Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Amount

$336,375.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

Specific B cells are stimulated to make antibody and memory B cells in germinal centers (GCs). These antibodies help protect people against infections diseases. We are studying molecules on a GC cell (follicular dendritic cells) that help regulate GCs. We