Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$123,319.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Our current understanding of cutaneous innate immunity states that the skin initially protects against infection by establishing physical and chemical barriers to microbes. These include the stratum corneum, antimicrobial peptides, reactive oxygen species