Selective roles of the Nuclear Receptors LXR in the transcriptional control of classical and alternative macrophage activation = Efectos selectivos de los receptores nucleares LXR en el control transcripcional de la activación clásica y alternativa de macrófagos

Nuclear receptor LXR is a ligand dependent transcription factor. The activating ligands of LXR are specific oxidized forms of cholesterol (oxysterols) and intermediate products of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway. This thesis has been developed in two main parts. In the first part, we have characterized the anti-inflammatory role of LXR in foam cells, a predominant cell type in atherosclerotic…