Other Grants

Research Grants obtained by the Center’s key investigators:

 

NIH Reference #: 1 P01 CA163200
Principal Investigator: Guido Eibl, MD
Date of Grant: 08/01/2012 – 07/31/2017
Funding Institutions: National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $6,153,919
Description: Targeting Diet Induced Promotion of Kras-Initiated Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

 

NIH Reference #: 1 K01 AA019996
Principal Investigator: Mouad Edderkaoui, Ph.D.
Date of Grant: 03/10/2011 – 02/29/2016
Funding Institutions: National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Total Amount: $111,000
Description: Pathways Mediating Pancreatic Cancer Induction by Alcoholic Pancreatitis and Smoking

 

NIH Reference #: 5R01 AA 019730
Principal Investigator: Ilya Gukovsky, Ph.D. and Olga Mareninova, Ph.D.
Date of Grant: 02/01/2011 – 01/31/2016
Funding Institutions: National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Total Amount: $262,000
Description: Lysosomal Damage, Impaired Autophagy and Alcoholic Pancreatitis

 

NIH Reference #: 1 R01 AA019954
Principal Investigator: Aurelia Lugea, Ph.D.
Date of Grant: 07/-1/2011 – 06/03/2016
Funding Institutions: National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Total Amount: $261,000
Description: Alcohol Abuse and Endoplasmic Reticulum Dysfunction in the Exocrine Pancreas

 

NIH Reference #: U54 RR031268 (Dubinett)
Principal Investigator: Gang Li, Ph.D.
Date of Grant: 03/01/2011 – 02/28/2016
Funding Institutions: National Institutes of Health
Total Amount: $69,420 / year
Description: UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Biostatistic Program

 

VA Merit Award
Principal Investigator: Anna Gukovskaya, Ph.D.
Date of Grant: 10/01/2010 – 09/30/2014
Funding Institutions: Department of Veteran Affairs
Total Amount: $250,000
Description: Mitochondrial Dysfunction Permeability Transition Pore and Acute PancreatitisThe goal of the project is to examine the role of mitochondrial permeability as it is related to pancreatic disease.

 

VA Merit Award
Principal Investigator: Steve Pandol, M.D.
Date of Grant: 04/01/2011 – 04/01/2016
Funding Institutions: Department of Veteran Affairs
Total Amount: $750,000

 

NIH Reference # 1 P01 AT003960-01A1
Principal Investigator: Dr. Vay Liang W. Go
Date of Grant: 09/30/2007 – 09/29/2012
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Total Amount: $5,675,865
Description: UCLA Center for Excellence in Pancreatic Diseases
The goal of this Center for Excellence is to study phytonutrient mechanism of action in both inflammatory and proliferative diseases of the pancreas using molecular biology and metabolomics technology to investigate altered cellular functions.

 

NIH Reference # 1 R01 CA119025-01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Anna Gukovskaya
Date of Grant: 07/01/2006 – 05/31/2010
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $300,000
Description: NADPH Oxidase and Pancreatic Cancer Cell Survival
This project is designed to determine the mechanisms of growth factors-induced NADPH oxidase activation in pancreatic cancer cells, as well as, the role of this activation in promoting pancreatic cancer cell survival.

 

NIH Reference # R01 DK55003
Principal Investigator: Dr. Enrique Rozengurt
Date of Grant: 02/28/2008 – 05/30/2012
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Total Amount: $1,637,250
Description: Gastrointestinal Peptide Signaling through PKC/PKD
The major goals of this project are to characterize the activation of the PKC/PKD pathway and define the role of PKD in proliferative signal transduction in gastrointestinal (GI) cells.

 

NIH Reference # P30 DK41301
Principal Investigator: Dr. Enrique Rozengurt
Date of Grant: 11/30/2009-11/30/2014
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Total Amount: $4,725,000
Description: CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center
The major goals of the P30 Core Grant are to support multidisciplinary research, transfer of information and the award of seed grants. The CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Core Center Grant supports multiple Scientific Cores, a Pilot and Feasibility Program, the recruitment of a Named New Investigator and an array of Enrichment Activities regarding the function and diseases of the digestive system, including the exocrine pancreas.

