Primary Recipient

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Amount

$407,000.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, lupus) is a complex systemic autoimmune disease characterized by various immunological abnormalities, including an imbalance between type 1 and type 2 T cells that contributes to skewed cytokine production. The initial s