Sex hormones in acquired immunity and autoimmune disease

VR Moulton - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Women have stronger immune responses to infections and vaccination than men.
Paradoxically, the stronger immune response comes at a steep price, which is the high …

Molecular mechanism of estrogen–estrogen receptor signaling

P Yaşar, G Ayaz, SD User, G Güpür… - … medicine and biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 17β‐Estradiol (E2), as the main circulating estrogen hormone, regulates many
tissue and organ functions in physiology. The effects of E2 on cells are mediated by the …

Membrane and nuclear estrogen receptor alpha actions: from tissue specificity to medical implications

JF Arnal, F Lenfant, R Metivier, G Flouriot… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) has been recognized now for several decades as playing a
key role in reproduction and exerting functions in numerous nonreproductive tissues. In this …

The role of estrogens in control of energy balance and glucose homeostasis

F Mauvais-Jarvis, DJ Clegg, AL Hevener - Endocrine reviews, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Estrogens play a fundamental role in the physiology of the reproductive, cardiovascular,
skeletal, and central nervous systems. In this report, we review the literature in both rodents …

Metabolic reprogramming in breast cancer and its therapeutic implications

N Gandhi, GM Das - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Current standard-of-care (SOC) therapy for breast cancer includes targeted therapies such
as endocrine therapy for estrogen receptor-alpha (ERα) positive; anti-HER2 monoclonal …

FOXA1 is a key determinant of estrogen receptor function and endocrine response

A Hurtado, KA Holmes, CS Ross-Innes, D Schmidt… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Estrogen receptor-α (ER) is the key feature of most breast cancers and binding of ER to the
genome correlates with expression of the Forkhead protein FOXA1 (also called HNF3α) …

Estrogen-receptor expression and function in female reproductive disease

ZR Tang, R Zhang, ZX Lian, SL Deng, K Yu - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Estrogen receptors (ER) include ER alpha, ER beta and new membrane receptor G protein-
coupled receptor 30 (GPR30). Estrogen receptors are key receptors to maintain ovarian …

Selective estrogen receptor modulators: tissue specificity and clinical utility

S Martinkovich, D Shah, SL Planey… - Clinical interventions in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) are a diverse group of nonsteroidal
compounds that function as agonists or antagonists for estrogen receptors (ERs) in a target …

Estrogen receptors and human disease: an update

KA Burns, KS Korach - Archives of toxicology, 2012 - Springer
A myriad of physiological processes in mammals are influenced by estrogens and the
estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα and ERβ. As we reviewed previously, given the widespread …

Minireview: the androgen receptor in breast tissues: growth inhibitor, tumor suppressor, oncogene?

TE Hickey, JLL Robinson, JS Carroll… - Molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Androgen receptor (AR) signaling exerts an antiestrogenic, growth-inhibitory influence in
normal breast tissue, and this role may be sustained in estrogen receptor α (ERα)-positive …