Volume 20, No 2, Feb 2010

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 20 Issue 2, February 2010: 124-137

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PPARs: diverse regulators in energy metabolism and metabolic diseases

Yong-Xu Wang

Program in Gene Function and Expression and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA Correspondence: Yong-Xu Wang(yongxu.wang@umassmed.edu)

The nuclear receptor PPARs are fundamentally important for energy homeostasis. Through their distinct yet overlapping functions and tissue distribution, the PPARs regulate many aspects of energy metabolism at the transcriptional level. Functional impairment or dysregulation of these receptors leads to a variety of metabolic diseases, while their ligands offer many metabolic benefits. Studies of these receptors have advanced our knowledge of the transcriptional basis of energy metabolism and helped us understand the pathogenic mechanisms of metabolic syndrome.

Cell Research (2010) 20:124-137. doi: 10.1038/cr.2010.13; published online 26 January 2010

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