Primary Recipient

MAYO CLINIC

Amount

$188,617.00

Award Date

6/28/2010

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

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its animal model collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) are known to be T and B cell dependent diseases. HLA-DQ8 and DRB1*0401 molecules render humans and mice susceptible to develop arthritis while DQ6 and DRB1*0402 provide protec