A nuclear strike against Listeria--the evolving life of LXR.

Barish, Grant D; Evans, Ronald M · Cell · 2004

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Abstract

LXRs are members of the nuclear receptor superfamily and function as master regulators of cholesterol metabolism. In the macrophage, they control cholesterol efflux and inhibit the transcription factor NF-kappaB-mediated proinflammatory responses. In this issue of Cell, discover surprising, protective functions for LXRalpha in innate immunity.

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