Primary Recipient

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$386,988.00

Award Date

9/11/2009

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

Placental regulatory T cells (Tregs) are centrally-important in the maintenance of pregnancy because their immunosuppressive function allows maternal immune tolerance to the semi-allogeneic fetus. HIV infection may result in increased rates of miscarriage