Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Amount

$58,688.00

Award Date

12/04/2009

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): Expression and function of the growth hormone receptor (GHR) is essential for the action of pituitary growth hormone (GH). The GH/IGF-1 axis plays a critical permissive role in the pathogenesis of chronic microvascular