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| 1997 Grants |
| Investigator |
Institution |
Project Title |
Grant Duration |
Amt Granted |
| Carol Artlett,
Ph.D. |
Thomas Jefferson
University
Philadelphia, Penn. |
Analysis and
identification of fetal cells found in the lesions of
systemic sclerosis skin biopsies |
One Year |
$35,000 |
| Daniel Furst,
M.D. |
Virginia Mason
Research Center
Seattle, Wash. |
Development of
a systemic sclerosis index (SSAI) |
One Year |
$19,658 |
| Humphrey Gardner,
M.D. |
The Scripps Research
Institute
La Jolla, Calif. |
Integrin collagen
receptors and scleroderma |
One Year |
$34,761 |
| Anna Ludwicka,
Ph.D. |
Medical University
of South Carolina
Charleston, S.C. |
The role of PKC
isoforms in regulating thrombin-induced extracellular
matrix (EMC) protein synthesis in scleroderma and normal
lung fibroblasts (FB) |
One Year |
$35,000 |
| Bjorn Olsen,
MD, Ph.D. |
Harvard Medical
School
Boston, Mass. |
Chromosomal mapping
and identification of gene responsible for familial keloids |
One Year |
$35,000 |
| Virginia Steen,
M.D. |
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. |
Survival studies
in systemic sclerosis |
One Year |
$34,996 |
| David Strehlow,
Ph.D. |
Boston University
Medical Center
Boston, Mass. |
The molecular
mechanisms of protease Nexin-1 over-expression in scleroderma
fibroblasts |
One Year |
$35,000 |
| Shizuko Tanaka,
Ph.D. |
Mount Sinai School
of Medicine
New York, N.Y. |
Characterization
of a collagen I-regulating gene |
One Year |
$35,000 |
| John Varga, M.D. |
University of
Illinois
Chicago, Ill. |
Interferon-Gamma
signaling pathways requlating collagen gene expression
in human fibroblasts |
One Year |
$34,962 |
| Timothy Wright,
M.D. |
University of
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Penn. |
Cytogenetic analysis
in systemic sclerosis |
One Year |
$35,000 |
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Total Granted 1997: |
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$334,377 |
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grants funded by the Scleroderma Foundation. |
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