Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE

Amount

$39,590.00

Award Date

6/18/2009

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

Inflammation is a key process in normal wound repair. Upon wounding, cytokines are activated and chemoattract leukocytes, including macrophages, to the wound site. Macrophages are key for the proper formation of granulation tissue because they clean up de