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SUBMITTER: Kiselyuk A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3447631 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kiselyuk Alice A Lee Seung-Hee SH Farber-Katz Suzette S Zhang Mingjun M Athavankar Sonalee S Cohen Tom T Pinkerton Anthony B AB Ye Mao M Bushway Paul P Richardson Adam D AD Hostetler Heather A HA Rodriguez-Lee Mariam M Huang Li L Spangler Benjamin B Smith Layton L Higginbotham Jennifer J Cashman John J Freeze Hudson H Itkin-Ansari Pamela P Dawson Marcia I MI Schroeder Friedhelm F Cang Yong Y Mercola Mark M Levine Fred F
Chemistry & biology 20120701 7
Hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)4α is a central regulator of gene expression in cell types that play a critical role in metabolic homeostasis, including hepatocytes, enterocytes, and pancreatic β cells. Although fatty acids were found to occupy the HNF4α ligand-binding pocket and were proposed to act as ligands, there is controversy about both the nature of HNF4α ligands as well as the physiological role of the binding. Here, we report the discovery of potent synthetic HNF4α antagonists through a ...[more]