Nuclear receptor crosstalk—defining the mechanisms for therapeutic innovation

K De Bosscher, SJ Desmet, D Clarisse… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Nuclear receptor crosstalk can be defined as the interplay between different nuclear
receptors or between their overlapping signalling pathways. A subset of nuclear receptors …

Approaches towards tissue‐selective pharmacology of the mineralocorticoid receptor

D Clarisse, L Deng, K De Bosscher… - British journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) are highly effective therapies for
cardiovascular and renal disease. However, the widespread clinical use of currently …

PPARα and NCOR/SMRT corepressor network in liver metabolic regulation

Z Kang, R Fan - The FASEB Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor alpha (PPARα, NR1C1) belongs to a large family
of ligand‐dependent nuclear receptors (NRs). It is one of the best studied NRs which …

Unlocking therapeutic potential: exploring cross-talk among emerging nuclear receptors to combat metabolic dysfunction in steatotic liver disease

MB Antwi, A Jennings, S Lefere, D Clarisse… - npj Metabolic Health …, 2024 - nature.com
Nuclear receptors (NRs) regulate cellular processes and serve as key targets in treating
metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and steatohepatitis …

Principles of computation by competitive protein dimerization networks

J Parres-Gold, M Levine, B Emert, A Stuart… - BioRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many biological signaling pathways employ proteins that competitively dimerize in diverse
combinations. These dimerization networks can perform biochemical computations, in which …

How to tame your genes: mechanisms of inflammatory gene repression by glucocorticoids

BA Strickland, SA Ansari, W Dantoft… - FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely used therapeutic agents to treat a broad range of
inflammatory conditions. Their functional effects are elicited by binding to the glucocorticoid …

Glucocorticoid receptor signaling: intricacies and therapeutic opportunities

D Clarisse, L Van Moortel, C Van Leene… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2024 - cell.com
The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a major nuclear receptor (NR) drug target for the
treatment of inflammatory disorders and several cancers. Despite the effectiveness of GR …

[HTML][HTML] Novel assays monitoring direct glucocorticoid receptor protein activity exhibit high predictive power for ligand activity on endogenous gene targets

L Van Moortel, J Thommis, B Maertens, A Staes… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exogenous glucocorticoids are widely used in the clinic for the treatment of inflammatory
disorders and auto-immune diseases. Unfortunately, their use is hampered by many side …

Regulation of monocyte activation by PPARα through interaction with the cGAS-STING pathway

L Dong, R Cheng, X Ma, W Liang, Y Hong, H Li… - Diabetes, 2023 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Monocyte activation plays an important role in diabetic complications such as diabetic
retinopathy (DR). However, the regulation of monocyte activation in diabetes remains …

Glucocorticoid receptor hypersensitivity enhances inflammatory signaling and inhibits cell cycle progression in porcine PBMCs

Z Li, F Hadlich, K Wimmers, E Murani - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The consequences of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) hypersensitivity during infection have so
far received little attention. We previously discovered that a natural gain-of-function …