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Liver X and farnesoid X receptors (LXR and FXR, nomenclature as agreed by the NC-IUPHAR Subcommittee on Nuclear Hormone Receptors [1,7]) are members of a steroid analogue-activated nuclear receptor subfamily, which form heterodimers with members of the retinoid X receptor family. Endogenous ligands for LXRs include hydroxycholesterols (OHC), while FXRs appear to be activated by bile acids. In humans and primates, NR1H5P is a pseudogene. However, in other mammals, it encodes a functional nuclear hormone receptor that appears to be involved in cholesterol biosynthesis [8].
Farnesoid X receptor / NR1H4
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Farnesoid X receptor-β / NR1H5
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Liver X receptor-α / NR1H3
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Liver X receptor-β / NR1H2
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Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY citation:
Alexander SPH, Cidlowski JA, Kelly E, Mathie AA, Peters JA, Veale EL, Armstrong JF, Faccenda E, Harding SD, Davies JA et al. (2023) The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Nuclear hormone receptors. Br J Pharmacol. 180 Suppl 2:S223-240.
T0901317 [11] and GW3965 [2] are synthetic agonists acting at both LXRα and LXRβ with less than 10-fold selectivity.