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Fibrate Mechanism of Action - The Center for Cholesterol Management

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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors-alpha<br />

<strong>The</strong> complex binds to the<br />

response elements in<br />

promoter regions <strong>of</strong> target<br />

gene<br />

Vascular Wall<br />

Macrophages<br />

Cardiac muscle<br />

Retinoid X Receptor<br />

Liver<br />

PPARα<br />

C<strong>of</strong>actors &<br />

Corepressors<br />

<strong>Fibrate</strong>s are<br />

PPARα agonists<br />

Adipocytes<br />

Nuclear<br />

transcription factors<br />

that regulate several<br />

genes involved with<br />

metabolic<br />

processes

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