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R01 HL092953
NIH/NHLBI
Victor Laubach, PhD and Irving Kron, MD (MPI)
08/2008 - 07/2012
$1,000,000
Adenosine Receptor Activation and Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
This project explores the role of individual adenosine receptors (A1, A2A, A2B, and A3) in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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Research Grant #513930526
Roche Organ Transplant Research Foundation, Meggen, Switzerland
Victor Laubach, PhD
02/2009 - 01/2011
200,000 Swiss Francs (~$180,277)
Attenuation of lung reperfusion injury by adenosine A2A receptor activation
This project tests the anti-inflammatory effects of adenosine A2A receptor activation in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury using a clinically relevant porcine lung tansplant model.
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T32 HL007849
NIH/NHLBI
Irving Kron, MD
07/2005 - 06/2010
$1,149,751
CardioThoracic Surgery Training Grant
This grant provides training of surgery residents in laboratory research with a goal of developing quality academic surgeons. This program entails close collaboration between basic scientists and surgical faculty. Salary for two surgery residents per year (for two years each resident) are provided, for a total of 10 different trainees over a five year period.
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RO1 HL077301
NIH/NHLBI
Victor E. Laubach, PhD
05/2005 - 04/2010
$1,000,000
Resident Leukocytes in Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
This project examines the role of resident lung leukocytes, cytokines, transcription factors and adenosine in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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K08 HL094704
NIH/NHLBI
Christine L. Lau, MD
01/2009 - 12/2013
Adenosine 2A Receptor Signaling in Lung Transplant Injury and Rejection
This project tests the hypothesis that adenosine A2A receptor signaling is critical in modulating the innate and adaptive immune responses relevant to the pathogenesis of BO.
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K08 HL098560
NIH/NHLBI
Gorav Ailawadi, MD
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The effects of KLF4 in experimental aortic aneurysm formation