Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Amount

$402,875.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Sj+?gren's syndrome (SjS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized primarily by salivary and lacrimal gland dysfunction. As with many autoimmune connective tissue diseases, there exists a sexual dimorphism in SjS with women affected 10- to 20-times