Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M D ANDERSON

Amount

$526,400.00

Award Date

6/10/2009

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

A strong body of work has implicated the cell surface urokinase receptor (u-PAR) in modulating tumor growth and progression. Elevated u-PAR levels yield increased growth while low u-PAR promotes tumor dormancy the latter protective against microenvironmen