Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$81,405.00

Award Date

9/29/2010

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

We have discovered that a novel protein, follistatin-like-1 (FSTL-1), is highly over-expressed in the joints of mice and humans with arthritis, especially at the interface of synovial pannus and eroding bone. A key role for FSTL-1 in arthritis progression