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Current and ongoing research


This page shows details of current active research into cadasil around the world.
If you know of any research not included here, please contact us at the email address shown below.



Focus on:                                          
 
Shu Liu is part way through a project on CADASIL which is due for completion early in 2008:
" In this study, we are particularly interested in understanding the potential interactions of Notch3 with two other genes"
See below for more details..

Current Research Projects

The following table lists current projects sorted by research end date - earliest first.

Location
 
Contact
Project Outline
Period of research

Laboratory of Dr. Andrei V. Gudkov Department of Molecular Genetics, NE-20 Lerner Research Institute / Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195

Shu Liu American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow

Elucidating the Pathogenesis of CADASIL by Understanding the Role of Notch3 Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

 

Jul 2006-

Jun 2008

South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr K W Muir
Southern General Hospital
Telephone: 0141 201 2502
Fax: 0141 201 2510

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in  (CADASIL).- is blood pressure in cadasil patients abnormal when compared to controls? Do they have a normal nocturnal dip? Is there a correlation between phonotype and blood pressure?

Nov 2005-

Nov2006

Several hospitals in the UK

St Georges Hospital NHS Trust - lead centre

Collection of DNA resource for small vessel disease (stroke) - part of collection will be screening for cadasil

Aug 2005-

July 2008

Harvard Medical School - dept of cell biology

Spyros   Artavanis-Tsakonas, Ph.D.

Examining molecular aspects of GOM in a way that has not been addressed before web link

ongoing

South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr K W Muir
Southern General Hospital
Telephone: 0141 201 2502
Fax: 0141 201 2510
  • Association of right to left shunts and migraine in CADASIL
  • Migraine characteristics in CADASIL
  • Novel neuropsychological markers of early CADASIL
  • Genotype-phenotype interactions in CADASIL, including the role of ApoE genotype

ongoing

Wang Lab Research on CADASIL. University of Michigan

Michael Wang MD PhD

  • Investigations of proteins that interact with the CADASIL protein Notch3.
  • Research on the cellular pathways altered by mutant Notch3. web link
ongoing

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,Klinikum Grosshadern,Neurologische Klinik, AG Neurogenetik,=Marchioninistr. 15,81377 München, Germany

 

Martin Dichgans, M.D., Prof.

Functional analysis and biochemical characterization of the mutant Notch3 receptor; generation of a transgenic mouse model for CADASIL

"to determine whether the CADASIL mutated N3 receptor or fragments thereof are toxic to VSMC"

ongoing
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 
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