Primary Recipient

MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Amount

$423,750.00

Award Date

7/15/2010

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

We have recently identified osteopontin as a key protein involved in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis. The work proposed herein will clarify the mechanism whereby osteopontin modulates oval cell expansion, ductular reaction, and collagen I increase; thu