Primary Recipient

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (INC)

Amount

$999,094.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

Malignant tumors evade the immune attack by exploiting the natural regulatory mechanisms of immune tolerance. CD4+CD25+ Tregs that play a critical role in immune tolerance accumulate in the draining lymph nodes and tumor mass of patients with multiple typ