Lipid sensing nuclear receptors involved in the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease

FEBS Lett. 2024 Dec;598(23):2854-2855. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.14818. Epub 2024 Feb 13.

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) begins with lipid accumulation and progresses toward inflammation and fibrosis. Nuclear receptors (NRs), like the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors alpha and gamma (PPARα and PPARy), the Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR), and the Liver X receptor (LXR), regulate genes by heterodimerizing with Retinoid X receptor (RXR). These receptors are emerging targets for pharmaceutical intervention for metabolic diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fatty Liver / genetics
  • Fatty Liver / metabolism
  • Fatty Liver / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lipid Metabolism*
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / genetics
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / metabolism
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / pathology
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear* / genetics
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear* / metabolism

Substances

  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
  • farnesoid X-activated receptor