed cell death like apoptosis, necrosis & necroptosis; stress responses, inflammation, immunity), stress or therapy-elicited immune-signalling pathways (e.g. type I interferons, NFkB signalling, ...

The research is focused on the cellular and molecular basis of immune tolerance mechanisms and failure. They study genetic basis of immune tolerance through the generation of murine models of disease and the analysis of genetic defects in patients with immune disorders. The laboratory specializes in the study of regulatory T cells, primary immunodeficiencies, diabetes and T cell development.