Primary Recipient

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$419,375.00

Award Date

8/11/2009

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

Secretory IgA (SIgA) is an important mediator of mucosal immunity. Strategies that boost SIgA production in the airways will confer benefit to patients that have become susceptible to infections caused by airborne pathogens. Our studies point to a novel m