Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$423,847.00

Award Date

5/04/2009

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 recently recognized subset of Th17 effector T cells informs our understanding of both normal cellular immune responses as well as mechanisms leading to several autoimmune diseases. For example, we now know that Th17 cells are responsible for the clear