Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$619,702.00

Award Date

6/03/2009

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 response of macrophages to infectious microorganisms is enhanced by interferon (IFN) gamma through gene expression modulation, which results in an increased ability to respond to infection. We have shown that the local production of IFNgamma in the he