Estrogen receptor gene analysis in estrogen receptor-positive and receptor-negative primary breast cancer

N Roodi, LR Bailey, WY Kao, CS Verrier… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Background: In breast cancer patients, about two thirds of the tumors are estrogen receptor
(ER)-positive and one third are ER-negative. The molecular mechanisms leading to the ER …

Estrogen receptor variants in normal human mammary tissue

ER Leygue, PH Watson… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Background Several estrogen receptor (ER) variant messenger RNAs (mRNAs) have been
identified previously in human breast cancer biopsy samples and cell lines. The relative …

Expression of a constitutively active estrogen receptor variant in the estrogen receptor-negative BT-20 human breast cancer cell line

CG Castles, SAW Fuqua, DM Klotz, SM Hill - Cancer research, 1993 - AACR
Estrogen receptor (ER) expression by breast tumors is an important predictor of disease-free
survival in breast cancer patients and, more importantly, is a strong predictor of response to …

Estrogen receptor expression in human breast cancer associated with an estrogen receptor gene restriction fragment length polymorphism

SM Hill, SAW Fuqua, GC Chamness, GL Greene… - Cancer research, 1989 - AACR
Estrogen receptor (ER) content is a well-known predictor of clinical outcome in human
breast cancer. The recent cloning of a human ER complementary DNA has made possible …

An exon 5 deletion variant of the estrogen receptor frequently coexpressed with wild-type estrogen receptor in human breast cancer

QX Zhang, Å Borg, SAW Fuqua - Cancer Research, 1993 - AACR
Recent evidence suggests that the expression of estrogen receptor (ER) variants in breast
cancer may interfere with wild-type (wt) ER function and be related to tumor progression and …

Genomic DNA analysis of the estrogen receptor gene in breast cancer

FF Parl, DR Cavener, WD Dupont - Breast cancer research and treatment, 1989 - Springer
A human estrogen receptor (ER) cDNA probe was used to examine genomic DNA extracted
from 59 primary invasive breast cancers. The tumors were also studied histopathologically …

Transcriptional control of estrogen receptor in estrogen receptor-negative breast carcinoma

RJ Weigel, EC deConinck - Cancer research, 1993 - AACR
The mechanisms which control estrogen receptor (ER) expression in breast carcinoma have
not been elucidated. The MCF-7 (ER-positive) and MDA-MB-231 (ER-negative) breast …

Identification of a variant form of the human estrogen receptor with an amino acid replacement.

T Garcia, M Sanchez, JL Cox, PA Shaw… - Nucleic acids …, 1989 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Estrogen receptor (ER) is a ligand-dependent transcriptional regulator. ER protein has
several functionally distinct regions, including a DNA-binding domain in its midportion, a …

Estrogen receptor mutations in breast cancer

SAW Fuqua, GC Chamness… - Journal of cellular …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
It is fairly well accepted that the presence of estrogen receptor (ER) identifies those breast
cancer patients with a lower risk of relapse and better overall survival [Clark and McGuire …

Quantification of estrogen receptor α and β expression in sporadic breast cancer

I Bièche, B Parfait, I Laurendeau, I Girault, M Vidaud… - Oncogene, 2001 - nature.com
The recent cloning of a second estrogen receptor (ER), designated ERβ, has prompted a
reevaluation of the role of ERs in breast cancer. We have developed and validated a real …