Androgens and androgen receptor: do they play a role in breast cancer?
Although the role of androgens and AR in breast cancer genesis, development of breast cancer and tumor responsiveness to endocrine therapies is poorly understood, the widespread expression of AR suggests that it may be of biological and clinical importance in human breast cancer.
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Department of Cytobiochemistry, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland. zreg@biol.uni.lodz.pl
D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000378:metabolism; D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008593:Menopause / Q000378:metabolism; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010053:Ovary / Q000378:metabolism; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
D000728:Androgens; D008024:Ligands; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D014157:Transcription Factors