Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

2/01/2010

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

We have identified a novel intracellular signaling molecule in the beta cell, atypical protein kinase C zeta (PKC zeta) that (i) markedly increases rodent and human basal beta cell proliferation; and, (ii) is responsible for glucose-mediated beta cell pr