Grant: DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
Primary Recipient
DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
Amount
$819,567.00
Award Date
9/30/2009
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
Tissue damage in autoimmune disease has previously been attributed to T-cell and inflammatory cell infiltration and to the cytokines released thereafter. Activation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in innate immunity generates similar pro inflammatory cytoki