Primary Recipient

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)

Amount

$169,000.00

Award Date

9/09/2009

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

Dermal fibrosis is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis. We have previously demonstrated that stimulation of adenosine A2A receptor promotes collagen production in vitro while blockade of the adenosine A2A receptor attenuates development of dermal fibrosis in