Endocrine Signaling and Breast Cancer

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