Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$100,000.00

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

The goals of the parent grant are to determine the function(s) of P2Y receptors and downstream cytosolic Ca2+ signals in hepatic stellate cell (HSC) function. HSC are important mediators of liver fibrosis, but their regulation is only partially understood