title: PPARs: diverse regulators in energy metabolism and metabolic diseases.
abstract: The nuclear receptor PPARs are fundamentally important for energy homeostasis. Through their distinct yet overlapping functions and tissue distribution, the PPARs regulate many aspects of energy metabolism at the transcriptional level. Functional impairment or dysregulation of these receptors leads to a variety of metabolic diseases, while their ligands offer many metabolic benefits. Studies of these receptors have advanced our knowledge of the transcriptional basis of energy metabolism and helped us understand the pathogenic mechanisms of metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Program in Gene Function and Expression and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. yongxu.wang@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Yong-Xu
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D050156:Adipogenesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D008954:Models, Biological; D047492:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors / Q000819:agonists / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D047492:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors; D045162:Thiazolidinediones