Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Amount

$916,504.00

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

Elevation of blood triglycerides, primarily as triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TGRL), is a known risk factor for the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and increasingly linked to vascular inflammation. TGRL consist of chylomicrons, very