Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$810,001.00

Award Date

5/30/2009

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

It is clear that the tissue microenvironment plays a critical role in regulating inflammation and tissue destruction. Chronic inflammation and tissue fibrosis lead not only to increased turnover of the extracellular matrix but also to an increase in infla