Primary Recipient

ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$228,134.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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 liver is the principal site for uptake and catabolism of high density lipoprotein (HDL). Scavenger Receptor B-I (SR-BI) is the primary HDL receptor mediating the hepatic uptake of extrahepatic cholesterol/cholesteryl ester carried on HDL leading to ex