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The neuron-derived orphan receptor 1 (NOR1) is induced upon human alternative macrophage polarization and stimulates the expression of markers of the M2 phenotype.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2015
De Paoli F, Eeckhoute J, Copin C, Vanhoutte J, Duhem C, Derudas B, Dubois-Chevalier J, Colin S, Zawadzki C, Jude B, Haulon S, Lefebvre P, Staels B, Chinetti-Gbaguidi G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which macrophages play a crucial role. Macrophages are present in different phenotypes, with at the extremes of the spectrum the classical M1 pro-inflammatory and the alternative M2 anti-inflammatory macrophages. The neuron-derived orphan receptor 1 (NOR1), together with Nur77 and Nurr1, are members of the NR4A orphan nuclear receptor family, expressed in...
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