Grant: MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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