Primary Recipient

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Amount

$99,675.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Periodontal disease initiation and progression occurs as a consequence of the host immune inflammatory response to oral pathogens. The purpose of this award is to 1)determine the role of over-expressed MKP-1 on IL-6 and TNFalpha mRNA in vitro, 2)determin