Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM

Amount

$422,033.00

Award Date

4/11/2011

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 homeostatic balance between proliferation and apoptosis is essential for the intestinal epithelium to function as a physiological and structural barrier. Intestinal epithelial cells have a high rate of cell turnover accompanied by an equally high rate