Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Amount

$236,032.00

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

Endothelial cell junctions in mechanotransduction The overall objective of this proposal is to define the molecular mechanisms of sensing and transduction of shear stress in endothelial cells. Based on our preliminary data, we hypothesize that PECAM-1 se