Definition of "farnesoid" []

• Of or relating to farnesol or its derivatives, especially to the metabolically active farnesyl pyrophosphate (adjective)

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• "Guggulsterone is a farnesoid X receptor antagonist in coactivator association assays but acts to enhance transcription of bile salt export pump."
• "Giordano, Donatella Vizza, Salvatore Panza, Ines Barone, Daniela Bonofiglio, Suzanne A. Fuqua, Stefania Catalano and Sebastiano A.dò carried out the study, "A.tivated farnesoid X receptor inhibits growth of tamoxifen resistant breast cancer cells.""
• "The study built on the recent discovery that farnesoid X receptor (FXR) - a nuclear receptor found mainly in the liver - is found in breast cancer tissue."