Primary Recipient

THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Amount

$387,344.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

A growing body of evidence suggests a causal relationship between the accumulation of classically activated macrophages in adipose tissue and development of insulin resistance in obesity. The molecular mechanisms regulating adipose tissue macrophage (ATM)