Medium chain fatty acids are selective peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) Gamma activators and pan-PPAR partial agonists
Liberato, M.V., Nascimento, A.S., Ayers, S.D., Lin, J.Z., Cvoro, A., Silveira, R.L., Martinez, L., Souza, P.C., Saidemberg, D., Deng, T., Amato, A.A., Togashi, M., Hsueh, W.A., Phillips, K., Palma, M.S., Neves, F.A., Skaf, M.S., Webb, P., Polikarpov, I.(2012) Plos One 7: e36297-e36297
- PubMed: 22649490 
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036297
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
- PubMed Abstract: 
Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) act through peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) γ to increase insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes (T2DM), but deleterious effects of these ligands mean that selective modulators with improved clinical profil ...