Newcastle Fibrosis Research Group

The Newcastle Fibrosis Research Group is a top-level multi-disciplinary research group of Newcastle University highly experienced in the underlying mechanisms of fibrosis in liver, lung, kidney, heart, skin and joints.

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As part of a higher education institution, engaging ourselves with society is a key priority. Fibrotic diseases involve complex mechanisms which we think should be understandable by everyone. Teaching and wide diffusion knowledge about Fibrosis is one of our leading missions.

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News & Events

New NFRG paper by Julia Concetti published in Cells

NFKB1 and Cancer: Friend or Foe?

NFRG paper led by Tyrell Cartwright published in BBA Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

HDAC1 interacts with the p50 NF-κB subunit via its nuclear localization sequence to constrain inflammatory gene expression.

Duchenne UK and NFRG announce a new collaboration

Projects aims to develop human cardiac precision cut slices as a novel platform for target identification and validation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

13-15/08/2018 - Jelena Mann guest speaker at AASLD Hepatic Fibrosis Single Topic Conference

Talk title: Epigenetic Regulation of Stellate Cell Activation

13-18/08/2018 - Jelena Mann and Lee Borthwick as guest speakers in Aegean Conference at

2nd International Conference on Tissue Repair, Regeneration, and Fibrosis in Crete, Greece

Emma Gilmour awarded the British Society for Immunology Undergraduate Prize

"The effect of chronic ibuprofen treatment on lung inflammation as measured by B lymphocyte infiltration"

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