Primary Recipient

RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Amount

$413,535.00

Award Date

6/22/2009

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

This research project involves studying naturally occurring IgM autoantibodies that bind to leucocytes (IgM-ALA). Hypothesis: We propose that IgM-ALA provide an innate mechanism to inhibit inflammatory processes as for example that observed in many kidney