Review Article

PPAR- in Vascular Pathophysiology

Table 1

Ligands for PPAR- .

LigandsNatureAffinityClinical status

Natural agonists
  Linoleic acidDietary fatty acid M
  Oleic acid Dietary fatty acid M
  Arachidonic acidDietary fatty acid M
  Eicosapentaenoic acidDietary fatty acid M
  Docosahexaenoic acidDietary fatty acid M
  Prostaglandin A1Endogenous prostaglandin M
Synthetic agonists
  CarbaprostacyclinSynthetic stable PGI2 analogue M
  Iliprost Prostacyclin analogue M
  Compound F Phenoxyacetic acid derivative nM
  L165,041Phenoxyacetic acid derivative nM
  GW501516 Phenoxyacetic acid derivative nM
  GW0742Phenoxyacetic acid derivative nM
  KD2010not disclosed nMPhase I
  MBX-8025not disclosednMPhase II
Synthetic dual agonists
  Compound 23Dual agonist for and nM
Synthetic antagonist
  GSK0660Antagonist for nM