RESEARCH GRANTS

GADA Canada is tremendously grateful to the Temerty Foundation for the funds provided to advance research on genetic aortic disorders since 1999.

See below a list of research grants funded through our research program:

FUNDED GRANTS
2023 - Molecular mechanisms of extracellular proteins relevant to aortic aneurysm formation

2023 - Targeting the β-arrestin2 pathway to improve Marfan patient care

2019 - GADA Canada Awards $ 205,000 in Research Grants

2019-1 - Montalcino Aortic Consortium Research

2019-2 - Clinical and Genetic Determinants of Peripartum Thoracic Aortic Dissection

2019-3 - Cardiac MRI biomarkers of myocardial remodeling and genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary thoracic aortic disorders

2016-1 - Mechanisms and therapeutic potential of microRNA regulation by fibrillin-1

2016-2 - The Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Aortic Health in Children and Adolescents with Marfan syndrome (MFS)

2015 - Genetic Interrogation of the Role of LTBPs in Aortic Aneurysms

2014 - Characterization of long bone overgrowth in Marfan syndrome

2013 - Targeting Collaborative Signaling Pathways in Marfan Syndrome

2012 - TGF-b Signalling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

2011 - Pathophysiological and pharmacological study of left ventricular dysfunction in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome

2006 - Analyses of homocysteine as a potential modifier in Marfan syndrome

2005 - Intratracheal TGFbeta Antagonism: Candidate for Marfan Lung Disease

2004 - Chaperone Therapy for Marfan Syndrome

2003 - Role of Conjunctival Biopsy in the diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome

2002 - In-Vitro Assessment of Endothelial and Arterial Smooth Muscle Function in a Marfan Mouse Model

2002 - Mutations in the Fibrillin-1 Gene (FBN1) and their Effects on the Interactions between Fibrillin-1 and Versican

2000 - Echo-Doppler Assessment of the Biophysical Properties of the Aorta in Patients with Marfan Syndrome-A simple Non-Invasive Method