Primary Recipient

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)

Amount

$948,608.00

Award Date

9/28/2009

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

Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is key in leucocyte adhesion to endothelial cells. Upon signaling by chemokines such as MCP1 leukocytes fall into the area of endothelial cells. Tethering of the endothelial cells to leukocyte cadherins is followed b