Project Grant R01HL174510
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $752,618, was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to Baylor College of Medicine. The grant supports a research project focused on understanding the role of inflammation in postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF), a common complication of cardiothoracic surgery. The research aims to investigate the molecular drivers of POAF, including the involvement of infiltrating macrophages,...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) supports research at Baylor College of Medicine to investigate the molecular mechanisms driving postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF). The $148,296 award, made on January 31, 2025, will fund a study to identify how macrophage-mediated interleukin-6 (IL-6) signaling leads to ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) calcium leak in POAF. The researchers have developed a...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research provides $570,537 to the University of California, Davis to investigate the role of calcium dysregulation in human atrial fibroblast behavior and its contribution to atrial fibrosis associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). The research aims to establish a mechanistic understanding of how calcium homeostasis in human atrial fibroblasts drives their...
- This federal Project Grant award, totaling $249,000.00, was provided by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. The grant supports research to better understand the molecular determinants of atrial fibrillation (AF), a common and serious heart rhythm disorder. The research aims to investigate how the transcription factor TBX5 and the chromatin remodeling protein CHD4...
- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded a $464,502 project grant to Tarleton State University under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2025, will fund the development of an interactive computer model of the left atrium's electrophysiology to study the underlying mechanisms leading to atrial fibrillation. Key objectives include: 1) constructing an anatomically accurate 3D model of the left...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA Program 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $601,612 to Northwestern University to develop a novel epicardial high-definition device for detecting and terminating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). The 4-year project aims to create a fully implantable, organ-conformal system that can rapidly detect AF episodes and deliver painless, low-energy multi-pulse therapy to restore normal heart...
- This federal Project Grant award for $769,761 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), supports research into the mechanisms by which obesity leads to atrial fibrillation. The awardee, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, is developing a mouse model of obesity-induced atrial fibrillation to investigate how nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) pathways and the ATF6 endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway...
- This Project Grant award of $231,000.00 was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.837), to study the functional impact of atrial myosin mutations associated with familial atrial arrhythmia. The research aims to comprehensively analyze the effects of known genetic mutations in the a-cardiac myosin heavy chain, essential light chain, and regulatory light chain on myosin activity and sarcomere...
- This Project Grant award of $715,180 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) supports research to understand the epigenetic regulation of trained immunity in thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. The objective is to determine how monocytes/macrophages in the aortic wall are trained to exhibit a pro-inflammatory phenotype, with the goal of identifying key pathways driving this process. The research will be conducted by Baylor...
- This federal Project Grant award of $174,528, awarded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), aims to identify novel treatment targets for atrial myopathy, a condition that contributes to atrial fibrillation and associated heart failure, stroke, and mortality. The primary objective is to leverage human cohort data to discover circulating proteins and metabolites linked to both left atrial function and atrial myopathy, using...
This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $673,598 to Baylor College of Medicine to conduct research on the role of cardiomyocyte-fibroblast signaling in atrial fibrillation (AF). The goal is to investigate how reduced production of the paracrine signaling molecule calcitonin, miR-31-dependent downregulation of the calcitonin receptor, and activated BMP1 signaling promote atrial remodeling, fibrosis, and AF progression. The research will utilize patient-derived atrial cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts as well as genetic mouse models of spontaneous AF. This 4-year project, commencing on September 15, 2025, aims to uncover new therapeutic targets for treating AF, which affects an estimated 12 million people in the U.S.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $73.0k | 9/18/25 | ||
| Not listed | $600.6k | 9/12/25 |