Review Article

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: “Key” Regulators of Neuroinflammation after Traumatic Brain Injury

Figure 1

Mechanism of gene transcription through ligand binding on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). In presence of coactivating stimuli, PPARs heterodimerize with retinoid X receptors (RXR) to form active transcription factors. The DNA binding domain on PPAR-RXR heterodimers induces the transcription of target genes by binding to peroxisome proliferator-response elements (PPRE's) which consist of DNA-specific sequences.
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