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In situ hybridization study of obesity-associated alteration in growth hormone mRNA levels.

In order to investigate whether the impaired GH secretion associated with obesity is due to a pituitary disorder we studied GH mRNA levels by in situ hybridization in genetically obese and lean Zucker rats. The levels of GH mRNA were at least two…

A plant lignan, 3'-O-methyl-nordihydroguaiaretic acid, suppresses papillomavirus E6 protein function, stabilizes p53 protein, and induces apoptosis in cervical tumor cells.

Persistent infection with oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is the most important factor in the induction of uterine cervical cancer, a leading cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide. Upon cell transformation, continual expression of the…

Nuclear receptor-mediated repression of human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene transcription by bile acids.

Hydrophobic bile acids strongly repressed transcription of the human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) in the bile acid biosynthetic pathway in the liver. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) repressed CYP7A1/Luc reporter activity in a transfection…

Tags: *Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, *Membrane Glycoproteins, 2001, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts/*pharmacology, Caco-2 Cells, Carrier Proteins/genetics/physiology, Cell Line, Chen W, Chiang J Y, CHO Cells, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*genetics, Cricetinae, Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics/*physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/drug effects/genetics/physiology, DNA/metabolism, Embryo, Gene Expression/*drug effects, Genetic, Genetic/drug effects, Humans, Journal of lipid research, Kidney, Liver/metabolism, Luciferases/genetics, Mammalian, Messenger/analysis, NEOMED College of Medicine, Owsley E, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptors, Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism, Retinoic Acid/genetics/physiology, Retinoid X Receptors, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Stroup D, Taurocholic Acid/pharmacology, Transcription, Transcription Factors/drug effects/genetics/physiology, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Yang Y

Molecular mechanisms of nuclear receptor regulation of bile acid synthesis

Tags: 2003, 7-alpha-hydroxylase gene cyp7a1, Book/Monograph, Chen W, Chiang J Y L, cholesterol 7-alpha-hydroxylase, factor 4-alpha, feedback-regulation, heterodimer partner, identification, Norlin M, Owsley E, repression, SHP, transactivation, Transcription, Zhang M

Regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) transcription by the liver orphan receptor (LXRalpha).

The cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) plays an important role in regulation of bile acid biosynthesis and cholesterol homeostasis. Oxysterol receptor, LXR, stimulates, whereas the bile acid receptor, FXR, inhibits CYP7A1 transcription. The…

Impact of circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha on midbrain dopamine production and mood regulation.

The circadian nature of mood and its dysfunction in affective disorders is well recognized, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here, we show that the circadian nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha, which is associated with bipolar…

Sensory nerves and neuropeptides in uterine cervical ripening.

At the time of parturition (fetal delivery) the uterine cervix must "ripen," becoming soft, pliable, and dilated to accommodate the fetus' delivery. The fundamental processes underlying cervical ripening remain poorly understood. Knowledge that…

Effects of bile acids and steroid/thyroid hormones on the expression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA and the CYP7 gene in HepG2 cells.

The expression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels in confluent HepG2 cultures was reduced by tauro- or glyco-conjugates of deoxycholate and chenodeoxycholate, but not by cholate. Ursodeoxycholates, on the other hand, stimulated the mRNA…

The isolation and characterization of the bovine cytochrome b5 gene, and a transcribed pseudogene.

This is the first isolation and characterization of a cytochrome b5(b5) gene. The bovine b5 gene is quite large, spanning about 28 kb and contains six exons. One of these exons appears to code for a reticulocyte-specific sequence similar to that…

Trivalent chromium inhibits TSP-1 expression, proliferation, and O-GlcNAc signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells in response to high glucose in vitro.

