supported in part by the USA National Institutes of Health(NIH)grants DK099232,ES023438 and ES030429 to W.Xie.W.Xie was supported in part by the Joseph Koslow Endowed Professorship from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy.
The nuclear receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha(HNF4α)plays a critical role in the regulation of metabolic homeostasis,including glucose homeostasis.Sulfotransferases(SULTs)catalyze the transfer of a sulfate gr...