Primary Recipient

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$381,250.00

Award Date

7/28/2010

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 purpose of the current award is to define the importance of the Guanylate Cyclase C (GC-C) signaling system in the pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Our current work indicates that in both animal models systems as well as in pediatric