Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

12/08/2009

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 proximal tubule reabsorbs low molecular weight protein (less than 70 kDa) that passes the glomerular filtration barrier by a mechanism that is largely dependent on the scavenger receptor megalin. In the healthy adult this amounts to as much as 0.6-5.0