The NR4A subgroup: immediate early response genes with pleiotropic physiological roles

MA Maxwell, GEO Muscat - Nuclear receptor signaling, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The nuclear hormone receptor (NR) superfamily includes the orphan NR4A subgroup,
comprised of Nur77 (NR4A1), Nurr1 (NR4A2) and NOR-1 (NR4A3). These NRs are …

The paradoxical roles of orphan nuclear receptor 4A (NR4A) in cancer

S Safe, K Karki - Molecular Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
The three-orphan nuclear receptor 4A genes are induced by diverse stressors and stimuli,
and there is increasing evidence that NR4A1 (Nur77), NR4A2 (Nurr1), and NR4A3 (Nor1) …

Nuclear receptor 4A (NR4A) family–orphans no more

S Safe, UH Jin, B Morpurgo, A Abudayyeh… - The Journal of steroid …, 2016 - Elsevier
The orphan nuclear receptors NR4A1, NR4A2 and NR4A3 are immediate early genes
induced by multiple stressors, and the NR4A receptors play an important role in maintaining …

Targeting nuclear receptors in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation

S Willems, D Zaienne, D Merk - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nuclear receptors, also known as ligand-activated transcription factors, regulate gene
expression upon ligand signals and present as attractive therapeutic targets especially in …

Heterodimerization between members of the Nur subfamily of orphan nuclear receptors as a novel mechanism for gene activation

M Maira, C Martens, A Philips… - Molecular and cellular …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
We have recently shown that the orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 (NGFI-B) is most active in
transcription when it is interacting with a cognate DNA sequence as a homodimer. Further …

The Drosophila orphan nuclear receptor DHR38 mediates an atypical ecdysteroid signaling pathway

KD Baker, LM Shewchuk, T Kozlova, M Makishima… - Cell, 2003 - cell.com
Ecdysteroid pulses trigger the major developmental transitions during the Drosophila life
cycle. These hormonal responses are thought to be mediated by the ecdysteroid receptor …

Molecular insights into NR4A2 (Nurr1): an emerging target for neuroprotective therapy against neuroinflammation and neuronal cell death

M Jakaria, ME Haque, DY Cho, S Azam, IS Kim… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
NR4A2 is a nuclear receptor and a transcription factor, with distinctive physiological
features. In the cell nuclei of the central nervous system, it is widely expressed and identified …

Akt phosphorylates and regulates the orphan nuclear receptor Nur77

Y Pekarsky, C Hallas, A Palamarchuk… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
The immediate early gene NUR77 (also called NGFI-B) is required for T cell antigen
receptor-mediated cell death and is induced to very high levels in immature thymocytes and …

Nurr1‐based therapies for Parkinson's disease

J Dong, S Li, JL Mo, HB Cai… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have documented that orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 (also known as NR
4A2) plays important roles in the midbrain dopamine (DA) neuron development …

The role of NR4A transcription factors in memory formation

JD Hawk, T Abel - Brain research bulletin, 2011 - Elsevier
In various physiological contexts, Nr4a genes are transcribed in response to external stimuli
as part of an immediate early response that initiates a cascade of gene expression ultimately …