Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$392,500.00

Award Date

9/11/2009

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

Chemoattractant-induced phagocyte activation is an important mechanism of host defense. In phagocytes, induced activation of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase leads to robust production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which