Primary Recipient

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC., THE

Amount

$418,000.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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 goal of the proposed study is to identify renal microRNAs and their target genes that could potentially contribute to the development of salt-induced hypertension and renal injury in the Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) rat. The SS rat is a widely used anima