Primary Recipient

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$346,500.00

Award Date

9/04/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Rationale: Hepatic Scavenger Receptor Class B, Type I receptor (SRBI), a highly glycosylated 82 kDa protein, is primarily responsible for hepatic cholesterol ester uptake from high density lipoproteins (HDL), a process termed Reverse Cholesterol Transport