Primary Recipient

LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Amount

$519,475.00

Award Date

5/15/2009

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

Activation of NKT cells by cytomegalovirus: The innate immune response to pathogens is critical for the control of infection prior to the development of adaptive immunity. NKT cells with an invariant T cell antigen receptor (TCR) ? chain (iNKT cells) are