Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$870,252.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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 aim of this proposal is to establish zebrafish (Danio rerio) models suitable for in vivo studies of certain processes of atherogenesis. It is widely accepted that hypercholesterolemia leads to lipid accumulation in arteries, which in turn induces vasc