The G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPER in health and disease

ER Prossnitz, M Barton - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2011 - nature.com
Estrogens mediate profound effects throughout the body and regulate physiological and
pathological processes in both women and men. The low prevalence of many diseases in …

Plasma and cellular fibronectin: distinct and independent functions during tissue repair

WS To, KS Midwood - Fibrogenesis & tissue repair, 2011 - Springer
Fibronectin (FN) is a ubiquitous extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoprotein that plays vital roles
during tissue repair. The plasma form of FN circulates in the blood, and upon tissue injury, is …

Estrogen biology: new insights into GPER function and clinical opportunities

ER Prossnitz, M Barton - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2014 - Elsevier
Estrogens play an important role in the regulation of normal physiology, aging and many
disease states. Although the nuclear estrogen receptors have classically been described to …

Mammary gland ECM remodeling, stiffness, and mechanosignaling in normal development and tumor progression

P Schedin, PJ Keely - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2011 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Cells of the mammary gland are in intimate contact with other cells and with the extracellular
matrix (ECM), both of which provide not only a biochemical context, but a mechanical …

Minireview: G protein-coupled estrogen receptor-1, GPER-1: its mechanism of action and role in female reproductive cancer, renal and vascular physiology

EJ Filardo, P Thomas - Endocrinology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Using cDNA cloning strategies commonly employed for G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCR), GPCR-30 (GPR30), was isolated from mammalian cells before knowledge of its …

Estrogen effects on the brain: actions beyond the hypothalamus via novel mechanisms.

BS McEwen, KT Akama, JL Spencer-Segal… - Behavioral …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
From its origins in how the brain controls the endocrine system via the hypothalamus and
pituitary gland, neuroendocrinology has evolved into a science that now includes hormone …

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor: a potential therapeutic target in cancer

S Xu, S Yu, D Dong, LTO Lee - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) is a seven-transmembrane-domain
receptor that mediates non-genomic estrogen related signaling. After ligand activation …

Expression and prognostic significance of fibronectin and matrix metalloproteases in breast cancer metastasis

B Fernandez‐Garcia, N Eiró, L Marin… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Fibronectin (FN) has attracted interest in cancer research, owing to its role in tumour
progression. The aims of this study were to investigate the expression and clinical relevance …

The G-protein coupled estrogen receptor, GPER: The inside and inside-out story

HM Gaudet, SB Cheng, EM Christensen… - Molecular and cellular …, 2015 - Elsevier
GPER possesses structural and functional characteristics shared by members of the G-
protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, the largest class of plasma membrane …

G protein–coupled estrogen receptor: a promising therapeutic target for aldosterone-induced hypertension

X Li, W Kuang, Z Qiu, Z Zhou - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aldosterone is one of the most essential hormones synthesized by the adrenal gland
because it regulates water and electrolyte balance. G protein–coupled estrogen receptor …