Title : EP4 emerges as a novel regulator of bile acid synthesis and its activation protects against hypercholesterolemia.

Pub. Date : 2018 Sep

PMID : 29890224






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1 EP4 deficiency negatively regulate bile acid synthesis through repression of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK)-mediated cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) expression and that the hypercholesterolemia in EP4 knockout mice is due to a defect in cholesterol conversion into bile acids. Cholesterol cytochrome P450, family 7, subfamily a, polypeptide 1 Mus musculus