TTC39BLXR,

Joanne Hsieh1, Masahiro Koseki1,2, Matthew M Molusky1

  • 1Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.

Nature
|July 8, 2016
PubMed
まとめ

テトラトリコペプチドレインタンパク質39B (T39) は肝臓X受容体 (LXR) の分解を促進する. T39を阻害すると,LXRの活性が保たれ,ステアトヘパチスと動脈硬化から保護されます.

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