Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$56,521.00

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 parent grant (R37 DK42495-20) associated with this application focuses on the role of gap junctions that confer syncytial properties to renal medullary descending vasa recta (DVR) endothelium. DVR are microvessels, 12 to 15 micron branches of juxtamed