| Term: | liver peroxisome proliferator activated receptor signaling pathway |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | peroxisome proliferator activated receptor signaling pathway |
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| Synonyms: | peroxisome proliferator activated receptor signalling pathway, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor signaling pathway, PPAR signaling pathway |
| Definition: | A nuclear receptor-mediated signaling pathway initiated by a ligand binding to an intracellular peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (alpha, beta or gamma) of the nuclear receptor protein family, and ending with regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0035357] QuickGO AmiGO |