Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy

M Poutanen, M Hagberg Thulin, P Härkönen - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Sex steroids are major promoters of the growth of breast and prostate cancers. This Review
by Poutanen et al. describes the development of treatments for these cancer types that act to …

[HTML][HTML] Estrogen receptors-mediated apoptosis in hormone-dependent cancers

A Chimento, A De Luca, P Avena, F De Amicis… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is known that estrogen stimulates growth and inhibits apoptosis through estrogen receptor
(ER)-mediated mechanisms in many cancer cell types. Interestingly, there is strong evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Acetyl-L-Carnitine downregulates invasion (CXCR4/CXCL12, MMP-9) and angiogenesis (VEGF, CXCL8) pathways in prostate cancer cells: rationale for …

D Baci, A Bruno, C Cascini, M Gallazzi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer-related death in
males worldwide. Exacerbated inflammation and angiogenesis have been largely …

[HTML][HTML] Estrogen receptors in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of prostate cancer

E Di Zazzo, G Galasso, P Giovannelli, M Di Donato… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer (PC) remains a widespread malignancy in men. Since the
androgen/androgen receptor (AR) axis is associated with the pathogenesis of prostate …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic study of the impact of estrogens and selective estrogen receptor modulators on prostate cancer cell proliferation

C Lafront, L Germain, C Weidmann, É Audet-Walsh - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The estrogen signaling pathway has been reported to modulate prostate cancer (PCa)
progression through the activity of estrogen receptors α and β (ERα and ERβ). Given that …

[HTML][HTML] Estrogen receptors promote migration, invasion and colony formation of the androgen-independent prostate cancer cells PC-3 through β-catenin pathway

APG Lombardi, CM Vicente, CS Porto - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Prostate cancer is initially dependent on the androgen, gradually evolves into an androgen-
independent form of the disease, also known as castration-resistant prostate cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and effects of estrogen receptors in prostate cancer: Associated molecular mechanisms

A Ramírez-de-Arellano, AL Pereira-Suárez… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Estrogens are hormones that have been extensively presented in many types of cancer such
as breast, uterus, colorectal, prostate, and others, due to dynamically integrated signaling …

Tissue-specific quantification and localization of androgen and estrogen receptors in prostate cancer

PD Sehgal, TM Bauman, TM Nicholson, JE Vellky… - Human pathology, 2019 - Elsevier
Androgens and estrogens, working together, promote prostate cancer (PRCA) initiation and
progression, with androgens acting via androgen receptor (AR) and estrogens acting …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the hormonal signaling landscape in castration-resistant prostate cancer

F Fontana, P Limonta - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying prostate cancer (PCa) progression
towards its most aggressive, castration-resistant (CRPC) stage is urgently needed to …

[HTML][HTML] The Role of ERα and ERβ in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and Current Therapeutic Approaches

NES Jefferi, AA Shamhari, NKZ Noor Azhar, JGY Shin… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Castration-resistant prostate cancer, or CRPC, is an aggressive stage of prostate cancer
(PCa) in which PCa cells invade nearby or other parts of the body. When a patient with PCa …