Role of estrogen receptors in health and disease

P Chen, B Li, L Ou-Yang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Estrogen receptors (ERs) regulate multiple complex physiological processes in humans.
Abnormal ER signaling may result in various disorders, including reproductive system …

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 …

The G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor GPER in health and disease: an update

ER Prossnitz, M Barton - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
Oestrogens and their receptors contribute broadly to physiology and diseases. In
premenopausal women, endogenous oestrogens protect against cardiovascular, metabolic …

G protein–coupled estrogen receptor GPER: molecular pharmacology and therapeutic applications

JB Arterburn, ER Prossnitz - Annual review of pharmacology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The actions of estrogens and related estrogenic molecules are complex and multifaceted in
both sexes. A wide array of natural, synthetic, and therapeutic molecules target pathways …

Oestradiol as a neuromodulator of learning and memory

LR Taxier, KS Gross, KM Frick - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Although hormones such as glucocorticoids have been broadly accepted in recent decades
as general neuromodulators of memory processes, sex steroid hormones such as the potent …

Estrogens in male physiology

PS Cooke, MK Nanjappa, CM Ko… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Estrogens have historically been associated with female reproduction, but work over the last
two decades established that estrogens and their main nuclear receptors (ESR1 and ESR2) …

Estrogen signaling in endometrial cancer: a key oncogenic pathway with several open questions

AC Rodriguez, Z Blanchard, KA Maurer, J Gertz - Hormones and Cancer, 2019 - Springer
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in the developed world, and it
is one of the few cancer types that is becoming more prevalent and leading to more deaths …

Estrogen synthesis and signaling pathways during aging: from periphery to brain

J Cui, Y Shen, R Li - Trends in molecular medicine, 2013 - cell.com
Estrogens are the primary female sex hormones and play important roles in both
reproductive and non-reproductive systems. Estrogens can be synthesized in non …

The peri-menopause in a woman's life: a systemic inflammatory phase that enables later neurodegenerative disease

M McCarthy, AP Raval - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2020 - Springer
The peri-menopause or menopausal transition—the time period that surrounds the final
years of a woman's reproductive life—is associated with profound reproductive and …

Estrogens, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration

A Villa, E Vegeto, A Poletti, A Maggi - Endocrine reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Inflammatory activation of microglia is a hallmark of several disorders of the central nervous
system. In addition to protecting the brain against inflammatory insults, microglia are …