Title : Carotenoids and their metabolites are naturally occurring activators of gene expression via the pregnane X receptor.

Pub. Date : 2004 Dec

PMID : 15309450






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1 In addition, carotenoid- or retinol-mediated gene expression of PXR-responsive genes like CYP3A4/CYP3A7, CYP3A5, MDR-1 and MRP-2 has been determined in HepG2 cells by RT-PCR with up-regulative properties of beta-carotene or retinol being comparable to or even higher than that of rifampicin. Rifampin cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A member 5 Homo sapiens