Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Amount

$366,127.00

Award Date

9/01/2009

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

Dry eye is a common pathology in autoimmune disease. Chronic dryness can provoke squamous metaplasia (SQM) of the ocular surface where keratinization and opacification of the cornea can cause blindness. Using the autoimmune regulator (Aire) knockout (KO)