Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$916,323.00

Award Date

5/30/2009

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

We have shown in the fetus and newborn, that in pulmonary vascular relaxation induced by cGMP-elevating agents, cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase (PKG) plays a primary role. We have also reported that hypoxia attenuates nitric oxide-cGMP-mediated relaxation b