Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$207,825.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Although hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) has been reported to affect all segments of the pulmonary circulation relatively little is known regarding vasoconstriction of small (<50um) intra-acinar arterioles. Our preliminary data suggest that hypo