RAR相关孤儿受体γ
孤儿受体
生物
核受体
内分泌学
内科学
细胞生物学
维甲酸
受体
维甲酸
细胞分化
转录因子
免疫系统
免疫学
医学
遗传学
细胞培养
FOXP3型
基因
出处
期刊:Current Drug Targets - Inflammation & Allergy
[Bentham Science]
日期:2004-12-01
卷期号:3 (4): 395-412
被引量:66
标识
DOI:10.2174/1568010042634497
摘要
Retinoid-related orphan receptors RORα, -β, and -γ are evolutionarily related transcription factors belonging to the steroid hormone receptor superfamily. Studies of ROR mutant mice revealed that these receptors are critical in the regulation of a number of physiological processes. RORα plays a key role in the development of the cerebellum particularly in the regulation of Purkinje cell differentiation and proliferation of granule cell progenitors. RORα has also been implicated in the maintenance of bone tissue and mice deficient in RORα exhibit a greater susceptibility to atherosclerosis. RORγ is essential for lymph node organogenesis and plays a key role in the generation or survival of lymphoid tissue inducer (Lti) cells. RORγ is also critical in thymopoiesis where it controls differentiation and promotes the survival of thymocytes by positively regulating Bcl-XL expression. Several studies have indicated a regulatory role for RORs in circadian behavior. In several tissues, the expression of RORs oscillates during circadian rhythm while mice deficient in RORβ exhibit an altered circadian rhythm. RORα and RORγ have been implicated in the control of various immune responses. Mice deficient in RORγ exhibit a reduced susceptibility to allergen-induced airway inflammation while RORα null mice show a prolonged inflammatory response to lipopolysaccharide. Recent analyses of the crystal structure and transcriptional activity of RORs revealed that cholesterol and specific cholesterol derivatives behave as agonists of RORα while certain retinoids function as partial antagonists of RORβ and RORγ. These studies indicate that ROR activity and, as a consequence physiological processes regulated by RORs, can be modulated by exogenous (ant)agonists. Therefore, the discovery of new (ant)agonists may lead to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for human disease in which RORs have been implicated. Keywords: iymph nodes, thymopoiesis, retinoic acid, cholesterol, circadian rhythm, purkinje cell, inflammation, transcription
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