PPARγ as a new therapeutic target in inflammatory bowel diseases

L Dubuquoy, C Rousseaux, X Thuru, L Peyrin-Biroulet… - Gut, 2006 - gut.bmj.com
The peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is a nuclear receptor highly
expressed in the colon and playing a key role in bacterial induced inflammation. Regulation …

Inflammatory status and insulin resistance

RF Grimble - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Recent studies on diseases which involve insulin insensitivity (eg obesity, type 2 diabetes
and atherosclerosis) also show increased cytokine production and markers of inflammation …

Interaction of nuclear receptors with the Wnt/β-catenin/Tcf signaling axis: Wnt you like to know?

DJ Mulholland, S Dedhar, GA Coetzee… - Endocrine …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The cross-regulation of Wnt/β-catenin/Tcf ligands, kinases, and transcription factors with
members of the nuclear receptor (NR) family has emerged as a clinically and …

Oral administration of Lactobacillus reuteri GMNL-263 improves insulin resistance and ameliorates hepatic steatosis in high fructose-fed rats

FC Hsieh, CL Lee, CY Chai, WT Chen, YC Lu… - Nutrition & …, 2013 - Springer
Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), characterized by peripheral insulin resistance, is
the most common form of diabetes. Probiotics are live micro-organisms that, when …

PPARs: transcriptional effectors of fatty acids and their derivatives

AK Hihi, L Michalik, W Wahli - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2002 - Springer
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear hormone receptors that
mediate the effects of fatty acids and their derivatives at the transcriptional level. These …

Thiazolidinediones in type 2 diabetes mellitus: current clinical evidence

M Diamant, RJ Heine - Drugs, 2003 - Springer
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterised by insulin resistance as well as progressive
pancreatic β cell dysfunction. The cornerstone of current oral blood-glucose lowering …

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and its ligands: a review

KL Houseknecht, BM Cole, PJ Steele - Domestic animal endocrinology, 2002 - Elsevier
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a member of a class of
nuclear hormone receptors intimately involved in the regulation of expression of myriad …

Alpha-Methylacyl-CoA racemase: a novel tumor marker over-expressed in several human cancers and their precursor lesions

M Zhou, AM Chinnaiyan, CG Kleer… - The American journal …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Abstract α-Methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) is a mitochondrial and peroxisomal enzyme
involved in the metabolism of branched-chain fatty acid and bile acid intermediates …

Nrf2-regulated PPARγ expression is critical to protection against acute lung injury in mice

HY Cho, W Gladwell, X Wang, B Chorley… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The NF-E2 related factor 2 (Nrf2)–antioxidant response element (ARE) pathway
is essential for protection against oxidative injury and inflammation including hyperoxia …

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in reproductive tissues: from gametogenesis to parturition

P Froment, F Gizard, D Defever, B Staels… - Journal of …, 2006 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARα, PPARβ/δ and PPARγ) are a family of
nuclear receptors that are activated by binding of natural ligands, such as polyunsaturated …