Silencing mediator for retinoid and thyroid receptors

Halofenic acid is a SPPARM that functions primarily as a partial agonist characterized by the differential recruitment of PPAR cofactors, i.e. displacement of corepressors [NCoR and silencing mediator for retinoid and thyroid receptors (SMRT)] and inefficient recruitment of coactivators [cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) binding protein (CBP) and TRAP220] [73]. When dosed orally to diabetic mice and rats as the acetamidoethyl ester, halofenic acid produces insulin sensitization comparable to rosiglitazone without increases in body weight. 

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