The long-term objectives of this proposal are: 1) to expand education of health professionals, patients, families, and the general public; 2) to develop, implement and evaluate prototype education/epidemiology/health services research programs at a high level of scientific endeavor; and 3) to expand clinical and basic research efforts. Strong collaborative interplays in medical sociology-oriented health services research will represent an augmented focus of this Center. New proposed projects in this area include studies of 1) buffers of the arthritis-disability cascade in the old/old; and 2) caregiver well-being and physicians of impaired elders. Four developmental and feasibility projects are directed toward studies of 1) purification and cloning of a soluble form of the chondrocyte interleukin-1 receptor; 2) structural/functional domains of link protein; 3) distinctive phenotypic markers of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; and 4) molecular and cellular mechanisms of decreased IgG galactosylation in rheumatoid arthritis. Core programs include a Molecular Biology DNA Sequencing Core; and an Immunohisto- chemistry Core. Administration includes administrative policy, executive, steering (operations), community advisory, and national external review committees to fully interdigitate Center/University/community interface.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Type
Comprehensive Center (P60)
Project #
2P60AR020618-15A1
Application #
3108199
Study Section
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Special Grants Review Committee (AMS)
Project Start
1978-12-01
Project End
1998-06-30
Budget Start
1993-08-05
Budget End
1994-06-30
Support Year
15
Fiscal Year
1993
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Case Western Reserve University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
077758407
City
Cleveland
State
OH
Country
United States
Zip Code
44106
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