期刊
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 418, 期 -, 页码 334-339出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.01.043
关键词
Estrogen receptor (ER); Sexual dimorphism; FOXA1; FOXA2; Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Liver cancer
资金
- NIH Pathways to Independence Award [K99/R00, R00CA168983]
Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in human with male dominance. Sexual dimorphism of liver cancer is conserved from rodents to humans, which was firstly found in mice in late 1930s and female mice were resistant to liver cancer. Sex hormones were found to affect the incidence of liver cancer in rodents. Estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha)-mediated estrogen signaling or androgen receptor-mediated androgen signaling prevents or-promotes the growth of rodent liver tumors, respectively. Forkhead box protein A (Foxa) factors, Foxa1 and Foxa2, also known as pioneer transcription factors in liver specification, are essential for both estrogen and androgen signaling by acting as central regulators of sexual dimorphism in liver cancer. This review mainly focuses on the interplay between ER alpha and FOXA factors in liver cancer, and summarizes recent breakthrough studies in elucidating the mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in liver cancer. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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