Title : Liver-specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha target gene regulation by the angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker telmisartan.

Pub. Date : 2008 May

PMID : 18184928






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1 OBJECTIVE: The angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma modulator telmisartan has been recently demonstrated to reduce plasma triglycerides in nondiabetic and diabetic hypertensive patients. Telmisartan peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha Homo sapiens
2 OBJECTIVE: The angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma modulator telmisartan has been recently demonstrated to reduce plasma triglycerides in nondiabetic and diabetic hypertensive patients. Telmisartan peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha Homo sapiens
3 RESULTS: Telmisartan significantly induced the PPARalpha target genes carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1A (CPT1A) in human HepG2 cells and acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 1 (ACSL1) in murine AML12 cells in the micromolar range. Telmisartan peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha Homo sapiens