Background:

Ciprofibrate is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist.Target: PPARCiprofibrate is a hypolipidemic compound that can induce proliferation of peroxisomes in liver cells of rats. Known to be a PPARα (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α) agonist [1, 2].

参考文献:
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[2]. Clemencet, M.C., et al., Differences in cell proliferation in rodent and human hepatic derived cell lines exposed to ciprofibrate. Cancer Lett, 2005. 222(2): p. 217-26.