Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$280,799.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Retinoic acid (RA) is a critical signaling molecule that regulates cell division and apoptosis. Alterations in RA homeostasis have been linked to several important diseases such as cancer, obesity, Alzheimers disease and type 2 diabetes as well as reprodu