Primary Recipient

SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE

Amount

$99,000.00

Award Date

2/19/2010

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

Glucagon initiates the gluconeogenic program in hepatocytes by activating the cAMP signaling pathway, while insulin inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis. A key regulator of this process is TORC2 (also known as CRTC2), which functions as a molecular switch in