Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$455,125.00

Award Date

7/21/2009

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

PLUNC is a recently discovered protein that is present in high concentrations in the secretions that bathe the respiratory tract. PLUNC is present in all mammals, yet its functions have not been fully elucidated. Our early studies show that PLUNC regulate