Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Amount

$535,500.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Natural Killer T (NKT) cells are potent regulatory T cells that have been shown to be intimately involved in the response to infection and tumor progression. There is also strong evidence that NKT cells may regulate the immune system in such a way as to p