Pregnane X Receptor Regulates Liver Size and Liver Cell Fate by Yes‐Associated Protein Activation in Mice

Yiming Jiang, Dechun Feng, Xiaochao Ma, Shicheng Fan, Yue Gao, Kaili Fu, Ying Wang, Jiahong Sun, Xinpeng Yao, Conghui Liu, Huizhen Zhang, Leqian Xu, Aiming Liu, Frank J. Gonzalez, Yingzi Yang, Bin Gao, Min Huang, Huichang Bi – 26 July 2018 – Activation of pregnane X receptor (PXR), a nuclear receptor that controls xenobiotic and endobiotic metabolism, is known to induce liver enlargement, but the molecular signals and cell types responding to PXR‐induced hepatomegaly remain unknown.

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