Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Amount

$414,063.00

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

Recent studies have identified a promoter polymorphism in C-reactive protein (CRP) as a susceptibility locus for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Protective haplotypes associated with higher CRP levels confer a 2- 3-fold reduced risk of SLE. This propo