Primary Recipient

RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Amount

$648,000.00

Award Date

9/11/2009

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

Dysregulation of the inflammatory response plays an important role in the pathogenesis of a plethora of human diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase (MKP)-1 is crucial for restraining the inflamm