Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$263,920.00

Award Date

8/04/2009

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 main body of our research focuses on how lumican a protein present in connective tissues such as the cornea regulates innate immune response and immune privilege of the cornea. Innate immune and proinflammatory responses are necessary to protect the c