Primary Recipient

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$353,375.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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 goal of these investigations is to elucidate the role of microparticles (MPs) as a key source of nuclear antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and characterize these structures as components of pathogenic immune complexes (ICs). MPs are small