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Activation of a member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily by peroxisome proliferators
Isabelle Issemann,Stephen Green +1 more
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A member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors is cloned that is activated by a diverse class of rodent hepatocarcinogens that causes proliferation of peroxisomes.Abstract:
We have cloned a member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors. The receptor homologue is activated by a diverse class of rodent hepatocarcinogens that causes proliferation of peroxisomes. Identification of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor should help elucidate the mechanism of the hypolipidaemic effect of these hepatocarcinogens and aid evaluation of their potential carcinogenic risk to man.read more
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Autonomic healing of polymer composites
Scott R. White,Nancy R. Sottos,Philippe H. Geubelle,Jeffrey S. Moore,Jeffrey S. Moore,Michael R. Kessler,Suresh R. Sriram,Suresh R. Sriram,Eric Brown,S. Viswanathan +9 more
TL;DR: A structural polymeric material with the ability to autonomically heal cracks is reported, which incorporates a microencapsulated healing agent that is released upon crack intrusion and polymerization of the healing agent is triggered by contact with an embedded catalyst, bonding the crack faces.
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An Antidiabetic Thiazolidinedione Is a High Affinity Ligand for Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ)
Jürgen M. Lehmann,Linda B. Moore,Tracey Smith-Oliver,William O. Wilkison,Timothy M. Willson,Steven A. Kliewer +5 more
TL;DR: It is reported that thiazolidinediones are potent and selective activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily recently shown to function in adipogenesis, and raised the intriguing possibility that PPARγ is a target for the therapeutic actions of this class of compounds.
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Stimulation of adipogenesis in fibroblasts by PPAR gamma 2, a lipid-activated transcription factor.
TL;DR: The results suggest that the physiologic role of PPAR gamma 2 is to regulate development of the adipose lineage in response to endogenous lipid activators and that this factor may serve to link the process of adipocyte differentiation to systemic lipid metabolism.
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Gene regulation by steroid hormones.
TL;DR: The location, orientation, and structure of the hormone regulatory elements (HRE) in nine hormonally modulated genes is described and a model for the interaction is proposed in which a dimer of the receptor in head-to-head orientation binds to the inverted symmetry element of the HRE.
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The RXR heterodimers and orphan receptors
TL;DR: The historical links between the steroid and nonsteroid receptor signaling systems are established, the explosive development of the retinoid X receptor (RXR) heterodimer and orphan receptor family is charted, the impact of these discoveries on the authors' understanding of the mechanisms of hormonal signaling is explained, and emerging issues and implications are presented.
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Gene regulation by steroid hormones.
TL;DR: The location, orientation, and structure of the hormone regulatory elements (HRE) in nine hormonally modulated genes is described and a model for the interaction is proposed in which a dimer of the receptor in head-to-head orientation binds to the inverted symmetry element of the HRE.
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