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

• Autores principales: Siwen Yang (Autor), Ting Liu (Autor), Chenxing Hu (Autor), Weili Li (Autor), Yuhan Meng (Autor), Haiyang Li (Autor), Chengcheng Song (Autor), Congcong He (Autor), Yifa Zhou (Autor), Yuying Fan (Autor)
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• Publicado: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...