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We investigated the clinical relevance of β-arrestin-1 in breast cancer and elucidated a potential link between β-arrestin-1 expression and CCND1 amplification. β-Arrestin-1 protein expression was evaluated in two breast cancer patient cohorts, comprising 179 patients (cohort I) and 500 patients...
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PMID: 21497294
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The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of adjuvant therapy on survival in males with non-metastatic breast cancer.
A retrospective analysis of male breast cancers treated between 1990 and 2003 was performed. Age, estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PgR)...
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PMID: 21421521
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Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulator (SERM), is widely used therapeutically for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer, but its use is associated with an increased risk of thrombosis. The mechanism of this adverse effect is still unclear. Arterial thromboses...
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PMID: 21256460
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We show that curcumin does induce apoptosis in A375 and the relatively resistant G361 malignant human melanoma cell lines at higher doses. Tamoxifen is an estrogen receptor (ER) blocker that is used for ER positive breast cancer treatment. Recently, tamoxifen has been shown to directly target the mi...
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PMID: 21088500
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The term "chronic periaortitis" (CP), proposed by Mitchinson in 1984, comprises 3 main entities: idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF), inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms (IAAAs), and perianeurysmal retroperitoneal fibrosis (PRF).The presence of constitutional symptoms, high acute-phase rea...
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PMID: 21200184
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We studied the temporal generation and diversity of Neurog2-positive precursor progeny using an inducible genetic fate mapping approach. We show that all subtypes of glutamatergic neurons derive from Neurog2 positive progenitors during development of the OB. Projection neurons, that is, mitral and t...
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PMID: 21466690
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Ahmad Pazirandeh,
Taranum Sultana,
Momina Mirza,
Björn Rozell,
Kjell Hultenby,
Karin Wallis,
Björn Vennström,
Ben Davis,
Anders Arner,
Rainer Heuchel,
Matthias Löhr,
Lennart Philipson and
Kerstin Sollerbrant
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We constructed a mouse line in which the CAR gene could be disrupted at any chosen time point in a broad spectrum of cell types and tissues. All knockouts examined displayed a dilated intestinal tract and atrophy of the exocrine pancreas with appearance of tubular complexes characteristic of acinar-...
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PMID: 21674029
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We report a case of t-ALL with t(11;19)(q23;p13.3) and MLL-MLLT1 (alias ENL) gene rearrangement confirmed by cytogenetic analysis, multiplex reverse transcription-PCR (multiplex RT-PCR), and DNA sequencing in a patient who had undergone treatment for breast cancer. A 40-yr-old woman developed acute...
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PMID: 21239865
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We present here a new ES cell line, SS-ES-1, established from the left thoracic tumor of a 16-year-old female patient. The SS-ES-1 cells retained genotype, morphology, and growth rate for over 150 passages. Immunocytochemical staining showed the strong immunoreactivity for cytokeratin, epithelial me...
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PMID: 20962673
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L Orlando,
P Schiavone,
P Fedele,
N Calvani,
A Nacci,
P Rizzo,
A Marino,
M D'Amico,
F Sponziello,
E Mazzoni,
M Cinefra,
N Fazio,
E Maiello,
N Silvestris,
G Colucci and
S Cinieri
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We discuss the well established data with SERMs, SERDs and AIs, mechanisms underlying resistance and rationale for recycling endocrine compounds and for simultaneously targeting different pathways.
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PMID: 21129614
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We aimed to develop a protocol for tamoxifen-induced gene inactivation with minimal effects on gene transcription and in vivo cardiac function, allowing studies of acute loss of the targeted gene. In mRNA microarrays, 35% of the 34,760 examined genes were significantly regulated in MCM(+/0) compared...
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PMID: 20802136
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We explored whether BCAR4 is predictive for tamoxifen resistance and prognostic for tumour aggressiveness, and studied its function.
BCAR4 mRNA levels were measured in primary breast tumours, and evaluated for association with progression-free survival (PFS) and clinical benefit in patients with oes...
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PMID: 20859285
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We describe the generation of an inducible Cre transgenic line allowing conditional mutagenesis in ovarian granulosa cells. We have expressed the tamoxifen inducible CreER(T)² fusion protein from a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) containing the regulatory elements of the hydroxysteroid (17-be...
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PMID: 20715176
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a premalignant condition that, if left untreated, may progress to invasive breast cancer. After lumpectomy, DCIS can recur, and about half of recurrences are invasive. In 4 randomized trials, radiation has been shown to decrease the local recurrence...
