Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTHCARE AT TYLER

Amount

$70,500.00

Award Date

5/08/2009

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

Terminal airway occlusion by hypersecretive mucus is a major manifestation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the cystic fibrosis lung, a genotype of COPD, hyperactive ENaC has already been proved to be a fundamental mechanism for dehydra