Nancy L Urizar

Summary

Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi GUGULIPID: a natural cholesterol-lowering agent
    Nancy L Urizar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 23:303-13. 2003
  2. ncbi A natural product that lowers cholesterol as an antagonist ligand for FXR
    Nancy L Urizar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Science 296:1703-6. 2002
  3. ncbi Bile acids regulate the ontogenic expression of ileal bile acid binding protein in the rat via the farnesoid X receptor
    Sandy T Hwang
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Gastroenterology 122:1483-92. 2002
  4. ncbi Drosophila homer is required in a small set of neurons including the ellipsoid body for normal ethanol sensitivity and tolerance
    Nancy L Urizar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Neurosci 27:4541-51. 2007

Research Grants

  1. Role of nuclear hormone receptor FXR in lipid metabolism
    Nancy Urizar; Fiscal Year: 2003
  2. Mechanisms underlying ethanol action in Drosophila
    Nancy Urizar; Fiscal Year: 2006

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi GUGULIPID: a natural cholesterol-lowering agent
    Nancy L Urizar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 23:303-13. 2003
    ..It is likely that this effect accounts for the hypolipidemic activity of these phytosteroids...
  2. ncbi A natural product that lowers cholesterol as an antagonist ligand for FXR
    Nancy L Urizar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Science 296:1703-6. 2002
    ..Other natural products with specific biologic effects may modulate the activity of FXR or other relatively promiscuous nuclear hormone receptors...
  3. ncbi Bile acids regulate the ontogenic expression of ileal bile acid binding protein in the rat via the farnesoid X receptor
    Sandy T Hwang
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Gastroenterology 122:1483-92. 2002
    ..Thus, we investigated the role of BAs on the ontogenic expression of IBABP and whether FXR may mediate these effects...
  4. ncbi Drosophila homer is required in a small set of neurons including the ellipsoid body for normal ethanol sensitivity and tolerance
    Nancy L Urizar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Neurosci 27:4541-51. 2007
    ..Thus, some of the molecular- and systems-level requirements for these two behavioral responses to ethanol are identical...

Research Grants2

  1. Role of nuclear hormone receptor FXR in lipid metabolism
    Nancy Urizar; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..In addition, these studies will provide insight into the effects of FXR antagonist ligands on total serum cholesterol levels ..
  2. Mechanisms underlying ethanol action in Drosophila
    Nancy Urizar; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..4) Determine whether mutants of Homer and YPS have defects in learning and memory and/or locomotor activity. ..