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      Regulation of Gene Expression by Fatty Acids and Fibric Acid Derivatives: An Integrative Role for Peroxisome Prolif erator Activated Receptors

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          Abstract

          A group of receptors termed peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPAR), belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor supergene family, might be crucial in explaining how a diverse group of apparently unrelated chemicals induce peroxisomal proliferation and a change in the expression of several genes. The activation of these PPAR by peroxisome proliferators, as well as by fatty acids, might reconcile the apparent discrepancy between the two prevailing theories that explain peroxisome proliferation, i.e. the receptor and the fatty acid theory. Although the exact physiological role of PPAR is not yet known, these receptors might have a far more general function than strictly regulating peroxisomal gene expression by changing the expression of numerous genes in response to developmental and nutritional challenges. Much work, however, remains to be performed before a complete picture will emerge.

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          Journal
          HRE
          Horm Res Paediatr
          10.1159/issn.1663-2818
          Hormone Research in Paediatrics
          S. Karger AG
          978-3-8055-5815-0
          978-3-318-02120-2
          1663-2818
          1663-2826
          1992
          1992
          03 December 2008
          : 38
          : 5-6
          : 269-277
          Affiliations
          Laboratoire de Biologie des Régulations chez les Eucaryotes, Centre de Biochimie, UMR 134 du CNRS, Nice, France
          Article
          182557 Horm Res 1992;38:269–277
          10.1159/000182557
          1339170
          203f11dc-4f20-4be0-bc10-42064556b157
          © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 28 December 1992
          : 05 January 1993
          Page count
          Pages: 9
          Categories
          Original Paper

          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Atherosclerosis,Peroxisome proliferation,Transcription factors,Gene expression,Retinoic acid,Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors,Lipoproteins,Steroid receptors,Lipids

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