Trivalent chromium (Cr(3+)) is a mineral nutrient reported to have beneficial effects in glycemic and cardiovascular health. In vitro and in vivo studies suggest that Cr(3+) supplementation reduces the atherogenic potential and lowers the risk of…

Tags: 2015, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, Aorta/drug effects/metabolism, Cell Proliferation/*drug effects/genetics, Cells, Chavez Ronaldo J, Chromium/*pharmacology, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Fructosephosphates/metabolism, Ganguly Rituparna, Genetic/drug effects/genetics, Glucose/*metabolism, Glutamine/genetics, Glycosylation/drug effects, Hexosamines/metabolism, Humans, Hyperglycemia/metabolism, Muscle, Myocytes, N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/genetics, NEOMED College of Medicine, O-glycosylation, Promoter Regions, Raman Priya, reactive oxygen species, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Sahu Soumyadip, Signal Transduction/*drug effects/genetics, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/*drug effects/metabolism, Thrombospondin 1/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics, thrombospondin-1, Transcription, trivalent chromium, vascular smooth muscle cells, Vascular/*drug effects/metabolism

APeg3, a novel paternally expressed gene 3 antisense RNA transcript specifically expressed in vasopressinergic magnocellular neurons in the rat supraoptic nucleus.

Vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) play critical roles in the regulation of salt and water balance, lactation, and various behaviors and are expressed at very high levels in specific magnocellular neurons (MCNs) in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial…

Tags: 2005, 3' Untranslated Regions/genetics, Amino Acid, Animals, Antisense/*genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism, Brain research. Molecular brain research, Conserved Sequence/genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism, Gainer Harold, Gene Expression Regulation/*genetics, Genetic/genetics, Genomic Imprinting/genetics, Glasgow Eric, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/cytology/metabolism, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, Male, Messenger/genetics/metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutsuga Noriko, Neurons/*metabolism, Nucleic Acid, Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism, Rats, RNA, Ryu Seung-Lim, Sequence Homology, Sprague-Dawley, Supraoptic Nucleus/cytology/*metabolism, Transcription, Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism, Vasopressins/*metabolism, Water-Electrolyte Balance/genetics, Yamashita Mitsuo, Zhang Bing-Jun

Mechanism of vitamin D receptor inhibition of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene transcription in human hepatocytes.

Lithocholic acid (LCA) is a potent endogenous vitamin D receptor (VDR) ligand. In cholestasis, LCA levels increase in the liver and intestine. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that VDR plays a role in inhibiting cholesterol…

Cytokine regulation of human sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) gene.

Sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) catalyzes cholic acid synthesis in the liver and is feedback inhibited by bile acids. In addition to activating farnesoid X receptor (nuclear receptor subfamily 1H4), bile acids also induce inflammatory cytokines…

Tags: 2005, American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, Cell Line, Chenodeoxycholic Acid/pharmacology, Chiang John Y L, Chromosome Mapping, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects, Genetic/drug effects, Genetic/physiology, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Interleukin-1/*pharmacology, Jahan Asmeen, MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects/physiology, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8/metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoproteins/genetics/metabolism, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Response Elements/genetics, RNA, Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics, Transcription, Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism

Estrogen-related receptor gamma controls hepatic CB1 receptor-mediated CYP2E1 expression and oxidative liver injury by alcohol.

BACKGROUND: The hepatic endocannabinoid system and cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), a key enzyme causing alcohol-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, are major contributors to the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease. The nuclear hormone…

Tags: 2013, Alcohol-Induced Injury, Alcoholic Liver Disease, Alcoholic/genetics/*metabolism/prevention & control, Animals, Cannabinoid, CB1/*physiology, Chiang John Y L, Choi Hueng-Sik, Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 Inhibitors, Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1/genetics/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Enzymologic/drug effects/physiology, Estrogen/deficiency/genetics/*physiology, Ethanol/pharmacology, Gene Expression Profiling/methods, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Regulation, Genetic/physiology, Gut, Inbred C57BL, Jang Hyun-Hee, Jeong Won-Il, Kim Don-Kyu, Kim Jung Ran, Kim Yong-Hoon, Knockout, Koh Minseob, Koo Seung-Hoi, Lee Chul-Ho, Liver, Liver Diseases, Liver Metabolism, Liver/metabolism, Male, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxidative Stress/physiology, Park Jinyoung, Park Seung Bum, Park Tae-Sik, Receptor, Receptors, Signal Transduction/drug effects/physiology, Tamoxifen/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Transcription, Yun Chul-Ho

All-trans-retinoic acid ameliorates hepatic steatosis in mice by a novel transcriptional cascade.

