Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Amount

$125,159.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

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

The Role of MerTK in Autoimmune Diabetes 5 R01 AI066075-04 ARRA MerTK belongs to a small family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK), which includes Axl and Tyro3. These 3 RTK are expressed by dendritic cells (DC), and each may have distinct functions des