Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Amount

$500,000.00

Award Date

6/14/2010

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

Defensins are key effector molecules of the innate immune system that both serve as endogenous antibiotics to protect mucosal surfaces and modulators of adaptive immune responses. Data from numerous investigations, including those supported by this grant