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PMID: 20971843
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We report a female patient, aged 12 years and 6 months, suffering from juvenile breast hypertrophy, who presented at the third month of symptoms and benefited from tamoxifen treatment.
In experienced clinics, use of tamoxifen in the treatment of juvenile breast hypertrophy during the brisk growth pe...
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PMID: 20813327
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Giampaolo Bianchini,
Yuan Qi,
Ricardo H Alvarez,
Takayuki Iwamoto,
Charles Coutant,
Nuhad K Ibrahim,
Vicente Valero,
Massimo Cristofanilli,
Marjorie C Green,
Laszlo Radvanyi,
Christos Hatzis,
Gabriel N Hortobagyi,
Fabrice Andre,
Luca Gianni,
W Fraser Symmans and
Lajos Pusztai
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We compared gene expression profiles of pairs of fine-needle (stroma-poor) and core-needle (stroma-rich) biopsies from 37 cancers to identify stroma-associated genes. We defined stromal metagenes and tested their prognostic values in 684 node-negative patients who received no systemic adjuvant thera...
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PMID: 20805453
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We have demonstrated notable stability of this cell population under physiologic and inflammatory conditions. Our results suggest that self-renewal of mature T(reg) cells serves as a major mechanism of maintenance of the T(reg) cell lineage in adult mice....
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PMID: 20929851
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Kazuma Kiyotani,
Taisei Mushiroda,
Naoya Hosono,
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda,
Michiaki Kubo,
Fuminori Aki,
Yutaka Okazaki,
Koichi Hirata,
Yuichi Takatsuka,
Minoru Okazaki,
Shozo Ohsumi,
Takashi Yamakawa,
Mitsunori Sasa,
Yusuke Nakamura and
Hitoshi Zembutsu
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We earlier reported a significant association between the cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) genotype and the clinical outcome in 282 Japanese breast cancer patients receiving tamoxifen monotherapy. Although many research groups have provided evidence indicating the CYP2D6 genotype as one of the strongest...
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PMID: 20574415
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We evaluated the effect of estrogen antagonist, raloxifene (Ral), on the prevention and treatment of BPH by investigating its effect on the proliferation of two different prostate cell lines: a stromal cell line, WPMY-1, and a benign prostatic hyperplasia epithelial cell line, BPH-1. We additionally...
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PMID: 20473319
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MCF7(TAM) cells expressed EGFR, HER2 and WT1 at higher levels compared to tamoxifen-sensitive parental MCF7 cells. MCF7(TAM) cells responded weakly to estrogen stimulation, grew rapidly in the absence of estrogen and were insensitive to tamoxifen. We also established stable cell lines from MCF7(TAM)...
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PMID: 20944147
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R Hrstka,
R Nenutil,
A Fourtouna,
M M Maslon,
C Naughton,
S Langdon,
E Murray,
A Larionov,
K Petrakova,
P Muller,
M J Dixon,
T R Hupp and
B Vojtesek
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We have evaluated the pro-oncogenic function of AGR2 in anti-hormone therapeutic responses. We show that AGR2 expression promotes cancer cell survival in clonogenic assays and increases cell proliferation and viability in a range of cancer cell lines. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and reporter assay...
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PMID: 20531310
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Blunted GH response to stimulation occurring in the face of reduced IGF-I feedback inhibition with tamoxifen indicates that GH secretion was suppressed by estrogen receptor antagonism. Because circulating estradiol was unaffected, these data indicate a significant role of local estrogen in the centr...
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PMID: 20444909
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We evaluated the role of Ron receptor activation in conferring resistance to tamoxifen in human and murine breast cancer cell lines. Activation of Ron by its ligand, hepatocyte growth factor-like protein (HGFL) was associated with partial rescue from tamoxifen-induced growth inhibition in Ron-expres...
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PMID: 20689759
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We have recently identified a 28-gene expression signature that predicts, with high accuracy, the clinical course in a large population of breast cancer patients. This prognostic gene signature also accurately predicts response to chemotherapy commonly used for treating breast cancer, including CMF,...
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PMID: 20596637
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We hypothesized that anastrozole may be more effective in women with a high body mass index (BMI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination (ATAC) study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial in which postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer were randoml...
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PMID: 20547990
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We report the generation and initial characterization of a mouse line expressing tamoxifen-inducible improved Cre (iCre) recombinase (iCre-ER(T2)) under the regulation of NPHS2 (podocin) gene promoter. The resulting transgenic mouse line was named podocin-iCreER(T2) mice. The efficiency of iCre acti...
