Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE

Amount

$90,287.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ferroportin (Fpn, IREG1, MTP1) is the only identified transmembrane iron exporter in vertebrates. Our preliminary data indicate that hepcidin inhibits cellular iron export by inducing the internalization and degradatio