Ginsenoside Compound K Protects against Obesity through Pharmacological Targeting of Glucocorticoid Receptor to Activate Lipophagy and Lipid Metabolism

• Main Authors: Siwen Yang (Author), Ting Liu (Author), Chenxing Hu (Author), Weili Li (Author), Yuhan Meng (Author), Haiyang Li (Author), Chengcheng Song (Author), Congcong He (Author), Yifa Zhou (Author), Yuying Fan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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(1) Background: The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) plays a key role in lipid metabolism, but investigations of GR activation as a potential therapeutic approach have been hampered by a lack of selective agonists. Ginsenoside compound K (CK) is natural small molecule with a steroid-like structure that...