Cracking the estrogen receptor's posttranslational code in breast tumors

M Le Romancer, C Poulard, P Cohen… - Endocrine …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Estrogen signaling pathways, because of their central role in regulating the growth and
survival of breast tumor cells, have been identified as suitable and efficient targets for cancer …

Estrogen receptor alpha: impact of ligands on intracellular shuttling and turnover rate in breast cancer cells

G Leclercq, M Lacroix, I Laïos… - Current cancer drug …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Estrogen receptors (α and ß) are members of the steroid/thyroid nuclear receptors
superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors. Impact of the? isoform of estrogen …

Deubiquitination and stabilization of estrogen receptor α by ubiquitin-specific protease 7 promotes breast tumorigenesis

X Xia, Y Liao, C Huang, Y Liu, J He, Z Shao, L Jiang… - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women around the world. Estrogen
receptor α (ERα) is expressed in approximately 70% of breast tumors, and considered as …

Palmitoylation regulates 17β-estradiol-induced estrogen receptor-α degradation and transcriptional activity

P La Rosa, V Pesiri, G Leclercq, M Marino… - Molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The estrogen receptor-α (ERα) is a transcription factor that regulates gene expression
through the binding to its cognate hormone 17β-estradiol (E2). ERα transcriptional activity is …

Definition of functionally important mechanistic differences among selective estrogen receptor down-regulators

BM Wittmann, A Sherk, DP McDonnell - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
One subclass of antiestrogens, the selective estrogen receptor down-regulators (SERDs),
have received considerable attention of late as they competitively inhibit estrogen binding …

Stimulatory effect of genistein and apigenin on the growth of breast cancer cells correlates with their ability to activate ER alpha

HS Seo, DG DeNardo, Y Jacquot, I Laïos… - Breast cancer research …, 2006 - Springer
Genistein and apigenin are phytoestrogens present in commercial preparations used for the
treatment of postmenopausal symptoms. In this study, we assessed the influence of these …

Glyphosate mimics 17β-estradiol effects promoting estrogen receptor alpha activity in breast cancer cells

JP Muñoz, R Araya-Osorio, R Mera-Adasme, GM Calaf - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in several broad-spectrum herbicide formulations, has
been validated and widely used throughout the world. Recent reports have questioned its …

Estrogen receptor-α hinge-region lysines 302 and 303 regulate receptor degradation by the proteasome

NB Berry, M Fan, KP Nephew - Molecular endocrinology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Cellular levels of estrogen receptor-α (ERα) protein are regulated primarily by the ubiquitin-
proteasome pathway. Dynamic interactions between ERα and the protein degradation …

Estrogen and tamoxifen induce cytoskeletal remodeling and migration in endometrial cancer cells

F Acconcia, CJ Barnes, R Kumar - Endocrinology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Much research effort has been directed toward understanding how estrogen [17β-estradiol
(E2)] regulates cell proliferation and motility through the rapid, direct activation of …

Tamoxifen therapy in a murine model of myotubular myopathy

N Maani, N Sabha, K Rezai, A Ramani… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Myotubular myopathy (MTM) is a severe X-linked disease without existing therapies. Here,
we show that tamoxifen ameliorates MTM-related histopathological and functional …