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ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Linda Quattrochi
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4959 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 20060922 2
Mammalian liver contains a pregnane X receptor (PXR, NR1I2), which binds drugs and other xenobiotics, and stimulates (or suppresses) expression of numerous genes involved in the metabolic elimination of foreign compounds and some toxic endogenous substances. In the present study, we used microarray analysis to identify genes whose expression in rat liver was significantly altered by pregnenolone 16alpha-carbonitrile (PCN) treatment. PCN is a synthetic steroid that induces cytochrome P4503A expre ...[more]