Insulin receptor isoforms in physiology and disease: an updated view

A Belfiore, R Malaguarnera, V Vella… - Endocrine …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The insulin receptor (IR) gene undergoes differential splicing that generates two IR isoforms,
IR-A and IR-B. The physiological roles of IR isoforms are incompletely understood and …

Twenty years of the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPER: Historical and personal perspectives

M Barton, EJ Filardo, SJ Lolait, P Thomas… - The Journal of steroid …, 2018 - Elsevier
Estrogens play a critical role in many aspects of physiology, particularly female reproductive
function, but also in pathophysiology, and are associated with protection from numerous …

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor: a potential therapeutic target in cancer

S Xu, S Yu, D Dong, LTO Lee - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) is a seven-transmembrane-domain
receptor that mediates non-genomic estrogen related signaling. After ligand activation …

Insulin/IGF axis and the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products: role in meta-inflammation and potential in cancer therapy

V Vella, R Lappano, E Bonavita, M Maggiolini… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In metabolic conditions such as obesity and diabetes, which are associated with
deregulated signaling of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor system (IIGFs), inflammation …

IGF-1 inhibits MPTP/MPP+-induced autophagy on dopaminergic neurons through the IGF-1R/PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway and GPER

XW Wang, LJ Yuan, Y Yang… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Autophagy dysfunctions are involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). In the
present study, we aimed to evaluate the involvement of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor …

GPER mediates the angiocrine actions induced by IGF1 through the HIF-1α/VEGF pathway in the breast tumor microenvironment

EM De Francesco, AH Sims, M Maggiolini… - Breast Cancer …, 2017 - Springer
Background The G protein estrogen receptor GPER/GPR30 mediates estrogen action in
breast cancer cells as well as in breast cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which are key …

Novel estrogen-responsive genes (ERGs) for the evaluation of estrogenic activity

K Nishi, W Fu, R Kiyama - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Estrogen action is mediated by various genes, including estrogen-responsive genes
(ERGs). ERGs have been used as reporter-genes and markers for gene expression. Gene …

Identification of a human estrogen receptor α tetrapeptidic fragment with dual antiproliferative and anti-nociceptive action

B Jouffre, A Acramel, M Belnou, MF Santolla, M Talia… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The synthetic peptide ERα17p (sequence: PLMIKRSKKNSLALSLT), which corresponds to
the 295–311 region of the human estrogen receptor α (ERα), induces apoptosis in breast …

Microenvironmental determinants of breast cancer metastasis: focus on the crucial interplay between estrogen and insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling

V Vella, EM De Francesco, R Lappano… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The development and progression of the great majority of breast cancers (BCs) are mainly
dependent on the biological action elicited by estrogens through the classical estrogen …

Targeting estrogens and various estrogen-related receptors against non-small cell lung cancers: a perspective

R Maitra, P Malik, TK Mukherjee - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Exogenous and endogenous estrogens and associated receptors
modulate signaling pathways with biochemical events implicated in non-small cell lung …