Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Amount

$459,922.00

Award Date

6/19/2009

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

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a naturally occurring lysophospholipid, is ligand of at least five G proteincoupled receptors (LPA1-5). The LPA1-3 receptors are members of the endothelial cell differentiation gene (Edg) family and couple to Gi, Gq, and G12/1