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PPARα is down-regulated following liver transplantation in mice.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Mar 2012
Nakagawa Kan, Tanaka Naoki, Morita Miwa, Sugioka Atsushi, Miyagawa Shin-ichi, Gonzalez Frank J, Aoyama Toshifumi
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Graft dysfunction is one of the major complications after liver transplantation, but its precise mechanism remains unclear. Since steatotic liver grafts are susceptible to post-transplant dysfunction, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α plays an important role in the maintenance of hepatic lipid homeostasis, we examined the role of PPARα in liver transplantation. METHODS:...
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