title: Research progress on the reproductive and non-reproductive endocrine tumors by estrogen-related receptors.
abstract: Oncologists have traditionally considered that tumorigenesis are closely related to classical nuclear estrogen receptors (ERs), such as estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and estrogen receptor beta (ERβ), through the ligands binding and target gene transcription induction. Estrogen-related receptors (ERRs) have similar structures with ERs, which are also gradually thought to be relevant to reproductive endocrine tumor diseases, even non-reproductive endocrine tumors. In this review, different subtypes of ERRs and their structures firstly will be introduced, then the expression patterns in gynecological oncology (i.e., breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer), male genitourinary system malignancy especially prostatic cancer along with other non-reproductive endocrine tumors (i.e., lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and liver cancer) will be described, and simultaneously the role of tumorigenesis related to ERRs will be discussed. Therefore, the review is benefit to explore the way of tumor prevention and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Faulty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Zhixiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Faulty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Faulty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Lipeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Faulty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Faulty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Faulty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China. Electronic address: xjpan@kmust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xuejun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen
keywords: Estrogen receptor; Estrogen-related receptors; Non-reproductive endocrine tumors; Reproductive endocrine tumors; tumor prevention