Overcoming endocrine resistance in breast cancer

AB Hanker, DR Sudhan, CL Arteaga - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer is the most common breast cancer subtype.
Treatment of ER+ breast cancer comprises interventions that suppress estrogen production …

Sex differences in severity and mortality from COVID-19: are males more vulnerable?

A Pradhan, PE Olsson - Biology of sex Differences, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has shown high infection and mortality rates
all over the world, and despite the global efforts, there is so far no specific therapy available …

Estrogen receptor function: impact on the human endometrium

K Yu, ZY Huang, XL Xu, J Li, XW Fu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The physiological role of estrogen in the female endometrium is well established. On the
basis of responses to steroid hormones (progesterone, androgen, and estrogen), the …

Estrogen receptor signaling mechanisms

N Fuentes, P Silveyra - Advances in protein chemistry and structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
The primary female sex hormones, estrogens, are responsible for the control of functions of
the female reproductive system, as well as the development of secondary sexual …

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 …

Induced protein degradation: an emerging drug discovery paradigm

AC Lai, CM Crews - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Small-molecule drug discovery has traditionally focused on occupancy of a binding site that
directly affects protein function, and this approach typically precludes targeting proteins that …

Targeting the estrogen receptor for the treatment of breast cancer: recent advances and challenges

RK Rej, JE Thomas, RK Acharyya… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) is a well-established therapeutic target for the treatment of
ER-positive (ER+) breast cancers. Despite the tremendous successes achieved with …

The potential health effects of dietary phytoestrogens

IMCM Rietjens, J Louisse… - British journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Phytoestrogens are plant‐derived dietary compounds with structural similarity to 17‐β‐
oestradiol (E2), the primary female sex hormone. This structural similarity to E2 enables …

Extracellular matrix in uterine leiomyoma pathogenesis: a potential target for future therapeutics

MS Islam, A Ciavattini, F Petraglia… - Human reproduction …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyoma (also known as fibroid or myoma) is the most common
benign tumor of the uterus found in women of reproductive age. It is not usually fatal but can …

The many faces of estrogen signaling

P Vrtačnik, B Ostanek, S Mencej-Bedrač, J Marc - Biochemia medica, 2014 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Estrogens have long been known as important regulators of the female
reproductive functions; however, our understanding of the role estrogens play in the human …