Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Amount

$776,392.00

Award Date

7/20/2009

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 endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a cellular organelle where secretory and membrane-associated proteins are synthesized and modified. It has been proposed that obesity promotes nutrient stress and chronic inflammation that involve increased demand on the