TABLE 1

Human Nuclear Receptor Superfamily

Common SymbolEndogenous Ligand
Subfamily 1
 NR1A1TRαThyroxine
 NR1A2TRβThyroxine
 NR1B1RARαRetinoic acid
 NR1B2RARβRetinoic acid
 NR1B3RARγRetinoic acid
 NR1C1PPARαFatty acids
 NR1C2PPARδFatty acids
 NR1C3PPARγFatty acids
 NR1D1REV-ERBαHeme
 NR1D2REV-ERBβHeme
 NR1F1RORαOxysterols
 NR1F2RORβOxysterols
 NR1F3RORγOxysterols
 NR1H2LXRβOxysterols
 NR1H3LXRαOxysterols
 NR1H4FXRBile acids
 NR1I1VDRVitamin D
 NR1I2PXRXenobiotics
 NR1I3CARXenobiotics
Subfamily 2
 NR2A1HNF4α
 NR2A2HNF4γ
 NR2B1RXRα9-Cis-retinoic acid
 NR2B2RXRβ9-Cis-retinoic acid
 NR2B3RXRγ
 NR2C1TR2
 NR2C2TR4
 NR2E1TLX
 NR2E3COUPTF1
 NR2F1COUPTF2
 NR2F6EAR2
Subfamily 3
 NR3A1ERαEstradiol
 NR3A2ERβEstradiol
 NR3B1ERRα
 NR3B2ERRβ
 NR3B3ERRγ
 NR3C1GRGlucocorticoids
 NR3C2MRMineralocorticoids
 NR3C3PRProgestins
 NR3C4ARAndrogens
Subfamily 4
 NR4A1NGFIB
 NR4A2NURR1
 NR4A3NOR1
Subfamily 5
 NR5A1SF-1
 NR5A2LRH-1
Subfamily 6
 NR6A1GCNF
Subfamily 0
 NR0B1DAX1
 NR0B2SHP
  • REV-ERB, reverse strand ERBA oncogene; FXR, farnesoid X receptor; CAR, constitutive androstane receptor; HNF, hepatocyte nuclear factor; TLX, Tailless gene homolog; COUPTF, chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor; EAR, erbA-related gene; ERR, estrogen receptor-related orphan receptor; NGFIB, nerve growth factor-induced gene B; NURR, nuclear receptor related 1; NOR, neuron-derived orphan receptor; SF1, steroidogenic factor 1; GCNF, germ cell nuclear factor; DAX1, dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia critical region, on chromosome X, gene 1; SHP, short heterodimer partner.