Farnesoid X receptor: A master regulator of hepatic triglyceride and glucose homeostasis

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-50

  Jiao, Yang ^a   Lu, Yan ^a   Li, Xiao Ying ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Institute of Immunology   (China)

Author keywords

drug discovery; farnesoid X receptor; glucose metabolism; liver; non alcoholic fatty liver disease; triglyceride metabolism

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; FARNESOID X RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CELL RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE;

GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER; METABOLISM; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PHYSIOLOGY;

GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84920451703     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2014.116     Document Type: Review

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