New data implicate the LXRs, a class of nuclear hormone receptors, in reducing inflammation. When activated, these receptors ease inflammation in three mouse models. The results are relevant to atherosclerosis, Alzheimer disease, sepsis and other inflammatory disorders (pages 213–219).
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Freeman, M., Moore, K. eLiXiRs for restraining inflammation. Nat Med 9, 168–169 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0203-168
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