Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Amount

$420,375.00

Award Date

6/01/2009

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

Allergic mice are able to turn off their asthma. They appear to make a specific type of B lymphocyte that is capable of creating regulatory T lymphocytes, which inhibit airway inflammation. Better understanding of this process in mice may help us to learn