PI: Luka Brcic
Focus: Pathogenetic mechanisms of progression, migration, and metastasis of lung and pleural tumors. Mechanisms by which the tumor microenvironment and the immune system are involved in the development and progression of lung and pleural diseases. Comparison/correlation of the development of desmoplastic stromal reaction in tumors with the development of fibrotic processes in fibrosing lung diseases.
Network: Within the Med Uni Graz we cooperate with the Clinical Department for Oncology and Pulmonology, University Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Department for Thoracic Surgery and Hyperbaric Surgery, University Clinic for Surgery, and Chair for Pharmacology. There is a very close connection to the LBI for Pulmonary Vascular Research, Graz. Our national and international cooperation partners are: AKH Vienna, University Clinic for Surgery, Clinical Department for Thoracic Surgery, University Medicine Göttingen, Institute for Pathology, The University Clinic of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Department of Pathology, Golnik, Slovenia, Institute for Pathology am University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Essen, Germany, MESOPATH College, MESONAT, MESOBANK, Department of BioPathology Center Léon Bérard, Lyon, France. Other partners in specific research projects are the Institute of Pathology, Klinik München-Bogenhausen, Germany, University of Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, the Pathology Department of Yale School of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Nagasaki University.