UNLABELLED: Mice deficient in small heterodimer partner (SHP) are protected from diet-induced hepatic steatosis resulting from increased fatty acid oxidation and decreased lipogenesis. The decreased lipogenesis appears to be a direct consequence of…

PXR induces CYP27A1 and regulates cholesterol metabolism in the intestine.

Mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) catalyzes oxidative cleavage of the sterol side chain in the bile acid biosynthetic pathway in the liver and

Tags: *Lipid Metabolism, 2007, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Chen Wenling, Chiang John Y L, Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase/*metabolism, Cholesterol, Cholesterol/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Fluorinated, Genes, Genetic/drug effects, Genetic/genetics, HDL/metabolism, Hepatocytes/drug effects/enzymology/metabolism, Humans, Hydrocarbons, Hydroxycholesterols/metabolism/pharmacology, Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism, Intestines/cytology/drug effects/enzymology, Journal of lipid research, Li Tiangang, Member 1, Messenger/genetics/metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pregnane X Receptor, Promoter Regions, Receptors, Reporter, Response Elements/genetics, Rifampin/pharmacology, RNA, Steroid/*metabolism, Subfamily G, Sulfonamides/pharmacology, Transcription, Up-Regulation/drug effects

A novel role of transforming growth factor beta1 in transcriptional repression of human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inhibition of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) by bile acids and inflammatory cytokines provides an important mechanism to protect hepatocytes from bile acid toxicity during cholestasis. Transforming growth factor beta1…

Mechanism of rifampicin and pregnane X receptor inhibition of human cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene transcription.

Bile acids, steroids, and drugs activate steroid and xenobiotic receptor pregnane X receptor (PXR; NR1I2), which induces human cytochrome P4503A4 (CYP3A4) in drug metabolism and cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) in bile acid synthesis in the…

Bile acids and cytokines inhibit the human cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene via the JNK/c-jun pathway in human liver cells.

Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) of the bile acid biosynthesis pathway is suppressed by bile acids and inflammatory cytokines. Bile acids are known to induce inflammatory cytokines to activate the mitogen-activated protein kinase/c-Jun…

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) and agonist inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) transcription.

Fibrates are widely used hypolipidemic drugs that regulate the expression of many genes involved in lipid metabolism by activating the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). The objective of this study was to investigate the…

Tags: *DNA-Binding Proteins, *Regulatory Sequences, 2000, Animals, Anticholesteremic Agents/pharmacology, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, Binding Sites, Chiang J Y, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/biosynthesis/*genetics, Clofibric Acid/pharmacology, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/*agonists, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Enzymologic, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, Genetic, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Humans, Journal of lipid research, Liver/metabolism, Marrapodi M, Models, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nucleic Acid, Peroxisome Proliferators/pharmacology, Phosphoproteins/metabolism, Promoter Regions, Protein Binding, Pyrimidines/pharmacology, Rats, Receptors, Reporter, Response Elements, Retinoic Acid/metabolism, Retinoid X Receptors, Species Specificity, Transcription, Transcription Factors/*agonists/metabolism, Transcriptional Activation

Interleukin IL-12 blocks a specific subset of the transcriptional profile responsive to UVB in epidermal keratinocytes.

Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a proinflammatory and immunomodulatory cytokine that plays a critical role it in innate and adaptive immunity by inducing production of interferon-gamma and other cytokines. IL-12 was shown to block the ultraviolet…

Tags: *Keratinocytes/metabolism/radiation effects, *Ultraviolet Rays, 2006, Blumenberg Miroslav, Cell Culture Techniques, Cells, Cultured, Epidermal Cells, Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects, Genetic/*radiation effects, Humans, Interleukin-12/*genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology, Molecular immunology, Molenda Matthew, Mukkamala Lakshmi, Transcription

Transcriptional regulation of human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase by sterol response element binding protein.

Oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7B1) metabolizes oxysterols, potent regulators of lipid homeostasis. Very little is known about transcriptional regulation of human CYP7B1. The present results indicate that sterol response element binding protein…

Farnesoid X Receptor Agonist Represses Cytochrome P450 2D6 Expression by Upregulating Small Heterodimer Partner.

Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is a major drug-metabolizing enzyme responsible for eliminating approximately 20% of marketed drugs. Studies have shown that differential transcriptional regulation of CYP2D6 may contribute to large interindividual…

Leptin augments recruitment of IRF-1 and CREB to thrombospondin-1 gene promoter in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro.

We previously reported that high pathophysiological concentrations of leptin, the adipocyte-secreted peptide, upregulate the expression of a potent proatherogenic matricellular protein, thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), in vascular smooth muscle cells.…

Tags: *cAMP response element-binding protein, *interferon regulatory factor-1, *leptin, *thrombospondin-1, *Transcription, *vascular smooth muscle cells, 2016, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, Binding Sites/genetics, Cells, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation/methods, Cultured, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Ganguly Rituparna, Gene Expression Regulation/genetics, Genetic/genetics, Humans, Interferon Regulatory Factor-1/*metabolism, Leptin/*metabolism, Muscle, Mutagenesis, Myocytes, NEOMED College of Medicine, Promoter Regions, Raman Priya, Response Elements/genetics, Sahu Soumyadip, Site-Directed/methods, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/*metabolism, Thrombospondin 1/*genetics/*metabolism, Transcription, Transcriptional Activation/genetics, Transfection/methods, Up-Regulation/genetics, Vascular/*metabolism

The stimulatory effect of LXR alpha is blocked by SHP despite the presence of a LXR alpha binding site in the rabbit CYP7A1 promoter

The transcription of the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) is greatly decreased in cholesterol-fed rabbits. To determine whether the molecular structure of the promoter is responsible for this downregulation, we cloned the rabbit CYP7A1…

Serotonergic involvement in the regulation of prolactin and vasoactive intestinal peptide mRNA expression in the rat anterior pituitary.

These studies examined the contribution of serotonin (5-HT) to the control of prolactin (PRL) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) messenger RNA expression in rat anterior pituitary. Daily injection of rats with the biosynthetic precursor to…

Glucagon and cAMP inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene expression in human hepatocytes: discordant regulation of bile acid synthesis and gluconeogenesis.

The gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) is tightly regulated to control bile acid synthesis and maintain lipid homeostasis. Recent studies in mice suggest that bile acid synthesis is regulated by the fasted-to-fed cycle, and fasting…

A Prospero-related homeodomain protein is a novel co-regulator of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha that regulates the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

Prox1, an early specific marker for developing liver and pancreas in foregut endoderm has recently been shown to interact with alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor and repress cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene transcription. Using a…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, 2006, Aged, Amino Acid Motifs, Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus/metabolism, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*chemistry/*genetics, Cultured/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Enzymologic, Female, Genes, Genetic, Gluconeogenesis, Glutathione Transferase/metabolism, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4/metabolism/*physiology, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism/*physiology, Humans, Immunoprecipitation, Li Tiangang, Liver/metabolism, Luciferases/metabolism, Male, Messenger/metabolism, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP)/metabolism, Plasmids/metabolism, Protein Structure, Reporter, Response Elements, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism, Song Kwang-Hoon, Tertiary, The Journal of biological chemistry, Time Factors, Transcription, Transcriptional Activation, Transfection, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Two-Hybrid System Techniques

A putative role of micro RNA in regulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase expression in human hepatocytes.

Cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) plays a critical role in regulation of bile acid synthesis in the liver. CYP7A1 mRNAs have very short half-lives, and bile acids destabilize CYP7A1 mRNA via the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR). However, the…

Aldosterone stimulates proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts by activating Ki-RasA and MAPK1/2 signaling

Aldosterone plays a pathological role in cardiac fibrosis by directly affecting cardiac fibroblasts. Understanding of the cellular mechanisms of aldosterone action in cardiac fibroblasts, however, is rudimentary. One possibility is that aldosterone…

Structure and functions of human oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase cDNAs and gene CYP7B1

Oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase has broad substrate specificity for sterol metabolites and may be involved in many metabolic processes including bile acid synthesis and neurosteroid metabolism, The cloned human oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7B1)…

Transcriptional regulation of human oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7B1) by Sp1.

Oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase catalyzes hydroxylation of oxysterols and neurosterols and plays a role in the alternative bile acid synthesis pathway. This gene is widely expressed in many organs and peripheral tissues and may protect tissues from the…

Structure and functions of human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase cDNAs and gene CYP7B1.

Oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase has broad substrate specificity for sterol metabolites and may be involved in many metabolic processes including bile acid synthesis and neurosteroid metabolism. The cloned human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7B1) cDNA…

Bcl-2 positively regulates Sox9-dependent chondrocyte gene expression by suppressing the MEK-ERK1/2 signaling pathway.

Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic protein that has recently been shown to regulate other cellular functions. We previously reported that Bcl-2 regulates chondrocyte matrix gene expression, independent of its anti-apoptotic function. Here, we further…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, 2005, Adenoviridae/genetics, Animals, Apoptosis, beta-Galactosidase/metabolism, Blotting, Butadienes/pharmacology, Caspase Inhibitors, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Chondrocytes/*metabolism, Collagen Type II/metabolism, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Down-Regulation, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Fibroblasts/metabolism, Fluorescence, Genetic, High Mobility Group Proteins/*metabolism, Horton Walter E Jr, Lac Operon, Luciferases/metabolism, MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/*metabolism, McBurney Denise, Messenger/metabolism, Microscopy, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, NF-kappa B/metabolism, Nitriles/pharmacology, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Protein Kinase C-alpha, Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors, Proteoglycans/metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*metabolism, Rats, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Signal Transduction, Small Interfering/metabolism, SOX9 Transcription Factor, Sprague-Dawley, The Journal of biological chemistry, Time Factors, Transcription, Transcription Factors/*metabolism, Transfection, Western, Yagi Rieko

On the mechanism of bile acid inhibition of rat sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP8B1) transcription: roles of alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha.

The sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) is a key enzyme of the bile acid biosynthetic pathway. It regulates the composition of bile acids in bile, i.e. ratio between cholic acid (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). In similarity with cholesterol…

Promoter activity and regulation of the CYP4F2 leukotriene B(4) omega-hydroxylase gene by peroxisomal proliferators and retinoic acid in HepG2 cells.

The human liver CYP4F2 gene (Accession No. AF221943) encodes a leukotriene B(4) omega-hydroxylase that metabolizes leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) to a less potent proinflammatory eicosanoid, 20-OH-LTB(4). We sequenced a 6.7-kb genomic fragment of the…

Orphan nuclear receptor oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma) plays a key role in hepatic cannabinoid receptor type 1-mediated induction of CYP7A1 gene expression.

Bile acids are primarily synthesized from cholesterol in the liver and have important roles in dietary lipid absorption and cholesterol homoeostasis. Detailed roles of the orphan nuclear receptors regulating cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1),…

Tags: 2015, Animals, bile acid, Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism, Cannabinoid, cannabinoid receptors, CB1/agonists/genetics/*metabolism, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Choi Hueng-Sik, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*biosynthesis/genetics, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Drug Inverse Agonism, Estrogen/genetics/*metabolism, Ethanol/pharmacology, Gene Expression, Genetic, Glycerides/pharmacology, GSK5182, HEK293 Cells, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Jeong Won-Il, Kim Don-Kyu, Kim Seong Heon, Knockout, Lee Chul-Ho, Lee In-Kyu, Lee Ji-Min, Liver/*metabolism, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma), orphan nuclear receptor, Park Seung Bum, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptor, Receptors, small heterodimer partner (SHP), Sprague-Dawley, The Biochemical journal, Transcription, Zhang Yaochen

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