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PMID: 20641128
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We have performed pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery before and after adjuvant drug therapy. Our purpose was to detect any radiographic uterine changes induced by various types of adjuvant therapy on pre- and postmenopausal patients by evaluating pro...
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PMID: 20661693
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Peng Li,
Shannon Burke,
Juexuan Wang,
Xiongfeng Chen,
Mariaestela Ortiz,
Song-Choon Lee,
Dong Lu,
Lia Campos,
David Goulding,
Bee Ling Ng,
Gordon Dougan,
Brian Huntly,
Bertie Gottgens,
Nancy A Jenkins,
Neal G Copeland,
Francesco Colucci and
Pentao Liu
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We show that the transcription factor Bcl11b was expressed in all T cell compartments and was indispensable for T lineage development. When Bcl11b was deleted, T cells from all developmental stages acquired NK cell properties and concomitantly lost or decreased T cell-associated gene expression. The...
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PMID: 20538915
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Multi-spectroscopic methods including resonance light scattering (RLS), ultraviolet spectra (UV), fluorescence spectra, (1)H NMR spectroscopy, coupled with thermo-denaturation experiments were firstly used to study the interaction of antitumor drug tamoxifen (TMX) with calf thymus (ctDNA) in acetate...
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PMID: 20392665
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Distinct differences between two selective estrogen receptor modulators on lipids were observed. Toremifene improved lipid profiles, particularly as an enhancer of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. To a large extent, tamoxifen improved low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. The impact of th...
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PMID: 20382637
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To explore the pattern of benign gynecologic diseases in patients treated with tamoxifen for breast cancer.
A total of 163 cases with breast cancer were followed up by gynecologists. The incidence rates of several benign gynecologic conditions were determined and were compared among women receiving...
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PMID: 20979888
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We show that activated MAPK represses interaction of TAM-bound ERalpha with silencing mediator for retinoid and thyroid hormone receptors (SMRT) and inhibits the recruitment of SMRT by ERalpha to certain estrogen target genes. Blockade of MAPK signaling cascade with MEK inhibitor U0126 promotes the...
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PMID: 20406620
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We review molecular diagnostic tools focusing on breast cancer therapy....
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PMID: 20535965
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We used a cellular model to evaluate the effects of autocrine expression of human growth hormone on responses of cells to tamoxifen. Our results imply for the first time that autocrine expression of growth hormone in human breast adenocarcinoma cell line, MCF-7, results in increase in cell prolifera...
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PMID: 19472088
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Sherene Loi,
Benjamin Haibe-Kains,
Samira Majjaj,
Francoise Lallemand,
Virginie Durbecq,
Denis Larsimont,
Ana M Gonzalez-Angulo,
Lajos Pusztai,
W Fraser Symmans,
Alberto Bardelli,
Paul Ellis,
Andrew N J Tutt,
Cheryl E Gillett,
Bryan T Hennessy,
Gordon B Mills,
Wayne A Phillips,
Martine J Piccart,
Terence P Speed,
Grant A McArthur and
Christos Sotiriou
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We report that a PIK3CA mutation-associated gene signature (PIK3CA-GS) derived from exon 20 (kinase domain) mutations was able to predict PIK3CA mutation status in two independent datasets, strongly suggesting a characteristic set of gene expression-induced changes. However, in ER+/HER2- BC despite...
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PMID: 20479250
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Tamoxifen was found to be used off-label in only 5.8% of the patients who received the drug in 2008 in this HMO, and only 18 patients (2.1%) received tamoxifen for a diagnosis that did not have some supporting evidence of efficacy. Since off-label prescribing of tamoxifen was found to be relatively...
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PMID: 20518588
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We are providing a guide for the use of medications that inhibit CYP2D6 in patients administered tamoxifen....
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PMID: 20439629
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Neither OHT nor fulvestrant inhibited cell growth, nor did they induce apoptosis. Gefitinib, everolimus and perifosine inhibited proliferation in all cell lines. Only perifosine induced apoptosis. In PTEN-positive HEC1A cells, combined treatment of gefitinib plus OHT showed increased antiproliferati...
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PMID: 20651347
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Of 1020 new breast cancer patients, 918 (90%) were oestrogen receptor (OR) positive and were started on gT as part of their treatment. Of those, a total of 121 (13.2%) suffered with arthralgia. All 121 patients agreed to enter the study and swap treatment to Nolvadex for 6 months 114 patients (94.2%...
