Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE

Amount

$59,402.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

A20 is an anti-inflammatory protein that is required for terminating responses upstream of NF-kB activation. This is highlighted by the finding that mice lacking A20 develop a systemic inflammatory disease that leads to their premature death. The mechanis