Discovery of farnesoid X receptor and its role in bile acid metabolism

JYL Chiang, JM Ferrell - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In 1995, the nuclear hormone orphan receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR, NR1H4) was
identified as a farnesol receptor expressed mainly in liver, kidney, and adrenal gland of rats …

[HTML][HTML] Estrogen as a key regulator of energy homeostasis and metabolic health

F Mahboobifard, MH Pourgholami, M Jorjani… - Biomedicine & …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, it has become evident that estrogens preserve the integrity of
energy homeostasis at central and peripheral levels. Estrogen deficiency, such as that …

Role of thyroid hormones in skeletal development and bone maintenance

JHD Bassett, GR Williams - Endocrine reviews, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
The skeleton is an exquisitely sensitive and archetypal T3-target tissue that demonstrates
the critical role for thyroid hormones during development, linear growth, and adult bone …

Symbiotic bacterial metabolites regulate gastrointestinal barrier function via the xenobiotic sensor PXR and Toll-like receptor 4

M Venkatesh, S Mukherjee, H Wang, H Li, K Sun… - Immunity, 2014‏ - cell.com
Intestinal microbial metabolites are conjectured to affect mucosal integrity through an
incompletely characterized mechanism. Here we showed that microbial-specific indoles …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear receptors, RXR, and the big bang

RM Evans, DJ Mangelsdorf - Cell, 2014‏ - cell.com
Isolation of genes encoding the receptors for steroids, retinoids, vitamin D, and thyroid
hormone and their structural and functional analysis revealed an evolutionarily conserved …

The role and regulation of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha in human liver

S Kersten, R Stienstra - Biochimie, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is a ligand-activated transcription
factor that is abundantly expressed in liver. PPARα is activated by fatty acids and various …

[HTML][HTML] FXR in liver physiology: Multiple faces to regulate liver metabolism

K Panzitt, M Wagner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The liver is the central metabolic hub which coordinates nutritional inputs and metabolic
outputs. Food intake releases bile acids which can be sensed by the bile acid receptor FXR …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated physiology and systems biology of PPARα

S Kersten - Molecular metabolism, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor alpha (PPARα) is a transcription
factor that plays a major role in metabolic regulation. This review addresses the functional …

Bile acid receptors as targets for drug development

FG Schaap, M Trauner, PLM Jansen - Nature reviews Gastroenterology …, 2014‏ - nature.com
The intracellular nuclear receptor farnesoid X receptor and the transmembrane G protein-
coupled receptor TGR5 respond to bile acids by activating transcriptional networks and/or …

Degradation of AMPK by a cancer-specific ubiquitin ligase

CT Pineda, S Ramanathan, KF Tacer, JL Weon… - Cell, 2015‏ - cell.com
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a master sensor and regulator of cellular energy
status. Upon metabolic stress, AMPK suppresses anabolic and promotes catabolic …