Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$400,750.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

Defects in the appropriate regulation of T cell function and homeostasis are fundamental to the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Classically, SLE exhibits a striking gender bias and preferentially affects women. Although sex hormones, i