Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$50,000.00

Award Date

12/17/2009

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

This project is designed to characterize the binding of a relatively new inhibitor of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). ENaC helps facilitate Na+ transport across epithelia in the kidney where it helps regulate extracellular Na+ balance and blood pre