The role of platelet derived growth factor receptor alpha (Pdgfra) in coronary vascular progenitor cells

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/573707

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The coronary vessels supply blood to heart muscle. Blockage of coronary vessels causes heart attacks which are the leading cause of death in the Western world. A recent focus for heart attack researchers is to re-establish the blood supply to the injured area by creating new blood vessels. We have found a new gene involved in creating coronary blood vessels. We will characterize how this gene is involved in this process. Knowledge about this gene may foster new treatments for heart attack.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $666,840.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public health nutrition

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

conditional gene knockout | developmental genes | embryonic development | ischaemic cardiomyopathy | ischaemic heart disease | myocardial infarction | platelet-derived growth factor alpha | vascular biology | vascular pathologies | vascular remodeling

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