The cytochrome P450 3A4 inducer metyrapone is an activator of the human pregnane X receptor.
University Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
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D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008797:Metyrapone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077297:Pregnane X Receptor; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
D000077297:Pregnane X Receptor; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C104464:CYP3A protein, human; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D008797:Metyrapone