Primary Recipient

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$235,125.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

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

Activating mutations in FGFR2 cause craniosynostosis syndromes such as Apert and Crouzon syndromes. Recent genetic evidence has also indicated that the ERK MAPK pathway and immediate early genes play critical roles in the regulation of bone formation. The