Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Amount

$38,058.00

Award Date

12/14/2009

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Growing evidence suggests that inflammation may be a central mechanism behind the development of many obesity-related diseases that include the metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Inflammatory changes in obesity include t