Non-canonical dimerization of the androgen receptor and other nuclear receptors: implications for human disease.
Endocr Relat Cancer
; 26(8): R479-R497, 2019 08.
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ABSTRACT
Nuclear receptors are transcription factors that play critical roles in development, homeostasis and metabolism in all multicellular organisms. An important family of nuclear receptors comprises those members that respond to steroid hormones, and which is subdivided in turn into estrogen receptor (ER) isoforms α and ß (NR3A1 and A2, respectively), and a second subfamily of so-called oxosteroid receptors. The latter includes the androgen receptor (AR/NR3C4), the glucocorticoid receptor (GR/NR3C1), the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR/NR3C2) and the progesterone receptor (PR/NR3C3). Here we review recent advances in our understanding of the structure-and-function relationship of steroid nuclear receptors and discuss their implications for the etiology of human diseases. We focus in particular on the role played by AR dysregulation in both prostate cancer (PCa) and androgen insensitivity syndromes (AIS), but also discuss conditions linked to mutations of the GR gene as well as those in a non-steroidal receptor, the thyroid hormone receptor (TR). Finally, we explore how these recent results might be exploited for the development of novel and selective therapeutic strategies.
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Texte intégral:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Tumeurs de la prostate
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Syndrome d'insensibilité aux androgènes
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Récepteurs aux androgènes
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Récepteurs cytoplasmiques et nucléaires
Type d'étude:
Etiology_studies
Limites:
Humans
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Male
Langue:
En
Journal:
Endocr Relat Cancer
Sujet du journal:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
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NEOPLASIAS
Année:
2019
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Espagne