Endocrine Signaling and Breast Cancer
Endocrine signaling is essential to our growth and development but can also play a role in breast cancer. Learn how scientists have designed targeted breast cancer drugs like Tamoxifen based on an understanding of these signaling pathways.
Topics
- ALXCollab
- estrogen receptor
- estrogen
- cell
- chemical message
- signaling cell
- targeting cell
- endocrine signaling
- endocrine gland
- breast cancer
- mammary cell
- ovary
- placenta
- hydrophobic
- receptor protein
- gene expression
- dna-binding domain
- transcription-activating domain
- ligand-binding domain
- dna
- sequence
- estrogen response element
- ere
- coactivator
- rna polymerase
- milk duct
- mammary gland lobules
- tamoxifen
- drug design
- transcription
- cancer
- tumor
- mutation
- drug resistance
- drug
- chemotherapy
- cell signaling