Title : Minireview: lipid metabolism, metabolic diseases, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors.

Pub. Date : 2003 Jun

PMID : 12746275






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 PPARalpha potentiates fatty acid catabolism in the liver and is the molecular target of the lipid-lowering fibrates (e.g. fenofibrate and gemfibrozil), whereas PPARgamma is essential for adipocyte differentiation and mediates the activity of the insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones (e.g. rosiglitazone and pioglitazone). Gemfibrozil peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha Homo sapiens