PPAR-Gamma in Ulcerative Colitis: A Novel Target for Intervention

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a nuclear receptor, originally described in adipose tissue, that controls the expression of a large number of regulatory genes in lipid metabolism and insulin sensitization. Well known by endocrinologists, thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are classical PPARγ synthetic agonists which were currently used as insulin-sensitizing agents in the treatment of type 2...

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