Aberrant regulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor is implicated in a number of epithelial cancers, including a large fraction of breast cancers. Antibody based inhibitors directed against the extracellular ligand binding domain of the receptor h...

Estrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) influences many physiological processes by binding to its ligand estrogen (E2) and interacting with nuclear receptor coactivator and corepressor proteins to regulate transcription in target tissues. In the uterus, dysregulated ER-alpha activity leads to aberrant ce...

Various embodiments of the invention provide human receptors and membrane-associated proteins (REMAP) and Q polynucleotides which identify and encode REMAP. Embodiments of the invention also provide expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. Other embodiments provide methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with ...

The cytogenetic effect of zearalenone (ZEN), a non-steroidal estrogenic mycotoxin, was evaluated in vivo, in mouse bone marrow cells, by assessing the percentage of cells bearing different chromosome aberrations. The studies included different conditions for animal treatment, as follows: (1) single intraperitoneal (ip) injection, (2) repeated ip injections, (3) pre-treatment ...

Androgen insensitivity is a disorder in which the correct androgen response in an androgen target cell is impaired. The clinical symtpoms of this X chromosome-linked syndrome are presumed to be caused by mutations in the androgen receptor gene. The authors report a G {r arrow} T mutation in the splice donor site of intron 4 of the androgen receptor gene of ...

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent mitogen with a unique specificity for endothelial cells and a key mediator of aberrant endothelial cell proliferation and vascular permeability in a variety of human pathological situations, such as tumor angiogenesis, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, or psoriasis. VEGF is a symmetric homodimeric molecule with ...