Primary Recipient

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$71,500.00

Award Date

9/02/2009

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

The rate-limiting step in reverse cholesterol transport from macrophages is the hydrolysis of cholesteryl esters to free cholesterol, which is subsequently transported out of the cell to cholesterol acceptors. In human macrophages, the enzyme responsible