Primary Recipient

THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Amount

$250,037.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

A recent study has shown that apoE and one of its receptors, LDLr, are involved in the uptake of glycolipid antigen and subsequent activation of NKT cells. This led us to postulate that other receptors important for lipid uptake would be involved in anti