Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO

Amount

$169,439.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

Glucocorticoid hormones are very potent inhibitors of physiological DNA synthesis in keratinocytes in vivo. These hormones are also very effective in preventing carcinogen- and tumor promoter-induced skin hyperplasia, inflamination, and mouse skin tumor f