Note on nomenclature: Members of the nuclear receptor superfamily have both a trivial name and an official designation (code). The official code reflects a grouping system based on sequence conservation. Throughout the literature, trivial names are almost solely in use, and this manuscript is no exception. Nevertheless, for the sake of clarity we list here the official receptor code of each of the nuclear receptors for which a trivial name appears in the text. PPARα (NR1C1), RXRs (NR2B1, NR2B2, and NR2B3), LXRs (NR1H2 and NR1H3), FXR (NR1H4), VDR (NR1I1), PXR (NR1I2), CAR (NR1I3), LRH-1 (NR5A2), HNF4α (NR2A1), HNF4γ (NR2A2), SHP (NR0B2), and RORγ (NR1F3).
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Nuclear receptors of the enteric tract: guarding the frontier
Article first published online: 25 SEP 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00092.x
© 2008 International Life Sciences Institute
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Nutrition Reviews
Special Issue: 22nd Marabou Symposium: The Changing Faces of Vitamin D
Volume 66, Issue Supplement s2, pages S88–S97, October 2008
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Schmidt, D. R. and Mangelsdorf, D. J. (2008), Nuclear receptors of the enteric tract: guarding the frontier. Nutrition Reviews, 66: S88–S97. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00092.x
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Keywords:
- bile acids;
- gastrointestinal physiology and disease;
- metabolism;
- nuclear receptor;
- transcriptional regulation
In addition to its classical role in mineral homeostasis, the vitamin D receptor has been implicated in diverse physiologic and pathophysiologic processes including immunoregulation and cancer. Interestingly, the vitamin D receptor has been evolutionarily and functionally linked to a select group of nuclear receptors based on a common organism-wide tissue expression profile. These members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, which include the bile acid receptor, xenobiotic receptors, and several orphan nuclear receptors, comprise a transcriptional regulatory network that functions in nutrient uptake, xenobiotic metabolism, and mucosal protection. The major homeostatic functions of the enteric nuclear receptor network are the topic of this review.