Reexpression of retinoic acid receptor (RAR) gamma or overexpression of RAR alpha or RAR beta in RAR gamma-null F9 cells reveals a partial functional redundancy between the three RAR types.

The Retinoic Acid Receptor (RAR ) Chimeric Proteins PML-, PLZF-, NPM-, and NuMA-RAR Have Distinct Intracellular Localization Patterns

Retinoic acid receptor (RAR ) gene rearrangement by reciprocal chromosome translocation is the molecular signature of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Disruption of RAR function appears to be the likely cause of aberrant myelopoiesis observed in APL, because PML-RAR expression has been shown to deregulate the transcription of genes that control myelopoiesis. To target RAR chimeric proteins, ...

CD2 expression and the PML-RAR gene.

RAR‐Related Orphan Receptor Gamma (ROR‐γ) Mediates Epithelial‐Mesenchymal Transition Of Hepatocytes During Hepatic Fibrosis

The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is involved in many different types of cellular behavior, including liver fibrosis. In this report, we studied a novel function of RAR-related orphan receptor gamma (ROR-γ) in hepatocyte EMT during liver fibrosis. To induce EMT in vitro, primary hepatocytes and FL83B cells were treated with TGF-β1. Expression of ROR-γ was analyzed by Western blot in t...

Decreased expression of retinoid nuclear receptor (RAR and RAR ) mRNA determined by real-time quantitative RT-PCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of hypothyroid patients

In vivo assessment of the cellular impact of thyroid hormones on target tissues might be of help for physiological studies and to evaluate the consequences of various diseases of the thyroid gland in humans. Given the tenuous relationship between retinoid and tri-iodothyronine (T3) status and that retinoids have also intracellular roles, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of hypo...

Activation of the CRABPII/RAR pathway by curcumin induces retinoic acid mediated apoptosis in retinoic acid resistant breast cancer cells

Due to the anti-proliferative and anti-apoptotic effects of retinoic acid (RA), this hormone has emerged as a target for several diseases, including cancer. However, development of retinoid resistance is a critical issue and efforts to understand the retinoid signaling pathway may identify useful biomarkers for future clinical trials. Apoptotic responses of RA are exhibited through the cellular...