Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE

Amount

$103,002.00

Award Date

6/07/2010

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

This proposal is directed at a better understanding of how organisms adapt to nutrient excess and how that may contribute to type 2 diabetes. The hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP) serves a nutrient sensing function. In the short term HBP signaling pro