Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM

Amount

$127,599.00

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

The overall goal of our research is to elucidate the role(s) of antimicrobial peptides such as defensins at the ocular surface. These peptides are likely to particpate in direct antimircrobial killing, regulation of immune responses and wound healing. T