title: Role of the constitutive androstane receptor in obesity and type 2 diabetes: a case study of the endobiotic function of a xenobiotic receptor.
abstract: The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR, NR1I3) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. Initially recognized as a xenobiotic receptor, CAR has been increasingly appreciated for its endobiotic functions in influencing glucose and lipid metabolism, whose dysregulations are implicated in the most prevalent metabolic disorders, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Given the metabolic benefits of CAR activation, CAR may represent an attractive therapeutic target to manage obesity and type 2 diabetes. Further studies are necessary to understand the mechanisms of action of CAR in metabolic diseases and to determine the human relevance of the antidiabetic effect of CAR.
authors: Center for Pharmacogenetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
authors: Mengxi
authors: M
authors: Jiang
authors: Wen
authors: W
authors: Xie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000090702:Constitutive Androstane Receptor; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000090702:Constitutive Androstane Receptor; C000716327:NR1I3 protein, human; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D015262:Xenobiotics