Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Amount

$346,143.00

Award Date

5/20/2009

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

During aging there is a progressive decline in the function of most organs and tissues. Our data show that the ECM protein, fibronectin (FN), regulates the deposition and turnover of other ECM molecules including collagen I, collagen III, thrombospondin