Brothers in arms: ABCA1-and ABCG1-mediated cholesterol efflux as promising targets in cardiovascular disease treatment

SJCM Frambach, R de Haas, JAM Smeitink… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - ASPET
Atherosclerosis is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide, and
hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor. Preventive treatments mainly focus on the …

Proton pump inhibitors and dementia: physiopathological mechanisms and clinical consequences

G Ortiz-Guerrero, D Amador-Muñoz… - Neural …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, mainly encompassing
cognitive decline in subjects aged≥ 65 years. Further, AD is characterized by selective …

Liver X receptor agonist treatment ameliorates amyloid pathology and memory deficits caused by high-fat diet in APP23 mice

NF Fitz, A Cronican, T Pham, A Fogg… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
High-fat diet and certain dietary patterns are associated with higher incidence of sporadic
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitive decline. However, no specific therapy has been …

ABC transporters in the CNS-an inventory

A MS Hartz, B Bauer - Current pharmaceutical biotechnology, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
In the present review we provide a summary of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in
the central nervous system (CNS). Our review is focused on transporters of the ABC A, B, C …

The role of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 in Alzheimer's disease and neurodegeneration

R Koldamova, NF Fitz, I Lefterov - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2010 - Elsevier
ATP-binding cassette transporter A1—ABCA1, is the most extensively studied transporter in
human pathology. ABCA1 became a primary subject of research in many academic and …

Action mechanisms of liver X receptors

C Gabbi, M Warner, JÅ Gustafsson - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The two Liver X Receptors, LXRα and LXRβ, are nuclear receptors belonging to the
superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors. They share more than 78% homology in …

Genome-wide approaches reveal EGR1-controlled regulatory networks associated with neurodegeneration

R Koldamova, J Schug, M Lefterova, AA Cronican… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Early growth response gene 1 (Egr1) is a member of the immediate early gene (IEG) family
of transcription factors and plays a role in memory formation. To identify EGR1 target genes …

LXR agonists: new potential therapeutic drug for neurodegenerative diseases

P Xu, D Li, X Tang, X Bao, J Huang, Y Tang… - Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear receptors involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism
and inflammatory responses in the central nervous system. Defects in cholesterol …

Pterosin Sesquiterpenoids from Pteris cretica as Hypolipidemic Agents via Activating Liver X Receptors

X Luo, C Li, P Luo, X Lin, H Ma… - Journal of natural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Four new pterosin sesquiterpenoids (1–4), a new ent-kaurane diterpenoid (17), and 18
known compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of Pteris cretica L. The structures of …

Binding of omeprazole to protein targets identified by monoclonal antibodies

NMP Cartee, MM Wang - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Omeprazole is the most commonly used proton pump inhibitor (PPI), a class of medications
whose therapeutic mechanism of action involves formation of a disulfide linkage to cysteine …