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PMID: 20347307
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We describe a 45-year-old male patient with recurrent retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), in whom a pseudocyst in the peri-aortic fibrotic mantle was diagnosed. Without any intervention other than oral treatment with tamoxifen, the pseudocyst showed significant regression. Although rare, pseudocyst form...
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PMID: 20505023
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A mixture of the (Z)- and (E)-isomers of 4-hydroxy-N-desmethyltamoxifen was conveniently prepared in four steps. These geometrical isomers were then neatly separated by semi-preparative Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) using specified conditions. Additionally, the isola...
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PMID: 20400308
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We have shown that mouse cholangiocytes have an intact RVD via VACC and K(+) conductance. However, such cell volume regulation was not studied in the normal human cholangiocyte. Volume measurement by Coulter counter and whole-cell patch clamp technique were used to characterize the RVD and VACC in h...
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PMID: 20411247
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We have investigated this possibility in the case of the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. The line was cultured for a prolonged period either in the presence of tamoxifen to block the action of oestrogen or in the absence of estrogen to mimic the action of oophorectomy or treatment with aromatase inhi...
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PMID: 20234184
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We reviewed 80 breast cancer cases that had been evaluated by the Oncotype DX assay and also underwent immunohistochemical staining for ER and PR. We found excellent correlation between ER and PR status determined qualitatively by each method. In addition, when hormone receptor expression measured q...
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PMID: 20186046
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Premenopausal women are at highest risk for papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma, implicating a role for estrogens in thyroid cancer. The expression of estrogen receptors alpha and beta (ER), the effects of estradiol (E2), selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) 4-hydroxytamoxifen and r...
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PMID: 20372779
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Those presented with absolute frequencies demonstrated greater accuracy in estimating 2 of 4 side effects, and of any side effect occurring, than those presented with frequency bands. Those presented with combined descriptors were more accurate at estimating the risk of pulmonary embolism than those...
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PMID: 19896321
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We suggest that the occurrence or aggravation of epilepsy, despite estrogen deficiency in the menopausal or post-menopausal period, is related to excessive accumulation of FSH and LH....
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PMID: 20063987
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Francesca De Amicis,
Janagi Thirugnansampanthan,
Yukun Cui,
Jennifer Selever,
Amanda Beyer,
Irma Parra,
Nancy L Weigel,
Matthew H Herynk,
Anna Tsimelzon,
Michael T Lewis,
Gary C Chamness,
Susan G Hilsenbeck,
Sebastiano Andò and
Suzanne A W Fuqua
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We have investigated the role of AR expression in human breast cancer in response to treatment with the antiestrogen tamoxifen. Resistance to tamoxifen is a major problem in treating women with breast cancer. By gene expression profiling, we found elevated AR and reduced estrogen receptor (ER) alpha...
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PMID: 19533338
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We performed a population-based study in the county of North Jutland, Denmark, including 120 women aged <60 years who received adjuvant chemotherapy with seven cycles of cyclophosphamide, epirubicin and fluoruracil or adjuvant tamoxifen for 6 months for early breast cancer from 2004 to 2006. They we...
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PMID: 20306129
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We examined the prognostic and predictive value of CNF in two randomized clinical trials comparing chemoendocrine therapy with endocrine therapy alone in patients with node-negative breast cancer. A total of 1,850 patients randomly assigned to treatment groups comparing endocrine with chemoendocrine...
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PMID: 19280340
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We evaluated the ability of 4-hydroxytamoxifen (OHT) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) to regulate homotypic adhesion in MCF7 breast cancer cells. Our results demonstrate that OHT and EGF activate the E-cadherin promoter, increase E-cadherin mRNA and protein expression and enhance homotypic aggregat...
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PMID: 19593637
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We report 6 patients with SM involving the pancreas (mean age 43.2 y, 5 female), and review their clinical presentation, radiographic findings, pathology, and outcome. Five of these 6 patients were originally thought to have a primary pancreatic neoplasm. Initial presenting clinical information was...
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PMID: 20351487
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Increased coactivator mRNA levels seem to be an early response to tamoxifen without dose-response relationship in the 1- to 20-mg range. Clinical and molecular effects of low-dose tamoxifen should be further explored.
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PMID: 20332317
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We investigated the effect of long-term (21 d) hormone replacement on ER signaling by whole-body in vivo imaging. Estrogens and selective ER modulators were administered daily at doses equivalent to those used in humans as calculated by the allometric approach. As controls, ER activity was measured...
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PMID: 20197311
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