Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$146,438.00

Award Date

5/08/2009

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

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disorder resulting in progressive respiratory insufficiency and lung fibrosis with fatal outcome. The pathogenesis of IPF remains unclear. Focal-adhesion-kinase-related non-kinase (FRNK) is an endogeno