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Therapeutic Potential of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR) Agonists in Substance Use Disorders: A Synthesis of Preclinical and Human Evidence.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins and Substance Use Disorders: From Lipid Signaling to Therapeutic Targets.Genes · 2026Review
- Associations of endocannabinoid serum concentrations with behavioral impulsivity and substance use in late childhood to early adolescence.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Pharmacologic management of metabolic and alcohol-associated liver disease.Metabolism and target organ damage · 2026Article
- Fenofibrate restores glutamatergic and dopaminergic homeostasis in the nucleus accumbens and reduces alcohol relapse in rats.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- FAAH and MAGL inhibition: Evolving approaches to treating substance use disorders.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026Review
- Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (MCH): Role in Mediating Reward-Motivated and Emotional Behavior and the Behavioral Disturbances Produced by Repeated Exposure to Reward Substances.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Zingiberaceae in Cardiovascular Health: A review of adipokine modulation and endothelial protection via adipocyte-endothelial crosstalk mechanism.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- The Crucial Role of the PPAR Signaling Pathway in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Analysis of Gene Expression and Macrophage Polarization.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists: A new hope towards the management of alcoholic liver disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Unburned Tobacco Smoke Affects Neuroinflammation-Related Pathways in the Rat Mesolimbic System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- A reverse translational study of PPAR-α agonist efficacy in human and rodent models relevant to alcohol use disorder.Neurobiology of stress · 2024Article
- New medications development for smoking cessation.Addiction neuroscience · 2023Article
- A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, zaltoprofen, inhibits the growth of extraskeletal chondrosarcoma cells by inducing PPARγ, p21, p27, and p53.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2023Article
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- PPARα Signaling: A Candidate Target in Psychiatric Disorder Management.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- The PPARγ agonist pioglitazone produces a female-predominant inhibition of hyperalgesia associated with surgical incision, peripheral nerve injury, and painful diabetic neuropathy.Neuropharmacology · 2022Article
- Repurposing of substances with lactone moiety for the treatment of γ-Hydroxybutyric acid and γ-Butyrolactone intoxication through modulating paraoxonase and PPARγ.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Repurposing Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Agonists in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Mitochondrial Mutations and Genetic Factors Determining NAFLD Risk.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- The Role of PPARs in Disease.Cells · 2020Article
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Abstract
Targeting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) has received increasing interest as a potential strategy to treat substance use disorders due to the localization of PPARs in addiction-related brain regions and the ability of PPAR ligands to modulate dopamine neurotransmission. Robust evidence from animal models suggests that agonists at both the PPAR-α and PPAR-γ isoforms can reduce both positive and negative reinforcing properties of ethanol, nicotine, opioids, and possibly psychostimulants. A reduction in the voluntary consumption of ethanol following treatment with PPAR agonists seems to be the most consistent finding. However, the human evidence is limited in scope and has so far been less promising. There have been no published human trials of PPAR agonists for treatment of alcohol use disorder, despite the compelling preclinical evidence. Two trials of PPAR-α agonists as potential smoking cessation drugs found no effect on nicotine-related outcomes. The PPAR-γ agonist pioglitazone showed some promise in reducing heroin, nicotine, and cocaine craving in two human laboratory studies and one pilot trial, yet other outcomes were unaffected. Potential explanations for the discordance between the animal and human evidence, such as the potency and selectivity of PPAR ligands and sex-related variability in PPAR physiology, are discussed.
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