Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

The purpose of the award is to study the effects of a novel inhibitory enzyme in podocytes called serpin B13. This enzyme inhibits cytosolic cathepsin L (main topic in paternal grant) that leads to podocyte injury and kidney disease. The studies of this a