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Review
. 2013 Mar 1;5(3):a016709.
doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a016709.

Signaling by nuclear receptors

Richard Sever  1 , Christopher K Glass
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Review

Signaling by nuclear receptors

Richard Sever et al. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. .

Abstract

Nuclear receptors are activated by lipid-soluble signals (e.g., steroid hormones) that cross the plasma membrane. Once activated, most function as transcription factors to control gene expression for numerous biological processes.

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Figure 1.
Nuclear receptor signaling.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Tissue-specific nuclear receptor signaling in hepatocytes versus macrophages.
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