Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$254,533.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Intimal hyperplasia, which is caused by proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells (SMCs), contributes to restenosis (the re-occlusion of vessels) after arterial reconstruction. We have recently found that carotid artery injury results in the form