Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$767,500.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

To study the function of the nuclear receptor LRH-1. The orphan receptor LRH-1/NR5A2 is thought to be a key regulator of the complex process of bile acid biosynthesis and potentially other important metabolic pathways in the liver, but there is very littl