Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$97,461.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) is involved in the luminal absorption of butyrate in human intestinal epithelial cells (hIECs). Since, butyrate absorption is crucial in determining colonocyte health and epithelial integrity, it is essential to under