Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$99,982.00

Award Date

9/01/2009

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

This supplement allows for characterization at a cellular level the events leading to the early increases in matrix stiffness that precede fibrosis; specifically to determine which cells in the liver secrete collagen and elastin immediately after injury;