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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Mol Med. 2010 Nov;10(8):744–755. doi: 10.2174/156652410793384187

Fig. 3. PPARs.

Fig. 3

PPAR α, PPAR β/δ and PPAR γ must form a heterodimers with RXR to function in controlling metabolic processes needed to maintain critical regulatory processes. PPARα controls peroxisome proliferation, fatty acid metabolism and lipid homeostasis. PPARβ/δ controls inflammation, fatty acid catabolism, insulin sensitivity and lipid homeostasis. PPARγ controls fatty acid storage, lipid and glucose homeostasis, cellular differentiation, cellular proliferation and apoptosis.