Primary Recipient

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Amount

$150,000.00

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

The specific Aim of this 2 year project is to characterize the UPR induced by CS in several lung cells involved in the pathogenesis of COPD, i.e., airway epithelial cells and alveolar pneumocytes. We will test the hypotheses that: 1) the UPR response to