Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$1,087,420.00

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

Elevations in the circulating level of C-reactive protein (CRP) are a strong predictor of the development of hypertension and insulin resistance. The proposed research program will determine how CRP and its cell surface receptors cause hypertension and in