Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$100,874.00

Award Date

9/29/2010

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

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) has been shown to be critical in mucosal immune defense. Intestinal IgA can be produced by both T cell-dependent and T cell-independent pathways, however, the relative importance of each and how they are regulated are still largely