Mycophenolic acid induces ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) expression through the PPARγ-LXRα-ABCA1 pathway

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 414, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 779-782

  Xu, Yanni ^a   Lai, Fangfang ^a   Xu, Yang ^a   Wu, Yexiang ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Li, Ni ^a   Wei, Yuzhen ^a   Feng, Tingting ^a   Zheng, Zhihui ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Yu, Liyan ^a   Hong, Bin ^a   Si, Shuyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ABCA1; Atherosclerosis; LXR ; Mycophenolic acid; PPAR

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 5 NITROBENZANILIDE; ABC TRANSPORTER A1; LIVER X RECEPTOR ALPHA; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANILIDES; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FOAM CELLS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; PPAR GAMMA; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80555122773     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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