Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

Amount

$130,836.00

Award Date

7/13/2009

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

Recent pilot studies have suggested that plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) plays a key role hepatic regeneration. This surprising finding is contrary to the dogma that PAI-1 plays an antiproliferative role in hepatic regeneration by inhibiting the