Enhancements    

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF BLOOD CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (CECS) AS A PAH DIAGNOSTIC MARKER AND TO IDENTIFY AGE-SPECIFIC PAH MEDIATORS

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF BLOOD CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (CECS) AS A PAH DIAGNOSTIC MARKER AND TO IDENTIFY AGE-SPECIFIC PAH MEDIATORS
PI: Taslim Al-Hilal
Sponsor: CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FUND
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Amount awarded: $98,460

This project isolates circulating endothelial cells (CECs) from whole blood of PAH patients (pediatric vs adult) to assess whether these cells are valid biomarkers for PAH and to identify novel gene expression profiles that could explain the different functional abnormalities between adult and pediatric PAH.

Posting date: Mon, 10/14/2019

Award start date: Tue, 10/01/2019
Award end date: Thu, 09/30/2021