Primary Recipient

THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES

Amount

$400,000.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

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

The intestinal epithelium is continuously exposed to high concentrations of bacteria. Intestinal epithelial cells (enterocytes) express pathogen pattern recognition Toll-like receptors (TLR), and produce inflammatory factors in response to stimulation wit