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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Registry of Diseases Office, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, NUHS Tower Block, Level 12, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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circulating estrogen levels have been reported between Asian and Caucasian women ( Bernstein et al . 1990 , Shimizu et al . 1990 , Wu & Pike 1995 ). Estrogen receptor α (ERα) and ERβ bioassays are classically used to identify estrogenic compounds present
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full range of ER signaling, gene expression profiling studies should compare ER+ and ER− tumors rather than focus solely on ERα-positive breast tumor cell lines, regulated or not by estrogens (MCF7, T-47D, etc.), which may not accurately reflect the
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Introduction Estrogen hormones, particularly 17β-estradiol (E 2 ), are potent regulators of cell growth in a wide array of tissues. These effects are mediated primarily through binding to the two major estrogen receptors (ER) subtypes, ERα and ERβ
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normal thyroid parenchyma, ERα expression is usually increased in thyroid cancers, while ERβ expression is decreased ( Chen et al . 2008 ). In vitro stimulation of benign and malignant thyroid cells with 17β-estradiol (E 2 ) results in an increased
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the nucleus of the cell or via extranuclear events. For the past two decades, major investigative emphasis in breast cancer research has focused upon transcriptional events resulting from the binding of E2 to ERs (ERα and ERβ) in the nucleus of the
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cancers. Nuclear receptors are central to the development of both breast and prostate cancer. The estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) is a fundamental feature of more than two-thirds of breast cancers ( Sorlie et al . 2001 , 2003 ), while prostate cancer is
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receptors which act as ligand-activated transcription factors. In women the key nuclear oestrogen receptors are ERα, encoded by ESR1 , and ERβ encoded by ESR2 : both receptors are expressed in endometrial tissue during the normal menstrual cycle
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the leptin/LepR axis and the estrogen receptor-α (ERα) expression in the modulation of growth, survival, and progression of human breast cancer cell lines. Our analyses were also corroborated by ex vivo analyses of human breast cancers ( Fiorio et
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16-α-hydroxy estrones that in turn covalently bind and activate ERα. The activated ERα is assumed to bind to responsive elements within the LCR and further induce E6 and E7 transcription to maintain HPV gene activity ( de Villiers 2003 , Matos et al
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effect of estradiol (E 2 ) as estrogen receptor α (ERα) is expressed within kisspeptin-immunoreactive cells present in the preoptic area and arcuate nucleus of the ovine hypothalamus ( Franceschini et al. 2006 ). A body of evidence supports the