Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Amount

$40,000.00

Award Date

12/21/2009

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

We have found that hyperinsulinemia, a state known to promote the progression/worsening of insulin resistance, is associated with increased plasma membrane (PM) cholesterol. Moreover, we have witnessed that reduction of this cholesterol protects against h