Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Amount

$397,906.00

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

Type 1 diabetes has typically been considered a T cell mediated autoimmune diseases. The recently reported, TrialNet-sponsored study using the monoclonal antibody rituximab (anti-CD20) demonstrated that B cells also play a role in the pathogenesis. Specif