Development and potential clinical uses of human prolactin receptor antagonists

V Goffin, S Bernichtein, P Touraine… - Endocrine …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
There is a large body of literature showing that prolactin (PRL) exerts growth-promoting
activities in breast cancer, and possibly in prostate cancer and prostate hyperplasia. In …

Development of pure prolactin receptor antagonists

S Bernichtein, C Kayser, K Dillner, S Moulin… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
Prolactin (PRL) promotes tumor growth in various experimental models and leads to
prostate hyperplasia and mammary neoplasia in PRL transgenic mice. Increasing …

Drug Insight: prolactin-receptor antagonists, a novel approach to treatment of unresolved systemic and local hyperprolactinemia?

V Goffin, P Touraine, MD Culler, PA Kelly - Nature Clinical Practice …, 2006 - nature.com
Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone whose major biological actions are related to normal
lactation and reproduction. Abnormally high prolactin levels, referred to as …

The prolactin receptor as a therapeutic target in human diseases: browsing new potential indications

V Goffin, P Touraine - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Prolactin (PRL) signaling has emerged as a relevant target in breast and
prostate cancers. This has encouraged various laboratories to develop compounds targeting …

Insensitivity of human prolactin receptors to nonhuman prolactins: relevance for experimental modeling of prolactin receptor-expressing human cells

FE Utama, TH Tran, A Ryder, MJ LeBaron… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Prolactin (PRL) receptors are expressed in a broad range of human cell types and in a
majority of human breast and prostate cancers. Experimentally, normal and malignant …

Development of recombinant human prolactin receptor antagonists by molecular mimicry of the phosphorylated hormone

TJ Chen, CB Kuo, KF Tsai, JW Liu, DY Chen… - …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies have demonstrated that naturally phosphorylated PRL antagonizes the
growth-promoting effects of unmodified PRL in two different PRL-responsive cell lines. In this …

New concepts in prolactin biology.

S Bernichtein, P Touraine, V Goffin - The Journal of endocrinology, 2010 - europepmc.org
Human prolactin (PRL) is currently viewed as a hormone of pituitary origin, whose
production (ie serum levels) is controlled by dopamine, whose biological actions relate …

Antagonistic properties of human prolactin analogs that show paradoxical agonistic activity in the Nb2 bioassay

V Goffin, S Kinet, F Ferrag, N Binart, JA Martial… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
Based on the assumption that the prolactin receptor (PRLR) is activated by PRL-induced
sequential dimerization, potential human PRL (hPRL) antagonists were designed that …

Unexploited therapies in breast and prostate cancer: blockade of the prolactin receptor

EM Jacobson, ER Hugo, TR Tuttle, R Papoian… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2010 - cell.com
Breast and prostate cancers are hormone-sensitive malignancies that afflict millions of
women and men. Although prolactin (PRL) is known as a survival factor that supports tumor …

Prolactin as an autocrine/paracrine growth factor in human cancer

N Ben-Jonathan, K Liby, M McFarland… - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2002 - cell.com
Prolactin (PRL) has a dual function–as a circulating hormone and as a cytokine. This
understanding is based on PRL production and distinct regulation in extrapituitary sites, its …