Primary Recipient

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE

Amount

$628,182.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Human chronic cholestatic liver diseases (i.e., cholangiopathies) trigger the proliferation and damage of cholangiocytes that are the epithelial cells that line the biliary apparatus. These cholangiopathies cause morbidity and mortality and are a major re