Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Amount

$228,744.00

Award Date

8/04/2010

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

The gastric H,K ATPase is the enzyme responsible for gastric acid secretion. Inhibition of this pump by proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole and esomeprazole are the main type of drug therapy used today