Biomedical researcher aims to crack the code of persistent skin disease
Assistant Professor Stinne Ravn Greisen from the Department of Biomedicine has received a grant of 12 million DKK from the LEO Foundation. The funding will support research into skin fibrosis – a debilitating condition that leads to thickening and stiffening of the skin.
A ‘Dr. Abildgaard Fellowship’ from the LEO Foundation enables Stinne Ravn Greisen to establish her own research group and gain deeper insights into the mechanisms behind skin fibrosis.
Skin fibrosis is a condition that increases the risk of infections, pain, and functional impairments. Stinne Ravn Greisen’s research focuses particularly on how the regulatory pathways of the immune system contribute to the development of skin fibrosis.
“Skin fibrosis is a challenging and debilitating condition for those affected, and current treatment options are limited,” she explains. “Our research into pathways like PD-1 signaling, already a target in cancer and rheumatoid arthritis treatment, may hold the key to halting fibrosis progression.”
The research project, supported by the LEO Foundation over a five-year period, comprises three parts: examining skin fibrosis in tissue samples from patients and healthy volunteers, developing a skin model to test new treatments, and using mouse models to further explore fibrosis development.
Contact
Assistant Professor Stinne Ravn Greisen
Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine
Email: srg@biomed.au.dk