Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE

Amount

$229,220.00

Award Date

9/30/2010

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

The hypothesis to be examined in this project is that biliary atresia is associated with an increased frequency of certain HLA genotypes and novel shared HLA epitopes, suggesting a role for autoimmunity in the pathogenesis of this disease. This is an anci