Primary Recipient

THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY FUND INC

Amount

$437,916.00

Award Date

6/04/2010

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,