 

NIH Reference # M01 RR00425-33
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Lee
Date of Grant: 12/01/2006 – 11/30/2011
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Center for Research Resources
Total Amount: $732,095
Description: Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Core

 

NIH Reference # 5 P60 AA11999
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hidekazu Tsukamoto
Date of Grant: 01/01/2009 – 12/31/2014
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Total Amount: $756,165
Description: USC-UCLA Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis: Alcohol Abuse and Pancreatic Necrosis
The long-term objective of this project is to determine the role of PKC isotypes in ethanol-induced sensitization of the inflammatory response using in vitro and in vivo models of the pancreas.

 

NIH Reference # R21 AA016840
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ilya Gukovsky
Date of Grant: 07/01/2008 – 06/30/2010
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Total Amount: $275,000
Description: Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis Results from Dysregulated Immune Response
This project is designed to determine the mechanism and role of immune regulation by ethanol in mediating chronic alcoholilc pancreatitis.

 

NIH Reference # 1 R21 AA015781-01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Aurelia Lugea
Date of Grant: 07/10/2006 – 06/30/2008
Funding Institution: National Institutes of Health / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Total Amount: $275,000
Description: Plasminogen System and Alcoholic Pancreatitis
This project is designed to determine the effects and role of changes in the plasminogen system in alcohol-induced pancreatic disease. There is no scientific or budgetary overlap with any other active or pending project.

 

VA Merit Award
Recipient: Dr. Anna Gukovskaya
Date of Grant: 10/01/2006 – 09/30/2010
Funding Institution: Department of Veterans Affairs
Total Amount: $980,000
Description: NOX4, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, and Pancreatic Cancer Cell Survival
This project is designed to determine the effects of pancreatic cancer Nox4 in regulating protein tyrosine phosphatases; and the role of phosphatases in mediating pancreatic cancer cell survival.

 

VA Merit Award
Recipient: Dr. Steve Pandol
Date of Grant: 10/01/2007 – 09/30/2011
Funding Institution: Department of Veterans Affairs
Total Amount: $500,000
Description: Inflammation Medicates Necrosis in Pancreatitis
This project is to determine the effects of infiltrating neutrophils; NADPh oxidase; pharmacologic and genetic inhibition of Pl 3kinase; and genetic inhibition of PTEN on pancreatic apoptosis, necrosis, PTEN/Akt system and its downstream pro-apoptic targets during experimental pancreatitis.

 

AGA Foundation
Recipient: Dr. Olga Mareninova
Date of Grant: 07/01/2007 – 06/30/2010
Funding Institution: Designated Research Scholar Award in Pancreatitis
Total Amount: $250,000
Description: Bcl-2 Proteins Regulate Death Responses of Acute Pancreatitis
The project is designed to determine the roles of mPTP and the Bcl-xL and the Bcl-2 proteins in regulating acinar cell death, in particular necrosis, in pancreatitis.

 

NIH Reference #: 1 R01 CA123273-01A1
Principal Investigator: Anthony Heaney, M.D.
Date of Grant: 10/01/2007 – 09/30/2012
Funding Institutions: NIH/NCI
Total Amount: $1,250,000
Description: Refined Fructose Promotes Pancreatic Cancer GrowthThe goal of the application is to study the effects of a diet rich in fructose on pancreatic cancer cell growth in vitro and in a tumor model.

 

NIH Reference #: 1 R01 CA123273-01A1
Principal Investigator: Oscar Joe Hines, M.D.
Date of Grant: 07/01/2007 – 06/30/2009
Funding Institutions: NIH/NCI
Total Amount: $308,000
Description: The Role of CXCR2 in Pancreatic CancerThe study investigates the role of CXCR2 in pancreatic cancer biology and angiogenesis as well as determines chemokine and receptor expression in human specimens.

 

NIH Reference #: 1 R01 CA122042-01A1
Principal Investigator: Guido Eibl, M.D., Ph.D.
Date of Grant: 08/01/2007 – 05/31/2012
Funding Institutions: NIH/NCI
Total Amount: $1,463,000
Description: The Role of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic CancerThis project is designed to explore the efficacy of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in therapy and prevention of pancreatic cancer using xenograft and transgenic animal models of the disease.