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Variant estrogen receptors and their role in liver disease.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 31 Jul 2002
Villa Erica, Colantoni Alessandra, Grottola Antonella, Ferretti Ilva, Buttafoco Paola, Bertani Helga, De Maria Nicola, Manenti Federico
Abstract excerpt
The liver presents estrogen receptors alpha and beta. As for breast cancer, a variant form of estrogen receptor alpha transcript (ER) has been described in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is derived by an exon 5-deleted transcript (vER), which lacks the hormone-binding domain of the receptor but, being intact in the DNA-binding domain, maintains constitutive transcriptional activity. HCCs presenting vER have...
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