SPA70 is a potent antagonist of human pregnane X receptor

The xenobiotic-activated human pregnane X receptor (hPXR) regulates drug metabolism. Here the authors develop hPXR modulators, which are of potential therapeutic interest and functionally and structurally characterize the antagonist SPA70 and the structurally related agonist SJB7.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wenwei Lin, Yue-Ming Wang, Sergio C. Chai, Lili Lv, Jie Zheng, Jing Wu, Qijun Zhang, Yong-Dong Wang, Patrick R. Griffin, Taosheng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00780-5