Grant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Amount
$148,230.00
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
Success of corneal transplant is dependent on high corneal endothelial (CE) cell density maintained immediately after surgery and thereafter. CE cells die either by acute necrosis, which initiates detrimental inflammatory responses, or by a slow programme