Primary Recipient

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Amount

$407,000.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

IL-4- and IL-13- producing type 2 T cells, are critical for the development of atopy and contribute to asthma pathogenesis by a variety of mechanisms. PGD2, a prostaglandin produced predominantly by mast cells, is involved in chemoattraction of eosinophil