Primary Recipient

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Amount

$366,250.00

Award Date

6/21/2010

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

V+?14 invariant natural killer T (V+?14iNKT) cell is a unique subset of thymic-derived innate T cells that express T cell receptor (TCR) and NK cell markers. Unlike conventional T cells, V+?14iNKT cells respond to glycolipid antigen presented by CD1d expr